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Video: Skaters Remember Friend with Memorial Skate Jam

Friends of Derek Gertz, a skateboarder from Bowie who died at age 18 in a skateboarding accident, honored his memory on Wednesday at Bowie Skate Park.

Derek Gertz was only 18 when he had a fatal skateboarding accident while skateboarding in College Park in 2007, as reported by The Washington Times.

Gertz was a two-time winner of the local Mountain Dew Free Flow Tour and also competed on the national level, according to The Times.

There are a lot of videos featuring Gertz on YouTube, but one that has recieved a lot of attention was Gertz's part in the skate video "Colors" on YouTube (which has over 25,000 views) also embedded within this article.

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