Archive photo of the day
Acid drop at the skatepark, 2000
Stars and Stripes
July 13, 2025
(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.