I feel like they're just something else entirely from what we do, hardly worth caring about. They matter to me no more than a longboard does. They are everywhere around here, I used to get passed by them several times a day on my bike commuting the work.
My real experience with them has been seeing dudes roll up to the park on them and immediately get psyched or vibed out. I've literally seen this like 10 times and I've never once seen the desk jockey take the board inside of the actual park, which is obviously for the best.