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Just a question,
and i dont know whether its been posted before,
but what does NSG think of skateboarders, the whole skateboarding scene,
or the sport in general?

It's sick, raaad, gnarley etc...

Personally I like assboarding, but could never skate well myself.

A skilled skater has always impressed.

(And they're a good source of smoke.)

Too much posing

Same as most people.

They are fun to tackle. :)

Too much posing

actually, it depends on who you go around with, in my area, if you go around acting like you skate, i.e being a poser, then chances are someone will punch you.

I'm friends with a lot of them.

People like any others.

radical man lets dress and act exactly the same whilst talking about us all being individuals man

so yeah just punk ass kids

actually, it depends on who you go around with, in my area, if you go around acting like you skate, i.e being a poser, then chances are someone will punch you.

not many skaters round your area then gotcha

not many skaters round your area then gotcha

Sorry about my misleading post - i meant if you go around acting like you skate, but you can't, then chances are some some skater will punch you, and i do skate before someone says i hate all skateboarders.

Nothing, why, what would I think about them?

On second thought, maybe a little pity that they feel the need to identify by the means of a small ironing board on wheels. I hope they'll find a better sense of self at one point.

Skaters who can actually skate etc are alright, not those annoying 15 year olds with gigantic shoes who can't actually skate. They're nobs.

I used to skateboard around my neighborhood, but I never wore baggy pants or got into arguments with security guards. And I don't like punk music, and I don't have any piercings. I'm not really sure if you could call me a skater.

then chances are some some skater will punch you

honey stop bigging up your scene your not much better than the common chav especially in your fighting ability

and i do skate before someone says i hate all skateboarders.

are you a male aged 14-17 who likes punk and "metal"? do you spend your nights sitting at bus stops kicking bins in and terrorizing the elderly? have you got a lip piercing, some form of snowboarding hat (*points out irony*) and skinny black jeans?

Skaters who can actually skate etc are alright, not those annoying 15 year olds with gigantic shoes who can't actually skate. They're nobs.

those annoying 15 year olds will eventually turn into skaters who are allright, but id agree that way too many "skaters" cant actually skate

are you a male aged 14-17 who likes punk and "metal"? do you spend your nights sitting at bus stops kicking bins in and terrorizing the elderly? have you got a lip piercing, some form of snowboarding hat (*points out irony*) and skinny black jeans?

That sounds like some weird cross breed between a chav, skater and emo.

That sounds like some weird cross breed between a chav, skater and emo.

well yeah

well yeah

I suggest you leave that city of mutants you are currently living in.

I used to skateboard around my neighborhood, but I never wore baggy pants or got into arguments with security guards. And I don't like punk music, and I don't have any piercings. I'm not really sure if you could call me a skater.
Do you skate?

Then you are a skater.


Skaters who can actually skate etc are alright, not those annoying 15 year olds with gigantic shoes who can't actually skate. They're nobs.
That's soooo 2001.

That sounds like some weird cross breed between a chav, skater and emo.

Skchemo? Sounds like a town in Slovakia.

That's soooo 2001.

Apparently no-one's told them that.

honey stop bigging up your scene your not much better than the common chav especially in your fighting ability



are you a male aged 14-17 who likes punk and "metal"? do you spend your nights sitting at bus stops kicking bins in and terrorizing the elderly? have you got a lip piercing, some form of snowboarding hat (*points out irony*) and skinny black jeans?

im not bigging up my scene, because there not my scene, there the punk skaters that hang around every good spot, are annoying, and always question anyones skill. They are the opposite of the chavs, but just turn out to be similar.


I'm a 21 year old male, i like rock but not screamo or metal or that sort of music, i don't hang around bus stops or any of that, especially the terrorizing the elderly, i have morals, i have no piercings as i think they are pointless, don't wear hats, and i have never owned nor wore skinny jeans, as they seem very restricting.

your stereotype there sounds like some strange threat to society which i feel i am lucky not to have met.

I suggest you leave that city of mutants you are currently living in.

I thought it was a good thing that the kids of today aren't nearly as tribal as first thought? :p

I know a few people who we would consider skaters, as in they were skin tight jeans and are into heavy metal and all that, some aren't that bad and others can get really annoying really fast.

Meh, I know people who skateboard, but noone Id call a Skateboarder, like thats their scene or something...

