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Suspended License Tour    Part 3        go to Part 1    go to Part 2   go to Part 4

Plan, we don't need no stinking plan, we just need phone numbers.  Alright, we leave Pittsburgh, on our way to hit stuff in the DC area.  I was hoping to hit Arlington, GSL, Chaumpaville, and maybe one other spot, but end up only skating GSL.  Anyway, we arrange to have a few things mailed to Psycho's and we also arrange a visit at "that guy" Jeff's near my childhood hometown of Bowie MD.  Super, Suzy (Jeff's wife) give's the OK for us to stay over, stoked!  There band NagChaumpa was practicing when we arrived, so we were the first to ever here 2 of their new songs, I enjoyed it and so did Benji.  The following morning we picked up our friend Dirty Danny and started the trek to the Outerbanks.  We went to the DC Ghetto very close to the White House to skate GSL, better known as Green Skate Lab, a Skatepark built by a collaboration of skaters from the area, the walls were built up with used truck tires packed with dirt.  The whole thing has pool coping and is really sick.  Big thanks should go to Chris and Terry Nostrand for their tireless efforts!  Anyway, Benji Danny and I had to spread the puddles so the place would dry out, then we skated for a while, I took pictures and video, then we went to Psycho's, ate some food then left for North Carolina.  Here's some of the pictures and some video, enjoy it or not, it don't matter.

Third Stop:  Maryland, Washington DC, and North Carolina       video  Chaumpa ramps, GSL, mini vert ramp  9.5mb video  Wanchese friday before Cornfest  11.7mb
Made a stop in Maryland after Pittsburgh, here's what Nagchaumpa has going on in their yard.  This thing looks sick, we didn't ride it because it had rained, but look forward to skating it in the future.	The large ramp, the deck of which I am standing is going to be covered with Skatelite, if you want to contribute to the scene, get on nagchaumpa.com and make some arrangements.
Dirty Danny from Bowie Md.  (My childhood hometown), with a frontside nosepick on the GSL deathbox.  Green Skate Lab, this park is in the Ghetto, lock your doors at the 7/11, don't learn the hard way.	Benji sporting his Grind For Life 05 t-shirt at GSL.  Grind For Life, check it out.
Dirty Danny with an Indy above the hip.	Benji with a lien air, or is that a mellon grab, what's the diff?
Pat Clark and Son next to his front yard ramp.  Pat was a local at the CCCC ramp in Northern Virginia so he craves vert so he built this vert ramp in his front yard, though it's like 7 feet tall with 6" of vert.	Dave "Science" Maxwell, lofty frontside air for a ramp of this size and design, Dirty Danny looking amazed at this!
Dirty Danny frontside rocks Pat Clarks mini-vert ramp.	What else would Science do but all of his tricks.  Boneless one!
Suzy Strege getting her some at Wancheese.  Suzy, besides skateboarding is the Drummer for Nagchaumpa, and a Rocket Scientist for NASA.  That's right, a Rocket Scientist.	Benji with a frontside Invert Oververt.  Yes, it's crazy.  I think this was friday night, the night prior to the cornfest.  If you've never been here your missing out, good times!
Dales Busta with a grinder over the deathbox at Wanchese.	James Parrigin, used to live and go to school in Ohio, a long time agent of the CIA.  James said they were going out for grinders, I thought they were getting some food!  He's now living my dream, the North Carolina dream.
Science with a frontside tail block on the hip.  This guy is a hipster doofus.	Dale Busta taking this air to fakie, of course he made it.
Science destroying the airspace over the hip at Wancheese.  Science,  you are now cleared for landing on runway round wall.  Science killed it all weekend as he always does.  Thanks for the couch space.	Bud Baum had it going on.  5 girls holding him up, one of the luckiest guys I saw on the trip.  Bud with Steph, Sarah, Casey, Teresa, and Elayne.  You go Bud.
I've gotta tell you, I didn't take very many pictures at the Wanchese Bowl, as a matter of fact, I took very few.  Though, I did shoot a lot of video, well, atleast an hour and a half this trip.  I've been to Wanchese a few times and each time have taken a good amount of footage, though this is the first of it that I've posted on the web.  I hope you enjoy it if you watch it. A link to it is on the top of the page.

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