Rebels Snowboarding Rails in DC

I saw this article in the _Washington [DC] City Paper_, but I don't
think I can link to it directly. Fortunately, the DC Surfriders put it
on their website.

http://dcsurfrider.org/article.php?s...50124224847723


Snow Job

City Paper Vol 25, No 3 Jan 21-27, 2005 pg 9

Mark Nickels and friends rail against the establishment.

By Michael Martinez

Folks around the D.C. area have been bracing for the chaos of the
presidential inauguration for months. Washington residents were warned
repeatedly to expect the tightest security in the city's history.
Nothing in the region was supposed to be able to move this week without
the proper say-so.

But on the Sunday before the swearing-in ceremony, the same day the
parade rehearsal shut down streets around the National Mall for most of
the morning, Frederick, Md.-based renegade skate/ snow boarder and
filmmaker Mark Nickels, 28, and seven of his pals decided that it was
the perfect day for an urban snow board adventure.

Armed with [Z]amboni shavings donated by a skating rink in Frederick,
Brad Jordan, Paul Horning, Jonah McDevitt, Rodney Fox, Austin Hamby,
Nate Musson, and Nickels started their adventure on the steps in front
of the Department of Labor building on Constitution Avenue NW. Just
after 1 p.m., the convoy pulled up to the curb, sprint-shoveled the icy
shavings from the beds of two Ford F-150s onto the concrete slope next
to the stairs, and strapped on their boards. Then they began to glide
down the slope and pull ollies onto the railing.
.....

What a great story - can't wait to see this video. Thanks!