I was sorting through some old photography magazines to decide which were going in the garbage and discovered my December issue of The Skateboard Mag, which I thought had just been lost in the mail. So I was flipping through it and one ad immediately caught my eye. Not because it was an impressive photo, or a really impressive trick, or because it was a company I like *cough*… but because I recognized the spot. Because it’s literally a block down from my apartment. Crazy! This might not be a big deal to somebody who’s grown up in Portland and is used to being in skating distance of Burnside (or Nike SB, for that matter), but this sort of thing will probably continue to blow my mind for a while. Especially since it wasn’t Joe Schmoe. It was Koston.

I had to throw my fisheye on and head down the street to take a shot of it. If this building wasn’t in the way, you’d have direct line of sight to my apartment.

It’s interesting to note that there’s a railing there now (and I think there always has been, because I’ve recognized it as an otherwise skateable gap before), so they either dismantled the rail for the photo or, if I’m mistaken about it always having been there, the rail was put up in response to a blitzkrieg photo/skate session. I should just go walk around my neighborhood more, I guess.