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A vertical photo of a man in a helmet doing a stunt on a skateboard.

(Greg Tyler/Stars and Stripes)

Iwakuni MCAS, Japan, Dec. 12, 2000: Brent Ables, a student at Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Station, flies high in the air after jumping off a ramp — performing what in skater lingo is called an acid drop — at the base’s skateboard park. The park was constructed on two former tennis courts.

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