LONG BEACH, Calif.—Skateboarder Kwami Adzitso was halfway through ollieing—a jumping technique in which the board appears to stick to a skater’s feet in midair—a high staircase in downtown Long Beach, California, when his feet lost the connection with his board.
His body hit the pavement and the sound of his skateboard rolling away echoed off the surrounding buildings as the evening sun highlighted it all with golden rays.
