Of all the attention I've payed to the skateboarding community, it seems that one of the most common complaints from people is a lacking of skatespots.. Or better yet, a lacking of spots where you can skate freely without worry of hassle and such. And what's the most obvious solution for this dilemma? A local skatepark, of course!
I know what's next.. "But wait, I live in a pretty small city. I really don't think that we'd be able to get a park built here.." But just to clear things up, it's still very possible for you to convince your city officials to get plans for a local skatepark and such. I'm going to tell you how you can go about it.
I was reading an article in the newest issue of The Skateboard Mag yesterday, and an article caught my eye. The details of the article, ie title and author, elude me. However, to briefly summarize: no matter what happens to skateboarding today, yesterday, 10 years down the road, or in 80s, skating will never be AS YOU WANT IT, exactly, and what it is that you personally get out of skateboarding. Having had a day to think about this, I've decided it warranted a bit of an investigation. For those of you that browse the forum, we have a 'Rook status based on public credit given to skaters for their footage. As of recently, more members are reaching the threshold set for that particular status.
Socially skateboarding is well-accepted nowadays, regardless of what the hardcore rebel skate punks want to believe. Economically, skateboarding is nothing more than a multi-billion dollar industry, with more and more outside sport companies looking in and sticking their greedy paws into the money pot, rapidly nurturing and growing skateboarding as a business. Rapidly killing skateboarding as a culture. The core community, meanwhile, sits on the side in shame. Some continue to do what they do, making product from a real company, representing real skaters and really going bankrupt. Others choose to fight. Osiris, Consolidated, local shops, all teaming up to end the injustices facing the skateboarding community. All being ridiculed by people who like to call themselves real skateboarders.