I dont really care what your preferred thing on wheels is honestly, lol...

your stereotype there sounds like some strange threat to society which i feel i am lucky not to have met.

You're not British, are you?

im not bigging up my scene, because there not my scene, there the punk skaters that hang around every good spot, are annoying, and always question anyones skill. They are the opposite of the chavs, but just turn out to be similar.

then their gits and you should avoid associating yourself with them no?

others can get really annoying really fast.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bam_Margera

Do you skate?

Then you are a skater.

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You don't know me, you can't tell me what to do. Everybody's stupid. I hate everything. I'm going to paint my fingernails black and then go shopping for cool T-shirts at Hot Topic so everyone can see how apathetic and unemotional I am.

You don't know me, you can't tell me what to do. Everybody's stupid. I hate everything. I'm going to paint my fingernails black and then go shopping for cool T-shirts at Hot Topic so everyone can see how apathetic and unemotional I am.

Becoming a Vampire-Kid, eh? lol

What did the word they're ever do to you guys? :(

Skaters who can actually skate etc are alright, not those annoying 15 year olds with gigantic shoes who can't actually skate. They're nobs.

Agreed. The half emo ones that can only do an ollie annoy me.

You're not British, are you?

Yes, yes I am, Birmingham born and bred, all the yobs causing trouble in my neighborhood wear tracksuits and brag about how many times they shot each other in songs.
Unless you count pigeon park that is, but no-one outside Birmingham would have any idea what i'm talking about if i go into the sorts of people who hang around there.

You don't know me, you can't tell me what to do. Everybody's stupid. I hate everything. I'm going to paint my fingernails black and then go shopping for cool T-shirts at Hot Topic so everyone can see how apathetic and unemotional I am.
Yes, that's called 'being a teenager'.

Little to do with skateboarding. Though the two are often correlated.

then their gits and you should avoid associating yourself with them no?

yes, I do, and they are, also your completely right about Bam Margera

Yes, yes I am, Birmingham born and bred

:eek: you poor, poor man *wraps in old blanket*

your completely right about Bam Margera

you 'know that might make you a self hater :p

Enough of the grumblin, let's see some skating (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZtoCnsyad0)...

Yes, yes I am, Birmingham born and bred, all the yobs causing trouble in my neighborhood wear tracksuits and brag about how many times they shot each other in songs.
Unless you count pigeon park that is, but no-one outside Birmingham would have any idea what i'm talking about if i go into the sorts of people who hang around there.

i tried skating... im crap so i stopped ^^
im birmingham too, im a regular up pidgeon park,
i love metal music, but i do have an ecclectic taste in music, its just that i like metal the most

im 17, i plan on getting tattoos and maybe piercings when im 18


you people need to stop generalising, the hanging round bus shelters and mugging the elderly? thats CHAVS through and through, i know of no rocker-aligned young persons that do such a thing.

i have good morals, i have long hair for a guy, i dont paint my nails black, im not an emo in any sense of the word, i wear band t shirts because i like those bands and thus am proud to associate myself with them in public, i am well behaved... so please, dont generalise about the rocker/skater community
thanks

you 'know that might make you a self hater :p

no, i don't not like bam Margera because he skates, I don't like him because he can be astoundably annoying.

You don't know me, you can't tell me what to do. Everybody's stupid. I hate everything. I'm going to paint my fingernails black and then go shopping for cool T-shirts at Hot Topic so everyone can see how apathetic and unemotional I am.
You know, the only thing more pathetic, tedious and cliched than an angsty teenager is someone making fun of angsty teenagers.

I dislike skateboarders for no particular reason, and whenever I see one coming I have to suppress the urge to clothesline him.

you people need to stop generalising, the hanging round bus shelters and mugging the elderly? thats CHAVS through and through, i know of no rocker-aligned young persons that do such a thing.
Contradiction, much?

The USSR Mk 2, good to know someone agrees with the generalising/stereotyping, i only started this thread because i wanted to see what stereotypes of skaters were floating around nowadays.

Chumblywumbly, Tom penny is good, but this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkBL4ljHlIo) is better.

I really enjoy skateboarding, and many of the people involved in it.
Do you count longboarders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longboard_(skateboard)) in the ranks of skaters? It's not nearly as technical, but same general concept..

Chumblywumbly, Tom penny is good, but this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkBL4ljHlIo) is better.
Flatland stuff is always sweet.

