As much as it’s about skill, perseverance and downright nerve, skateboarding is also about creativity – which is something we photographers can relate to. Both pursuits rely on imagination and technique: perhaps this is why the best skate photography has a visual poetry to it that most other action sports can’t match. Or maybe it’s because the motion of a talented skateboarder in full flow is so visually appealing, especially when you combine several frames for a sequence photograph like this.