A Classic Skate Shot: Matt Hensley by Dan Sturt, Transworld, Aug 1990

By slayshTank on November 28, 2009

Matt Hensley with the Overpass slaysh as Featured in Transworld Skate Mag, 1990 photo dSturt

Every once in a while a picture captures more than just an image as evidenced by this shot. This picture of Matt Hensley, by Dan Sturt, helped define a skateboarding era. This shot has since inspired many photographers to look at skateboarding and photography from a different perspective. In 1990 Hensley was an easy favorite on the skateboard scene and this picture gave hope to many skaters around the globe that epic skate spots like this overpass were attainable. For more on the old school style of Hensley check out the video below.

Posted in Photography, Skateboard, The Day in Slaysh, Video

Comments

Tad Beaty says: February 12, 2009 at 7:54 pm

sick! so sick, this is some serious old school gnar
Tad Beaty says: February 12, 2009 at 7:54 pm

sick! so sick, this is some serious old school gnar
dj shiva says: November 29, 2009 at 10:33 am

This image is still one of the ones that resonates the most with me from those days. I still have this issue somewhere. So nice to find the pic online. It is now my wallpaper. :D
dj shiva says: November 29, 2009 at 3:33 am

This image is still one of the ones that resonates the most with me from those days. I still have this issue somewhere. So nice to find the pic online. It is now my wallpaper. :D