North Carolina keeps pro-
ducing a vast array of talented
skateboarders. The weather is
usually nice, so you can skate
throughout the year. Some of
the people to make good use
of being in the right climate
are: Neal Hendrix, Marc
Johnson, Brian Dale, Chet
Childress, Kenny Hughes,
Jackson Taylor, Elias
Bingham, Jay and Jerry
Moody, Marty Markel, Josh.
Maready, and Scott Bourne.
The sport just keeps turning
out more and more talent from
North Carolina.
Skateparks and support for
them are well on the rise in
North Carolina. For the first
time since the late '70s, a new
concrete facility within the
“Some
state is under construction as
you read this. This new facility
will be on the southeastern tip
of the state in the town of
Wilmington, and will consist
of a series of bowls and hips
e of
the best ramps
on the
East Coast
98 THRASHER
Clockwise from above:
Eastwood park propels
Josh Maready into the air-
space between two of its
quarterpipes. The once and
future cement park of
Wilmington. Jay Moody
goes dumpster-diving and
I comes up with a clean
crooked grind. The bowels
of Backdoor Skatepark get
scraped by Dave Caldwell's
subterranean slashgrind.