Comments on: Finally, a view on skateboarding

Finally, a view on skateboarding

Laugh_track — Sat, 23 Jun 2001 20:12:07 -0800

Finally, a view on skateboarding not stereotyping those who partake in the sport as either ridiculously rebellious punks or bumbling idiots.

By: Laugh_track

Laugh_track — Sat, 23 Jun 2001 20:27:17 -0800

To clarify: like we all aren't tired of all those skateboard bail clips on RealTV. My favorite Ahmad Rashad quote: "Do these guys ever land standing up?"
And how does the hilarious yet embarrassing search engine link tie in? It seems they've registered emericashoes.com, although apparently have nothing to do with the actual skate shoe company of the same name. Gah! Well, who needs shoes anyway when you can go to the "F Gameroom" and play "F Minigolf".

By: kindall

kindall — Sat, 23 Jun 2001 20:56:58 -0800

The article perpetuates the continually tooth-grating practice of referring to skateboarders as "skaters." Skating requires, well, skates, which are attached to one's feet. I'm sure I'm just being anal-retentive, but I'd think skating and skateboarding are different enough activities that it would be useful to employ different words for them.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Sat, 23 Jun 2001 21:04:07 -0800

kindall, everyone that rides a skateboard "skates" and is a "skater." It's been an accepted standard of terminology at least since the 80's. Fascinating paper, though I wish the author explored the entire range of subculture he described, instead of concentrating only on the relationship of skater to architecture and surroundings.

By: kindall

kindall — Sat, 23 Jun 2001 21:13:34 -0800

kindall, everyone that rides a skateboard "skates" and is a "skater." It's been an accepted standard of terminology at least since the 80's. Yes, and it's been annoying me most of that time. ;)

By: Laugh_track

Laugh_track — Sun, 24 Jun 2001 06:32:24 -0800

I'm sure I'm just being anal-retentive, but I'd think skating and skateboarding are different enough activities that it would be useful to employ different words for them. They are. Rollerblades are seen in skate parks a lot more than rollerskates (of the 4-wheel variety), so those on rollerblades are called bladers, those on skateboards are skaters, and those in soaps are laughed at :)

By: fakeplastic

fakeplastic — Sun, 24 Jun 2001 10:25:44 -0800

Another interesting article about the science of skateboarding tricks can be found here. For those who always wondered "how do they get the board to stick to their feet??"

By: clavdivs

clavdivs — Sun, 24 Jun 2001 10:50:00 -0800

my first skateboard had stone wheels. anyone remember those?

By: techgnollogic

techgnollogic — Sun, 24 Jun 2001 12:45:48 -0800

I remember messing around on my uncle's old skateboard... flat, slick piece of wood with narrow, dented, rusted metal wheels... frightening.

By: jcterminal

jcterminal — Sun, 24 Jun 2001 12:57:15 -0800

"not stereotyping those who partake in the sport as either ridiculously rebellious punks or bumbling idiots." hey! if they didn't like the stereotype, they wouldn't cling to it.

By: Twang

Twang — Sun, 24 Jun 2001 15:04:10 -0800

Skateboarders are currently the coolest people living on the earth. If we me'fi'ers weren't all overage tubbos we'd be out there burning skin too. Instead we cat on about overintellectualized wannabee essays. I'm just pissed that boards didn't come along when I was still wild enough to get on one.

By: lbergstr

lbergstr — Sun, 24 Jun 2001 15:27:05 -0800

Examples of Poor Web Design, No. 3,453,809: click 'Frontside' to go to the next page. They could at least have added an arrow.

By: fooljay

fooljay — Mon, 25 Jun 2001 09:59:13 -0800

Hmmm, I actually thought it was clever (frontside/backside). Didn't take me more than a millisecond to figure it out. Could have been more clear too, and so could everything, but then how boring would that be

By: rodii

rodii — Mon, 25 Jun 2001 12:44:18 -0800

But, Jay, in that millisecond, over 88% of web users choose to visit yahoo.com instead, and another .003% suffer a fatal infarction. And that means untold dollars in sales, and several lives, are lost. And that, Mr. and Mrs. Would-Be CEO, is why the web needs Jakob.

By: fooljay

fooljay — Mon, 25 Jun 2001 15:14:21 -0800

Oy... Natural selection at work if you ask me.