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| Harley Miller - f/s board slide |
Empire Skate Night was a quiet affair this week. A handful of regulars were in attendance and skated hard, but the session petered out early and by ten, Jay & John were still putting the hours in on the mini and Toby, Harley and a few others were rolling around the park. Everyone else had gone.
The door was locked and as usual, Harley woke up late and began looking at the new kinked rail with Toby. This new creation won't last long however. The plan is to extend the rail further. So for a couple of weeks while the park finalises the design the rail currently has an 8 inch extension kinked upwards a few degrees. A new tweak, even an unfinished one makes for a great session with some crazy trick choices to suit the new yet familiar obstacle.
I got down on the flat and shot these two working things out, turning occasionally to shoot Aaron, Reece and Reece skating the pyramid behind me.
(15mm fish, set-top flashgun)
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| Reece Hall - ollie |
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| Toby Gozzett - f/s feeble |
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| Harley Miller - b/s tail slide |
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| Reece Bartlet - nose bonk biggy |
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| Aaron Clapham |
I played around with longer exposures which has resulted in some interesting effects. I discovered my love for this style of lighting shooting on Lords Of The Swords last year at Saffron Walden. One of my favourite shots from last year is in fact one of Jordan with a similar style of lighting.
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| Toby Gozzett - f/s board slide |
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| Harley Miller - b/s board slide fake |
After this outlay by everyone for a good hour, Harry went back to his phone to discover that Instagram had timed out and all the footage was lost. I quickly changed flash batteries in the knowledge that it was entirely possible that everyone would want to do as many of the lost tricks as possible, again. While pondering the late finish I congratulated Toby on rolling away from a f/s lip heelflip out on the rail. He corrected me and said he hadn't. I truly thought I'd seen him roll away from one earlier, but no. One to remind him about next time. He did however tell me that he had something else for me...
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| Toby Gozzett - ollie up to 5-0 and into the roll in |
I understand that Toby was in fact attempting a wall ride. He was completely oblivious to the 5-0 to start with. Harry's reaction when I showed him the snapshot made my day!
I left with my tired fellow car occupants as Toby was going in for a rematch with his lost tricks.
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