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All photos by Jaya Bonderov. (Skater's Eye).


About 10 years ago, Jaya Jaya (born Maria Luisa Ramsey on March 21, 1970, in Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino pop singer with African American ancestry. Biography
She is known in the Philippines as the Queen of Soul.
 had a photo in Thrasher thrasher: see mimic thrush.
thrasher

Any of 17 species (family Mimidae) of New World songbirds that have a downcurved bill and are noted for noisily foraging on the ground in dense thickets and for loud, varied songs.
 nosesliding a massive SF neighborhood ledge, the sides of which revealed recently-dried paint. In today's spot-doctoring era it may seem par for the course, but at the time it was extraordinary that someone would go to that much trouble just to get a trick--until you saw the results. Jaya was onto something.

Ten years later, having seamlessly transformed from ripping (1) Converting an audio CD from its native CD-DA format to MP3, AAC or some other compressed audio format. When the term was coined, it had a perverse meaning. Many loved the idea they were "ripping off" the music industry by making copyrighted works available in a compact format  pro skater to ripping pro photographer, Jaya's still going the extra mile. He scouts the spots most have overlooked and experiments with different cameras and printing techniques to put the skaters he shoots ahead of the pack. And if they should chicken out at a spot, there's always a chance Jaya might jump up there and bust it himself. What other skate skate, fish: see ray.
skate

Any of nine genera (suborder Rajoidea) of rounded to diamond-shaped rays. These bottom-dwellers are found from tropical to near-Arctic waters and from the shallows to depths of more than 9,000 ft (2,700 m).
 photographer can say that?
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Author:Burnett, Michael
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Date:Nov 1, 2002
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