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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Photography by Aaron Smith and Carleton Curtis)&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The world-famous Lockwood Elementary playground and banks set the stage for &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/skate.dcshoes.com\\/news\\/king-l\\/\\\" target=\\\"new\\\"&gt;2008&amp;#8217;s DC King Of L.A.&lt;\\/a&gt; am showdown. Things started off at the buttcrack-&amp;#8216;o-dawn and I still can&amp;#8217;t believe how many skateboarders showed up at 9 a.m.\\u2014truly miraculous. But it didn&amp;#8217;t take long for all 64 young bucks to start flicking king-sized tricks. Ray Maldonado, Trevor McClung, Nick Mullins, Kirk Rocha, Moose, Cesar Fernandez, Billy Davenport, and Nick Merlino all had standout days at Lockwood, annihilating the bump-to-bar, various flatground obstacles, and the marquee bank to bench. To see the first half of the day for yourself, check out the slideshow, sequences, and complete results below&amp;#8230; (the Belmont photos are coming soon)\\u2014&lt;strong&gt;Carleton Curtis&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1000075557 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'&gt;&lt;figure class='gallery-item'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;div class='gallery-icon landscape'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;a href='http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/features\\/2008-dc-king-of-la-lockwood-photos\\/attachment\\/lockwoodmarq\\/'&gt;&lt;img width=\\\"123\\\" height=\\\"82\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/lockwoodmarq-225x150.jpg\\\" class=\\\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\\\" alt=\\\"lockwoodmarq\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/lockwoodmarq-225x150.jpg 225w, 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srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/backtail270-225x150.gif 225w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/backtail270-90x60.gif 90w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1000075577'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\tbacktail270\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;&lt;figure class='gallery-item'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;div class='gallery-icon portrait'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;a href='http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/features\\/2008-dc-king-of-la-lockwood-photos\\/attachment\\/hippyjump\\/'&gt;&lt;img width=\\\"123\\\" height=\\\"82\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/hippyjump-225x150.gif\\\" class=\\\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\\\" 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href='http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/features\\/2008-dc-king-of-la-lockwood-photos\\/attachment\\/fsboardbigspin\\/'&gt;&lt;img width=\\\"123\\\" height=\\\"82\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/fsboardbigspin-225x150.gif\\\" class=\\\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\\\" alt=\\\"fsboardbigspin\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"gallery-1-1000075580\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/fsboardbigspin-225x150.gif 225w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/fsboardbigspin-90x60.gif 90w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/fsboardbigspin-600x397.gif 600w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/fsboardbigspin.gif 900w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1000075580'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\tfsboardbigspin\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;&lt;figure class='gallery-item'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;div class='gallery-icon landscape'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;a href='http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/features\\/2008-dc-king-of-la-lockwood-photos\\/attachment\\/_dsc3269\\/'&gt;&lt;img width=\\\"123\\\" height=\\\"82\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/_dsc3269-225x150.jpg\\\" class=\\\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\\\" alt=\\\"_dsc3269\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/_dsc3269-225x150.jpg 225w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/_dsc3269-90x60.jpg 90w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/_dsc3269-600x397.jpg 600w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/_dsc3269.jpg 1000w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;\\n\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;King Of Los Angeles 2008: &lt;\\/strong&gt;Nick Merlino&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lockwood Elementary&lt;\\/strong&gt; (banks and street obstacles)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n1st Place ($1,000) \\u2013 Ray Maldonado&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n2nd Place ($500) \\u2013 Kirk Rocha&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n3rd Place ($400) \\u2013 Ricky Webb&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n4th Place ($300) \\u2013 Billy Davenport&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n5th Place ($200) \\u2013 Dwayne Fagundes&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n6th Place ($100) \\u2013 Cesar Fernandez&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/backtail270.gif\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1000075577\\\" title=\\\"backtail270\\\" src=\\\"\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/backtail270.gif\\\" alt=\\\"backtail270\\\" width=\\\"500\\\" height=\\\"755\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/backtail270.gif 596w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/backtail270-397x600.gif 397w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Cesar Fernandez backtail 270 out the hard way.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/hippyjump.gif\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1000075578\\\" title=\\\"hippyjump\\\" src=\\\"\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/hippyjump.gif\\\" alt=\\\"hippyjump\\\" width=\\\"500\\\" height=\\\"755\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/hippyjump.gif 596w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/hippyjump-397x600.gif 397w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Nick Marlino taking a different route with this tall hippy jump.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/nosebluntfakie.gif\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1000075579\\\" title=\\\"nosebluntfakie\\\" src=\\\"\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/nosebluntfakie.gif\\\" alt=\\\"nosebluntfakie\\\" width=\\\"500\\\" height=\\\"755\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/nosebluntfakie.gif 596w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/10\\/19\\/nosebluntfakie-397x600.gif 397w\\\" 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