Born burn.Skateparks are now just breeding grounds--greeding grounds for the little rippers, that is. Kids get into skateboarding skateboarding Form of recreation, popular among youths, in which a person rides standing balanced on a small board mounted on wheels. The skateboard first appeared in the early 1960s on paved areas along California beaches as a makeshift diversion for surfers when the ocean and go to the skatepark A skatepark is a purpose-built recreational environment for skateboarders, bmxers and aggressive skaters to ride and develop their sport and technique. A skatepark may contain half-pipes, quarter pipes, handrails, trick boxes, vert ramps, pyramids, banked ramps, full pipes, stairs, . Then they realize how much everything else sucks, so they just skate and skate and skate at the park. Then all of these kids turn into little fucking rippers, and the park starts to suck for them because they can do just about everything on anything in the park. And eventually they say, "Fuck the park!" and start street skating Street skating is the practice of roller skating (commonly on inline skates or quad skates) in groups on public roads. Street skates can be formal affairs, with prespecified routes, marshals and, at times, police escorts or ad hoc gatherings of like minded individuals. because they need the bigger shit to skate. So if security guards and cops think skateparks can contain us, they are all sadly mistaken. The more they promote the building of skateparks, the more this is going to happen, which is awesome. So I think we all owe a little thanks to the system, or to whoever builds skateparks. Greg Mullenax Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , CO The bad ones are the best ones.--T-ed |
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