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By Charlie Spiering
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
A group of boys shoved their skateboards forward on a stretch of asphalt in Pirate Park, eying their homemade rails and ramps, preparing the execution of their next stunt.
They built their props out of assorted scraps of wooden pallets and plywood. Their rail is a steel pipe supported by concrete blocks. A well worn plastic ramp is their only piece of professional equipment.
Last Wednesday, Will Mullany and his friends came to the Rappahannock County Park to gather like-minded friends and exhibit their passion: skateboarding.
For anyone who has wondered about the 40’x60’ lone patch of asphalt near “Pirates Park,” local skaters will tell you that its all that remains of Rappahannock County’s skateboard park, located just outside of the Town of Washington along US 211.
Will Mullany was inspired to draw attention to the situation for international “Go Skateboarding Day.”
Member companies of the International Association of Skateboard Companies (IASC) first introduced the annual “Go Skateboarding Day” on June 21, 2004.
Raising the ramps
Since then, swarms of skateboarders hit the local skating parks and the streets on that day to promote skateboarding and raise awareness about their sport.
“I really want to organize the skaters in the area and see if we can get something else done to the park,” said Mullany who, along with his brother,
got interested in skating after playing Tony Hawk video games. When Will went to visit his cousin in Maryland, he started fooling around with a skateboard that he found in the garage. Later, Will purchased his own skateboard and began practicing
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