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Danny way K-grinds Stonehenge: skate daredevil rip-rides on mysterious ruins.


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 his next larger-than-life skate stunt, Danny Way Danny Way (born April 15, 1974 in Portland, Oregon) is a professional skateboarder. He rode for Powell Peralta in the late 1980s. He was featured, with Chet Thomas, in very short segment in the Powell video "Public Domain.  settled on an elaborate showdown with Stonehenge, the ancient stone construction in northern England.

"I wanted to ride something gnarly (jargon) gnarly - /nar'lee/ Both obscure and hairy. "Yow! - the tuned assembler implementation of BitBlt is really gnarly!" From a similar but less specific usage in surfer slang. ," Way said. "And if it happens to be a gigantic stone circle that was used for seasonal rituals by an ancient religious sect, so be it."

An 80-foot roll-in and launch ramp was constructed to Way's specifications. Also, heavy metal group Iron Maiden agreed to perform on an adjacent rock during the jump.

A major scheduling conflict jeopardized the whole show, however. The stunt was to take place on a day holy to modern Druids druids (dr`ĭdz), priests of ancient Celtic Britain, Ireland, and Gaul and probably of all ancient Celtic peoples, known to have existed at least since the 3d cent. BC. , a religious group that holds ceremonies at Stonehenge. However, the Druids were good sports and even chanted a spooky, mono-syllabic prayer for Way.

Finally, at high noon the day of the event, with Iron Maiden rocking and a Druidian mosh pit raging, Way successfully landed the biggest crooked grind of all time.

Next up, Way plans to do a Natas hydrant spin on top of a Great Egyptian Pyramid.
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Title Annotation:News, Nonsense, and Skate-Related Nothingness
Publication:Thrasher
Date:Aug 1, 2006
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