Christian Hosoi Christ Air at Perfect Ramp, Mesa AZ 1987 Size:12x16 Rodney Mullen brought the Ollie

Rodney Mullen brought the Ollie to the street skating along with many of the flip tricks you see in skating today

I shot a roll of color Fuji Velvia film and a roll of Kodak Tri-X black and white

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a 16mm fisheye

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

Christian Hosoi Christ Air at Perfect Ramp, Mesa AZ 1987 Size:12x16 Rodney Mullen brought the OllieI shot this skate photo of Christian Hosoi in the 1980s doing his signature move, the Christ Air, at the Perfect Ramp in Mesa, Arizona, with a Nikon FM2 and 16mm Nikkor fisheye lens. Christian came up with this trick and dubbed it with his name; it has become a classic. This was way before digital photography and Photoshop, so my exposure and lighting had to be spot on. 12x16, 16x20, 18x24 on luster paper. Luster is the finish style between glossy and