eh?
No, I didn't fake the blur

Thanks Peter,
After these positive comments I have spent a few more minutes tweaking it and decided to leave it at this:

 
er... thanks Matt
 
Thanks Amin, decided to go with the wide shot.

Thanks Paul,
It's funny, I am still aching now, after lunging into their path and rolling over backwards to follow them through

Next week I'll take the easy route and follow them on my own board. Hopefully the effect will be similar to the Morris Minor portrait.

Thanks guys.
I like the wide shot but was worried about the amount of tarmac etc.
His hand IS on the ground but it has a plastic slider which may account for the shadow and there is a motion blur going in the wrong direction, caused either by me panning too fast or him moving his hand.

It was a fish eye shot (if I had to have one lens, it would be this one ). so he was very, very close. resulting in some weird panning anomalies.

All manual, precisely the same discipline as nightclub shoots. The Metz was a gem - I helped it to cover the fisheye FOV and soften the light a little by firing it into a white reflector.

I was team photographer last Tuesday at the Liquid Boards longboard meeting on Plymouth Hoe.
Here's the boss and event organiser Stewart Lees.
Not sure if I should go wider? (I have a fair amount each side)
I like the angle but I wonder if the leaning chimneys ruin the effect?

Has anyone noticed some odd posterising going on on number 4 overnight

I'm sure it was fine yesterday but now there is a strange flat halo around the chimney. Is it just my machine having a wobbly?

Ha ha, The SMC50mm m 1:7 is a sweet little lens... but not that good

'reckon number 2 is straight Ken...

Number 4 is a great image!
The others lack a focal point for your eye to sit on, or be lead to.
1,3 and 4 are leaning to the right, 4 is very close but it was the first one I noticed due to the strong verticals and horizon.