World Cup Skateboarding: Rock The Cradle

For the past three years, World Cup Skateboarding has been a part of the Rock The Cradle skateboarding cancer fundraiser in Houston, TX.

The event is a memorial event for Johnny Romano, a Galveston skater who was diagnosed with childhood leukemia and succumbed just weeks before the initial event was to take place in 2008.

Here are a few photos from the 2010 event.

All photos were edited in Lightroom 3.0 and I am skatehouston.info.

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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/skatehouston/5112030186/" title="Rock The Cradle 2010 - 10.23.10 - 5DII_7495A by skatehouston.info, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5112030186_4af131f852.jpg" width="500" height="415" alt="Rock The Cradle 2010 - 10.23.10 - 5DII_7495A" /></a>

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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/skatehouston/5112024400/" title="Rock The Cradle 2010 - 10.23.10 - 5DII_7309A by skatehouston.info, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1072/5112024400_a2f2e2baa8.jpg" width="500" height="279" alt="Rock The Cradle 2010 - 10.23.10 - 5DII_7309A" /></a>

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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/skatehouston/5111422837/" title="Rock The Cradle 2010 - 10.23.10 - 5DII_7307A by skatehouston.info, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1083/5111422837_16d2b4dcd5.jpg" width="434" height="500" alt="Rock The Cradle 2010 - 10.23.10 - 5DII_7307A" /></a>

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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/skatehouston/5111425155/" title="Rock The Cradle 2010 - 10.23.10 - 5DII_7351A by skatehouston.info, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1339/5111425155_55427fa636.jpg" width="500" height="303" alt="Rock The Cradle 2010 - 10.23.10 - 5DII_7351A" /></a>

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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/skatehouston/5112032156/" title="Rock The Cradle 2010 - 10.23.10 - 5DII_7551A by skatehouston.info, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/5112032156_76065ab007.jpg" width="500" height="314" alt="Rock The Cradle 2010 - 10.23.10 - 5DII_7551A" /></a>

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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/skatehouston/5112027070/" title="Rock The Cradle 2010 - 10.23.10 - 5DII_7377A by skatehouston.info, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1365/5112027070_95aa462dbf.jpg" width="462" height="500" alt="Rock The Cradle 2010 - 10.23.10 - 5DII_7377A" /></a>

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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/skatehouston/5111426765/" title="Rock The Cradle 2010 - 10.23.10 - 5DII_7450A by skatehouston.info, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1385/5111426765_7cc8dd4799.jpg" width="424" height="500" alt="Rock The Cradle 2010 - 10.23.10 - 5DII_7450A" /></a>

More photos can be found on my flickr skatehouston.info photostream.


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Ohhh - those are good! I'm not sure I like the HDR effect on the sky. I like cloud detail but personally, I would tone it down a little. I am something of a purist, though. Ignore me if you please :)

We've got some more skate photogs who post here and I was a little skate punk in my youth (80s), so I have a softspot for this stuff. I also own a lot of Thrasher issue 13s. It used to be that skate photography was pushing the limits for sports photography. I'm not so sure if that's the case anymore. I got a little bored with photos that used 14 gelled strobes. I guess I like the dirty old black and white stuff :)

Anyway, welcome to the site. I've seen you posting a bit and I'm pleased to see you sharing some tasty action shots on our sports forum.

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Originally Posted by Photo-John

Ohhh - those are good! I'm not sure I like the HDR effect on the sky. I like cloud detail but personally, I would tone it down a little. I am something of a purist, though. Ignore me if you please :)

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Yeah, the effect is not necessarily HDR, but it does make it pop more. It's just one of many Lightroom presets that I enjoy using.

I think If I shot film, I'd be more of a purist but I'm a digital shooter who loves to use whatever technology is available to better my images. :devil:

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Originally Posted by Photo-John

It used to be that skate photography was pushing the limits for sports photography. I'm not so sure if that's the case anymore.

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True, but we can now push the digital limits! :smilewinkgrin:

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Originally Posted by Photo-John

Anyway, welcome to the site. I've seen you posting a bit and I'm pleased to see you sharing some tasty action shots on our sports forum.

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Thanks Photo-John, it's a pleasure to be here. Thanks for you comments.

Love the fisheye. Nothing else like it. I like the processing too. Nice clouds.