Owen Nieder Layback Air Eighties Skateboarding Photograph Size:16x20" See more of my skateboarding

See more of my skateboarding history

I shot it with my Minolta SRT-201 and a Minolta Rokkor 20mm lens

Japan—they were perched on the bridge of a medieval castle

and 30x40"

Pint sizes are 12x16"

Owen Nieder Layback Air Eighties Skateboarding Photograph Size:16x20" See more of my skateboardingI shot this skate photo of Owen Nieder doing a layback air in the 1980s at the Del Mar Skate Ranch. I worked at DMSR and Owen was one of the OG Locals. I shot at least a thousand photos of him over the nine years the park was there. This frame was shot on my Nikon FM2 with a 16mm Nikkor fisheye lens. This was way before digital photography and Photoshop so my exposure and lighting had to be right on the money. This photo was seen once in the mag and I