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Steve Alba, Skateboard Stories from Badlands
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Steve Alba skateboard stories. Salba talks about seeing Stacy Peralta do some of the first lipslides. As well as early Pipeline skatepark memories. Steve also talks Tracker and Independent skateboard trucks.
Skatopia 41 years later. These skateboarding pictures were shot by a young man in 1979 and printed by an old man in 2020. In fact, I shot these pictures back in 1979 at Skatopia skatepark in Buena Park California. At the present time, (yesterday to be more exact) I printed some images from my days at Skatopia. Generally speaking, I was a young man when I shot them and an old man when I printed them.
The negative held up well over the 41 years. And were stored in a southern California garage, under less than archival conditions. The camera was a used Nikkormat kit that I purchased from Chuck Lantz at Skatopia. And later sold it to Alfreda Reyes. I believe Alfredo still has this kit.
Yesterday I decided to print some old Skatopia pictures near the end of my darkroom session. And found Skatopia 41 years later.
So as I print and scan these old skateboarding pictures I will post them here and on kenhada.com. And if you are looking for more Skatopia pictures check here.
Photographer Ray Zimmerman is a misleading title, because Ray is photographer. In the first place he has made his living as a photographer his entire life. In the second place just have a look at his photography.
I first met Ray Zimmerman at Punkers pool ( a boutique made for skateboarding backyard pool) in Huntington Beach. I was shooting an
I had a long chat with Ray at the last Girls Combi Contest. And I asked him to do a podcast with me. I hope you get something out of our photography conversation that you can use in your own photography.
Skateboard Photographer Ray Zimmerman podcast
If you like skateboarding you might also check out my podcasts with
Skateboarding/earthquakes/the 4th of July. Apollo asked me if we could skateboard on the 4th of July. And even though I just came back from a camping trip(tent camping is harsh on old dudes like me) I said yes.
Oh yeah, on this day Ridgecrest California experienced a 6.6 earthquake. Everyone in the skatepark sat on the ground to experience the rolling sensation. Some of the older skateboarders thought they were experiencing severe dizziness.