RAD PHOTO was around to photograph some of the greatest riders of all time. We also innovated some
techniques for taking the shots. We were the first to use multiple flashes and slow strobe with action shots.
In the Old School section I have posted some of the shots taken at the great Cherry Hill Skate park in late 1979. All of the top riders were there and it is still thought of one of the best parks ever built.
Ernie Martin in Levitown, Pa
Jay Adams bombing the big bowl
Cherry Hill, NJ in its prime
Bobby Valdez
Bobby getting big air, check the crowd in the back ground
Double flash shot of Tony Alva, Big Bowl
Some dispute as to who started the double flash technique. This would be from early 1978.
nknown rider in the big bowl
State of the art Tony Alva
Jay Adams with the double strobe going off
Doug Demontmorecy
Sims rider in the big bowl. In the background in Brad Bowman
Chris Strople, one of a kind in the air
Shogo kicking up the dust
In the massive indoor half pipe, note the over vert section behind him.
Doug D invert
Check the Sims board he is riding, 10" wide was the hot set up at the time.
Kevin Reed flying high
Back in the days of Alva and Adams there was the cool of Kevin Reed.
Alva Grinding
Check the crowd in the background. This is another 2 flash shots Steve Geiges and I started.
Gary J. Spatola, aka dogman, Levitown, Pa
David Bentley, the fashionable skater
