as far as skating alone vs. skating with friends - yeah it's a lot more fun to have friends around but I enjoy the solo feel too...it's a lot more work to really get into it when you're alone in my experience. I just tend to say and do stupid shit around other skaters if I don't know them or feel comfortable around them, though that tends to apply to all people across the board. I'm no good at playing it cool with unfamiliars, so I just say fuck it and keep my mouth shut. go skate. I used to think when I was a teenager that you'd have some sort of instant camaraderie with anyone who plays skateboards but that definitely isn't the case.
I'm like 2 pages late sorry