The skateboarding 'scene' must be diffrent in the US.
I've never seen anybody 'hang' at the local skate shop.
I've never once scene or heard of anyone who skates because it's cool (except a couple of Bam Margera clones, but no one pays attention to them anyway). I've never known skateboarding to actually be considered hip by anyone other than the skateboarders themselves.
'Round here people just skate. They skate down town to pick up some milk. And there's no drama involved expect for the usual teen wank.
I don't know why you Americans even bother if shit like this is happening.