Skate from the 80s

You’ve witnessed the faces portrayed in these pages for years, as helmed figures, bundled in assorted rags and pads. You’ve seen pictures of them upside down, contorted or suspended in mid-flight.

Take a look at these slices of life from outside of, or within their element.

Observe them as they are caught either solemnly off guard, posing, or at the the height of craziness.

What sort of common nucleus do these extra-ordinary individuals share?

Here, in a static series of off-board portraits are a few of these somewhat elite skate athletes.

This description may seem extreme for what many consider just another group of raucous youth. But the abilities these “children of modern civilisation” possess are beyond the reach, scope and preconceived notions of night-eight percent of this world’s population.

Look into their eyes and see what you can see.