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Crouching Tiger Hidden Skater

None of the pictures in this sereis except the one below, Powerslide, were set up.  What Sean is doing here is called a Coleman Slide, its used for stopping quickly, and I hadn't gotten a good shot of one all day.  I can't remember exactly how it came about but Sean volunteered to do a strong one right at me so I could get a good shot of him.  Cool! says I, and we lay out the run.  Well long story short he comes screaming down the the hill and proceedes to slide right at me, perfectly placed and fantastic.  The only problem was as he got closer and moved out of the shot I completely lost track of him.  I now have no idea what direction he's going or how fast or if he's going to be able to stop in time or anything, the only thing that I know is that if he hits me it will be very bad, he'd take me out at the shins and with two hands holding the camera I'd end up breaking the fall with my face, so I bailed, praying that he wouldn't hit me.  He didn't and I needn't have worried, Sean knew what he was doing and actually never really came that close to where I was standing.  It was the only time the whole shoot where I was worried about getting hit.

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Powerslide






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Ghost Rider

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Birdman Rising




























































































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