PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN DE DIOS © 2010

  • JOHN DE DIOS
  • Professional downhill skateboarder Joey Silvestri prepares for a drift down a hillside road on a warm Saturday afternoon.

PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN DE DIOS © 2010

  • JOHN DE DIOS
  • Chris D’Allesandro, another downhill skateboarder, predrifts as he hits a bend in the road.

This article appears in Nov 4-10, 2010.

I am a journalist. I am an editor by heart and a teacher by nature. Photography is a medium in which a story can be told in a single power image, or through a series can take viewers through a visual journey. If...