Reasons to have a skatepark

* No unsightly, timid, complacent, pale, politically correct citizens to deal with.
* Depending on what your type of terrain is, if it's built from your input then it rules (provided you get real updates)
* Unfortunately for some purists, as the number of pro models encreases year after year, the contest scene will get more and more important as time goes by. Experience on all kinds of transitions helps would-be contest ragers a lot. May even provide some of you beginners out there with a fulfilling job some day.
* If there's a food area, pool tables, viewing area, etc., then you've got a regular hang-out on your hands. Some of you more hormone-enslaved skaters might even meet the hook-up of your dreams at a well designed park.
* Notwithstanding the above, my idea of a park is something either out in the country or in the desert, away from the diorama we call society. So that can be a heaven too.

The Day They Invented The Skateboard

We took an old metal roller skate and strapped it to a short piece of 2x4, hopped on top and took off. It was wobblier than hell, moved way too fast and vibrated on the asphalt enough to jar every bone in your body and loosen every tooth. It was more like getting electrocuted than anything else. We're not talking any hundred dollar baby here. Maybe more like a buck ninety-five. Figure maybe $5 bucks today for inflation. These were the days when we had hula hoops and Schwinn bicycles. We had Frisbees and yo-yo's and whiffle balls. But we would have traded in any of 'em for our skateboards.

Rodney Mullen

Here is a link to a video that shows popular skateboarder Rodney Mullen doing a series of good tricks.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yA2WLW18iRQ

Skateboadring for beginners

This a very good video that shows how to skateboard for beginners. If you are in process of learning how to skateboard you should watch this video.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dQMmP2NS_Qw

Graffiti

http://www.graffiti.org/index/best.html <---- a very good site where you can find best websites about graffiti.

City banning skateboards at Haller Fountain

The city of Vancouver banned skateboarding at Haller Fountain where new concrete benches and a water fountain have been added in memory of the late Steve Corra. City manager were damaging sidewalks and other improvements city recently made.

Skateboarding Store

Here is a link to a very good skateboarding store http://www.skateamerica.com/. It carries variety of products as well as many accessories.