When he was eight, Justin Bishop was diagnosed with a rare degenerative eye disease. By 20, his vision had deteriorated significantly, but he still skated every day, squinting at a blurry half-pipe and filling in the gaps in his vision with memory until one night, in 2011, when he could no longer see his feet.

Watch the full film on The New Yorker: newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/a-blind-skateboarders-return-to-the-ramp

Director: Leo Pfeifer
Production Company: ALTO
Executive Producers: Loucas Tsilas & Andres O’Beirne
Producer: Andres O’Beirne
DP: Kevin Pontrelli
Steadicam: Dylan Burzinski

Executive Producer, The New Yorker: Soo-Jeong Kang
Supervising Producer, The New Yorker: Yara Bishara
Producer, The New Yorker: Melissa Fajardo

Editor: Leo Pfeifer
Color: Ancillary Post
Color Producer: Daniel Boventer
Colorist: Alexia Salingaros
VFX: Blake Rizzo
Sound Design: Lindsey Ellis
Score: Shie Rozow

Additional Footage: Matt Zicopula
Archival Photos: Courtesy of the Bishop Family

Special Thanks:
Justin Bishop
Carol Carol La Fave Bishop
The Bishop Family
Jericho Smith
Matt Zicopula
Gustavo Garcia & Cory Nelson at the Blind Center of Nevada
Sport-Social
Sergio Ruiz
Laura Ruiz
Desert Breeze Skatepark
Blue Diamond Skatepark

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