Skaters who can actually skate etc are alright, not those annoying 15 year olds with gigantic shoes who can't actually skate. They're nobs.

How do you think "skaters who can actually skate" started out? Not as twenty-something phenoms, but as 15 year olds with gigantic shoes who couldn't actually skate. Some of them are just punks, but the ones who actually spend their time skating instead of loitering at the mall in gangs are usually alright.

I've always had great respect for the skill required to be a professional, or competent, skateboarder, and, being heavily pop-punky myself, the two "scenes" do tend to coincide a little.

It's a crime, and anyone with a skateboard should be jailed for life. *nod*

really, I don't care as long as they refrain from damaging property with their stunts. Around here, that isn't a problem most of the time. The new city library has these annoying obstacles on the handrail of a long stairway which I assume are meant to prevent the otherwise tempting rail-grind opportunity.

Yes, that's called 'being a teenager'.

Little to do with skateboarding. Though the two are often correlated.


Eh? HT'S not the biggest thing on earh, is it?

if we are talking about the style then ugggh.

if we are talking about the act it was fun.

Eh? HT'S not the biggest thing on earh, is it?
Eh?

Just a question,
and i dont know whether its been posted before,
but what does NSG think of skateboarders, the whole skateboarding scene,
or the sport in general?
It's not a sport, but most of them are alright until they start talking about what fascists their parents/the polis etc. are, or start speaking in American clichés.

I don't think of them, usually.

Just a question,
and i dont know whether its been posted before,
but what does NSG think of skateboarders, the whole skateboarding scene,
or the sport in general?

Those I've met have been pretty regular sorts.

I don't think of them, usually.

That was going to be my answer, but I thought of something else...

...they can skate at schools and parks, shopping malls, hell, even inside retirement homes for all I care, I just want them to stop skating in the middle of the fucking street. :mad::tongue:

physios the world over thank them for their continued contributions to their livelihoods.

Just a question,
and i dont know whether its been posted before,
but what does NSG think of skateboarders, the whole skateboarding scene,
or the sport in general?

exactly the same as i think of anyone else: mostly harmless when they're not going out of their way to make a pain in the ass of themselves.

as for ANY "sport in general"; sorry, i don't find excitement gratifying.

I've not really spent much time thinking about them other than seeing various documentaries, any sub-culture is interesting, I remember [from Gladwell?] the skateboarding sub-culture led to the re-rise of Hush Puppies.

Personally I suspect they're a bit stale as a sub-culture as opposed to surfing, which has gone through a resurgence of late, Parkour seems to be where the cool kids are.

When watching, say, the X-games, skateboarding seems the least interesting.

Meh, I used to live by a skate park. Nothing good to say about it. Nothing against them, but for those that vandalize stuff and beat up on old folks etc. I agree with the idea that they should be strung up, shot, and then dragged around behind their parents cars until the body is gone. (Tore apart by road etc.)

The skateboarders I see every morning and every evening here in front of Milan's Central Station are just a bunch of idiots who have ruined the marble benches by skating on them, and also occasionally crash into pedestrians.
They provide some humour, though, when they crash to the ground or miscalculate a leap and fall in the street... right when a car is coming, the idiots. Darwin in action at his finest.

As for other skateboarders, I don't know.

actually, it depends on who you go around with, in my area, if you go around acting like you skate, i.e being a poser, then chances are someone will punch you.

Ok then I change my answer to "too much posing and dickishness"

Skchemo? Sounds like a town in Slovakia.

Or an extreme and radical new form of cancer treatment.

I have no problem with people who skateboard.

Skateboarders, on the other hand, tend to be punkassed kids with bad attitudes, no manners, and zero respect for real culture or the person or property of others.

You don't know me, you can't tell me what to do. Everybody's stupid. I hate everything. I'm going to paint my fingernails black and then go shopping for cool T-shirts at Hot Topic so everyone can see how apathetic and unemotional I am.

Bingo!

i gave up on doing anything fancy in my old age, and just cruise around town on a longboard. it's one of my favorite means of transportation.

I rarely think about the sport or the subculture.

They are fun to tackle. :)
Fast moving and sometimes mid air targets. The man likes a challenge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bam_Margera

Hey, Bam didn't get annoying quickly. He started of annoying and has been admirably consistent.