Head over to my website at www.PhilBlairPhoto.com and check out all the updates that have gone on! The layout is all new, the galleries no longer incorporate Flash which allows them to load MUCH faster and operate smoothly on desktops and mobile devices alike, and most importantly almost every photo within in the Skateboard [...]
Tag Archives: California
New Website at www.PhilBlairPhoto.com
Posted in Product, Skateboarding, Uncategorized
Also tagged Long Beach, Los Angeles, portfolio, product photographer, skateboard photographer, website, www.PhilBlairPhoto.com
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Go Skateboarding Day pt. 2, Mike Piwowar, Switch Back Tail
After pushing halfway across LA my old legs wanted no part of street skating, but there were a few more energetic folks who were still up for it, so I settled in and manned the camera. Even with the longest day of the year at our disposal, Mike couldn’t quite put away the trick that [...]
Posted in Skateboarding
Also tagged éS Footwear, Go Skateboarding Day, Los Angeles, Mike Piwowar, P-Wire, skateboard photography, skateboarding, Switch Back Tail, UPRISE Skateshop
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In Photos, Wild In The Streets LA
*All images ©Phil Blair, 2011. If you want to post, use, or republish these photos in any way, please get in touch with me before doing so. thanks – Phil@PhilBlairPhoto.com
Posted in Lifestyle, Uncategorized
Also tagged Andrew Reynolds, Brandon Westgate, Brian Hansen, Emerica, Go Skateboarding Day, June 21, LA, Los Angeles, Mark Waters, skateboarding, Slash, Wild In The Streets
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Brendan Herling, Over the Fence and Across the Gap
Schools in California, mostly due to the enormous difference in climate, are laid out very differently than those in most of the rest of the country, in that their hallways are essentially outdoor sidewalks. So while no one could ever skate that otherwise-perfect, carpeted rail inside my high school, a similar walkway in California would [...]
Posted in Skateboarding
Also tagged Brendan Herling, Compton, crooked grind, Fancy, ledge across gap, skateboarding, street skating
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Steven Webb, Crooked Grind
Days with warm weather and clear skies are plentiful here in California. Here’s a Crooked Grind from such a day back in February.
Posted in Skateboarding
Also tagged crooked grind, ditch, skateboarding, Steven Webb, street skating, sunset
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Aaron “AJax” Johnson, Front Blunt
It’s always cool to meet someone for the first time and then to find out they know a bunch of people you know. One degree of separation becomes none. That was the case when I met AJax last week through my roommate Donny, and it turned out he knows all my buddies from the éS [...]
Posted in Skateboarding
Also tagged Fisheye, Front Blunt, Los Angeles, street skating
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Skateboarder’s Sunset Rampage
Back in Illinois I had a mini-ramp in my folks’ backyard that was host to some pretty epicly good times. Something about mini-ramps just brings out all kinds; street skaters, tranny skaters, lurkers; all just there for a mellow good time. So when Skateboarder Magazine decided to put a mini-ramp on a Hollywood hotel’s pool [...]
Posted in Skateboarding, Tear Sheets
Also tagged Hollywood, Skateboarder Magazine, Sunset Rampage, The Standard Hotel
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