The police and anti grinding city ordinance

[superjtrdr]

I have been riding the seawall for 2 years without any problems. Now the police are giving a hard time. Witnesses have told them about me boardsliding on the park benches. I am an old 80s backyard ramp rider so this issue is new to me. I stopped skating in 87 after knee surgery so riding skateparks isn't an option. Two years ago I started street skating on the seawall.
 I want to attend a city council meeting and maybe give the city a few ideas but I am concerned that I may be bringing unwanted attention to the sport. This is about a 2 mile sea wall. My suggestion is for the city to mark off about 60 ft of the seawall that we can skate on so that any potential damage is isolated.
 Any suggestions?

Sec. 33-14. - Grinding prohibited.
(a)
Grinding is defined as using the deck, peg, axle or any surface that is not the wheel of any type of skating device or bicycle to rub or slide along the surface of a step, bench, ledge, rail, or other structure.
(b)
Except in areas specifically designated for these purposes, such as a skate park, no person shall use inline skates, roller skates, skateboard, free style bicycle or similar device for grinding or in any other manner that may cause damage to the seawall, city streets, sidewalks, or other city property.

[coupedepill]

Sliding and grinding are two different things. Carry on.

[nopes]

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[ImportantGuy]

Grind regardless

[happenstance]

So manual tricks are legal?

[chipped tail]

wheelers only

[Jared]

Grind regardless

Damnit, I was about to post that. God, pharrell is so fucking wack.

[Jared]

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Grind regardless

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Damnit, I was about to post that. God, pharrell is so fucking wack.

I'll raise you one more.

[ducky darnsworth]

[SodaJerk]

Sliding and grinding are two different things. Carry on.

How 'bout rubbing? It mentions rubbing.

[superjtrdr]

Basically anything they think is destructive to the property. I don't notice any destruction other than normal wear and tear.

[coupedepill]

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Sliding and grinding are two different things. Carry on.

[close]

How 'bout rubbing? It mentions rubbing.

Favorite trick: Backside tail rub

[Jollyoli]

Get two of these, never grind again.

[tkp]

So you can keep skating and having the police give you a hard time, or you can approach city council with a plan to improve their economy and culture and perhaps come out with a rad little legal skate zone.

Your call, personally if you think your city council is forward thinking enough, I'd give it a shot.

[Jehoshaphat Augustus]

Get two of these, never grind again.

Come the fuck on man its 2017 we got new technology


Lemme upgrade ya! I'm basically like frank nasworthy in 1972 right meow

[Dong Juan]

Ricky Oyola road z rollers way back didn't he? Instant street cred.

[NORTHBYMIDWEST]

So manual tricks are legal?

As long as you don't scrape lol

[billyerlife]

Waiting for the all the posters who were just aghast at skateboarding on cars to come defend this.

[chodekaka]

Waiting for the all the posters who were just aghast at skateboarding on cars to come defend this.

How is this comparable to you to ollieing onto a 100 thousand dollar car hood or smashing a car windshield with your board?

[Dwyck]

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Waiting for the all the posters who were just aghast at skateboarding on cars to come defend this.

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How is this comparable to you to ollieing onto a 100 thousand dollar car hood or smashing a car windshield with your board?

bootlicker

[Jollyoli]

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Get two of these, never grind again.

[close]

Come the fuck on man its 2017 we got new technology


Lemme upgrade ya! I'm basically like frank nasworthy in 1972 right meow

Wow, those are double drilled! They still exist?
I thought I was being pure future by using McD's straws and a lighter to "weld" my copers on.

[chodekaka]

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Waiting for the all the posters who were just aghast at skateboarding on cars to come defend this.

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How is this comparable to you to ollieing onto a 100 thousand dollar car hood or smashing a car windshield with your board?

[close]

bootlicker

Wut

[Shifty Flip]

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Get two of these, never grind again.

[close]

Come the fuck on man its 2017 we got new technology


Lemme upgrade ya! I'm basically like frank nasworthy in 1972 right meow

[close]

Wow, those are double drilled! They still exist?
I thought I was being pure future by using McD's straws and a lighter to "weld" my copers on.

This really took me back. Thanks

[Dad you're embarrassing me]

OP if you can boardslide a bench or whatever how is a skatepark not an option? There’s some pretty mellow street obstacles at the skatepark these days. I’m not saying don’t skate the benches, but if you’re going to go to all that effort just session a flat bar already

[j....soy.....]

Lobby for skate benches.....legislation won't help...

[bad joke]

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Sliding and grinding are two different things. Carry on.

[close]

How 'bout rubbing? It mentions rubbing.

[close]

Favorite trick: Backside tail rub

ill raise you one more

[superjtrdr]

Lobby for skate benches.....legislation won't help...

My  1987 knee injury is such that I can't risk any kind of jump from real high. So bailing is tricky to say the least. We didnt street skate in the 80s.We were hidden in backyard ramps or pools.  Street Skating is  a different art form and I kind enjoy the newness of it.

[j....soy.....]

I thought you mentioned sliding benches......

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

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Waiting for the all the posters who were just aghast at skateboarding on cars to come defend this.

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How is this comparable to you to ollieing onto a 100 thousand dollar car hood or smashing a car windshield with your board?

Marble and granite plazas cost considerably more to repair or replace, cost the community as a whole when they are public, and cars like that are insured and owned by individual rich people, basically meaning that repairing the car wastes a couple hours of their life, whereas rebuilding a public park eliminates a public good for weeks or months, costs money from the tax base, which limits the ability to spend on other public goods and services.
Honestly, I don't think obsessing over material possessions ever makes sense, so I say go for it, but only a complete moron and asshole would think a luxury car that one rich fuck owns deserves more respect than a public place designed to serve the community at large.
This is only a discussion if you are one of those complete douchebags who thinks cars are some sort of gods or idols to be worshiped.

[chodekaka]

I honestly don’t even know who or what you are fighting some people in this thread just seem riled up with angst. I don’t think a private persons property is mine to destroy or smash, regardless of how I perceive their wealth or if I respect them. Just because you think they can afford it doesn’t make it victimless, and insurance isn’t a get out of jail free card that comes from nowhere and absolves everyone and makes everything right. I don’t think that smashing a car windshield with your board is the same as the wear and tear on public places from riding a skateboard and grinding on them. It’s literally needlessly smashing a persons property, he was not even skating the car he just straight smashed it. I don’t respect people who spend money on cars, I think they are fucking stupid and a giant fuck you to your community when you could have used that money to help others or help the whole, still can’t smash anyone’s car, I personally would never skate a car either wether it was a shit box or a Lamborghini. I didn’t even post in the other thread, i just think somebody can be against smashing luxury cars or private property owned by individuals not corporations, and okay with grinding marble ledges in public or benches. I’m happy I don’t live in America near any of you guys who feel free to shit on each other, your fellow citizens, over perceived wealth without even knowing the name of the person you are hurting, or anything about them and for no reason at all. If that makes me a bootlicker than so be it.