TopShots Marisquiño 2026: Iván Malvido

Iván Malvido completed his fifth year photographing the festival at Marisquiño 2026. Five editions in which he has worked both for the organization and for different brands (such as Bixo de Xeado), and which have allowed him to get to know one of the keys to getting good images in Samil: constantly adapting and improvising.

During practice sessions, with riders coming in and out of the modules and trying lines in all directions, Iván tries to get practically inside the action. Wide-angle, camera close to the rail, and riders passing a few meters away. When the qualifiers and finals arrive and he has to get off the track, he switches to the 70-200 mm or the 24-70 mm to find different perspectives from outside, unlike those of the audience.

The sunset that changed everything

One of his favorite #OM26 sessions came during the Piranha Ñam Session organized by Danny León. The Jam and Cash for Tricks format filled the miniramp with action and spectators just as the sun was starting to set over Samil. Faced with so much activity around the ramp, Iván decided to do exactly the opposite of what is usual: move away.

"Instead of trying to photograph every trick from every rider, I wanted to look for something different: to capture the essence of the moment, the space, and all the energy that was being felt there," he explains. With the Cíes Islands and the sunset as the backdrop, the goal became bringing together landscape, crowd, and skate in a single photograph.

From there came one of his images from this edition: Danny León and Jason Lijnzaat flying over the ramp, with all the atmosphere of Samil behind them. "For me, that photograph perfectly represents what I was looking for: the trick, the height, the atmosphere, and the crowd’s excitement, all concentrated in a single frame".

Although much of his work was focused on skateboarding, Iván took advantage of every gap to run over to other spots and photograph BMX, Breaking, Flatland, and Big Air as well. The heat, overlapping schedules, and distances forced him to choose each opportunity very carefully, always trying to move away from purely competitive photography and find his own style.

After five years, he still finds in Marisquiño what makes him return behind the camera: action, creativity, improvisation, and once-in-a-lifetime moments.