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