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Old Posted Sep 29, 2009, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Metro-One View Post
No they are not designed to be skated on, skaters should have the respect to know there are areas that are allocated for skating, and areas allocated for general public use. Since when are skaters above everyone else? Many sidewalks look good for driving a smartcar down, but do people do it? No! I could easily drive my car down many bike paths that are wide enough, or how about Deer Lake Trails?

I fully support the construction of more skate parks and skating facilities in our cities and parks, but in doing so it would be nice to see the gesture returned in that they have the respect not to skate on utilities not allocated for doing so.

Honestly!
I've taken to purposely walking into the path of offending skateboarders to subconsciously deliver the message that they're welcome to take their vandalism elsewhere. Yes, kidz, in some place skate-boarding IS a crime. Now bugger off.