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Great to hear! I remember skate boarding to my office downtown, 35? Years ago. Dressed in suit and tie, just waiting to be pulled over for "public" skateboarding. I went to work with various early morning bikers(bicycles), on the empty city streets, and returning in crazy afternoon rush hour traffic. Never did get stopped. But was ready with various arguments!

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It's almost as if police only go after skate boarders who are trespassing or causing property damage. It's fun to see yourself as a Star Wars rebel though...

i mean i get the cops called on me just skating down the street

Wow, that's a hilarious hot take to hear in 2024. I get that some people associate skateboarding with all that, but then again, there are some folks who just trespass and cause property damage on their feet. Almost as though there's a correlation rather than causation.

Skateboarding 100% destroys property. And skateboarders have sued property owners after getting hurt.

Nobody is arguing with you about skateboarding destroying some property. 100% seems like hyperbole given that many (nay, most these days) skateboarding takes place at municipal or private parks.

Statistics on lawsuits brought by riders against property owners should probably be cited, else it just sounds like perhaps you have had one of these lawsuits brought against you and have anger about it.

I assume the above commenter never witnessed how abusive authorities were historically to young kids, from 8-18, who were just skateboarding for fun, wherever they could. Having skateboard parks - with safe skate zones, is relatively recent in cities and towns.

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