LEFT : MARK ONDREJKO IN THE MIDST OF A WEEKLONG DIG . THIS WAS DCDC ’ S VERY FIRST DC POOL , WHICH WAS BEHIND A CRUMBLING OLD CASTLE OVER LOOKING THE POTOMAC RIVER . IT HAD ELECTRICITY BEFORE THE WHITE
HOUSE AND WAS BUILT OFF THE FORTUNES OF THE HAND-CRANK EGGBEATER . IT WAS A TOUGH , STEEP TRANSITION , HARDLY A PERFECT POOL , YET MARC AND FREDDY ORTEGA PRETTY MUCH DUG IT OUT BYHAND ANYWAY .
ABOVE : THE PUMP COULDN ’ T SUCK OUT THE SOUP , SO IT WAS THREE DAYS OF BUCKETING TO CLEAN OUT IRIS POOL FOR THE FIRST TIME .
UPPER RIGHT : BEN HATCHELL FS AIR AT IRIS POOL . ANTHONY SMALLWOOD MET HATCHELL YEARS AGO AT AN INDOOR VANS PARK IN WOODBRIDGE , VA . THEY TRAVELED TOGETHER TO KUWAIT , BAHRAIN , AND PERU WITH THE US
STATE DEPARTMENT TO PROMOTE SKATEBOARDING .