Guy Motil, Waimea, North Shore, Oahu, 1985.

Chloé Bernard. Photo by Guillaume Mocquin.

From “La Kantera”.

“In late 1987, and thanks to the initiative of a bunch of pioneering surfers and skaters, La Kantera skatepark was built. The location was the small coastal and picturesque village of Algorta, Bizkaia. In its first years of existence a unique generation of wild skaters took skateboarding to the next level. These skaters turned La Kantera into a highly respected place, and inspired the following generations of young kids, both in Euskadi and the rest of Spain, to truly embrace the skateboard lifestyle.

Almost 30 years later, La Kantera is one of the oldest skateparks in Europe, and is a reference, world-wide, for its creative and radical approach to skateboarding.

The authors of this book, Jon Amiano, Fernando Elvira and Javier Mendizábal, took on the mission to compile, in book form, the photographic memory of La Kantera, along with stories told, simply and purely, by its main actors.”

Jacques Cousteau, The waters of the Indian Ocean were like a lake when we encountered this school of dolphins, 1972.

Edward S. Ayensu, Indonesia, 1979.

“Banana leaves serve as umbrellas for these Indonesians. Unable to afford many manufactured goods, rural people of the tropics often adapt plant parts to their daily needs.”