Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Skate Park Negatives

The Skate Park is one of my fav places to go and have fun, but despite the all the positivity at the Skate Park the worst thing at the park is when a bunch of "wanna be" gangsters roll up into the park with their pants sagging and large t-shirts that cover their knees.  They usually come about 10 people deep because they do not contain any self defense or offensive methods so they use the element of numbers to intimidate a foe. For example about 3 years ago I was having a late night skate session and in the corner of my ear i hear a terrifying screech of intense pain, as I get close enough to see I caught a mob of guys beating a skater with his own skateboard. Back up was coming so I decided to help him as I ran over pulling the guys off of the skater. The situation ended with a few bikers chasing the punks down the street and the ambulance taking the victim to the hospital.

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  1. So this sounds like it is enforcing the problem of skaters being punks and bad influences. This is a huge social issue. You could definitely take this angle into an argument project if you wanted to. Ask your oral history person about this situation. I am sure he would have a lot to say and a story or two himself.

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