ruined skate spots

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

*(&#(*@Y$*&@^$(*@ i hate &*&$#ing skate stoppers. they just ruined one of the best skate spots in my town. how many of you are seeing your best spots ruined because of these bastards? its not even smart all it does is lead to more vandalism and aggravated skaters and a bad relation(well... worse relation) between skaters and police, and property owners.

liquidforce519 · Soul Rider Joined: 02 Oct 2003 Posts: 447

The fat janitor at the Post Office told us to go away...
We just come back when its closed.
Ever tried skating inside on smoothe tile. Laughing

twitch88 · Posted: Jul 09, 2004 6:44 pm Post subject:

i actually have skated inside the local post office, and the laundromat, the grocery store, the school gym was killer. The list goes on, and remember it isn't against the rules if you don't get caught.

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

im talking about these
www.skatestoppers.com
its not that hard to out run rent-a-cops and janitors on a skateboard

twitch88 · Posted: Jul 10, 2004 12:43 pm Post subject:

The Headless Chicken, i know about those there are very few spots here that have them. I have never had to outrun any janitors or rent a cops because i very rarely get confronted. one time i did attempt to outrun the 5-0 and hit a dead end, i hid in blackberry bushes for an hour and a half only to be caught. I was with a friend and we decided that it was time to get back to the car, we were pulled over within 5 seconds of getting in the car. The thing was we knew they were still there and would be there for a long time to come because the cops in this town literally have nothing better to do. After they completely tore apart my friends car searching it they let us go with only a warning, it was ridiculous.

liquidforce519 · Soul Rider Joined: 02 Oct 2003 Posts: 447

O man we dont have those around here. You would get wasted if you tried http://www.skatestoppers.com/images/Handrail.jpg

numbfoot · Posted: Jul 10, 2004 3:55 pm Post subject:

that's so gay. Is it worth it for them to make their ledges and hand rails look like crap when they could just tell people to go away?

Mister C · Posted: Jul 10, 2004 4:08 pm Post subject:

The Headless Chicken, whered they do it at? Down at Jefferson?

wakeboarder_360 · Posted: Jul 11, 2004 5:40 am Post subject:

liquidforce519, it doesn't even look like it has a runway, so thats just useless and now ugly. That kinda happened here but it was because snowboarders were doin a handrail so they put a bunch a little pieces of rectangular shaped metal. it looked like they just took a round metal piece and bent both sides and just welded it on so now it looks awful.

Fredrick Eisenhauer · Posted: Jul 11, 2004 4:39 pm Post subject:

Those skate stoppers on that handrail... wouldn't they just defeat the purpose of a handrail in the first place?

simland · Posted: Jul 11, 2004 5:08 pm Post subject:

Where I go to school, University fo Minnesota, they are everywhere. I saw last year when they were putting them in. It made me laugh and cry at the same time.

Fredrick Eisenhauer · Posted: Jul 12, 2004 7:31 am Post subject:

Can you not chisel them off?

YELLOWMOBIUS · Addict Joined: 25 Apr 2004 Posts: 776 City: da region

im sure you can its just welded on just get a hammer and a crow bar or somethign of that nature and you can bust them off

simland · Posted: Jul 13, 2004 4:36 pm Post subject:

Ha ha ha ha ha

No

The bolts that were used that I saw were like 3 inches long or something. Not sure on length but they are heavy duty and the ones I saw were mostly into concrete.

wakeboarder_360 · Posted: Jul 13, 2004 6:14 pm Post subject:

I'm pretty sure someone would report you hammering away at a handrail or ledge Laughing

Fredrick Eisenhauer · Posted: Jul 14, 2004 3:35 am Post subject:

True, but if they were in a place out of the way it wouldn't be to hard to get away with it.

wakeboarder_360 · Posted: Jul 14, 2004 8:33 am Post subject:

True, but it looks like most of the places that do have them are pretty visible and if you get caught you can get fined.

Mike.H · Posted: Jul 15, 2004 8:57 pm Post subject:

i remember one place i use to skate but it was right in front of a day care center and one of the ladys that worked there said shed call security if we ever skated around there again, probably thought we were gang members or sumthin

YELLOWMOBIUS · Addict Joined: 25 Apr 2004 Posts: 776 City: da region

i didnt know gang members skateboarded

freerider4 · Posted: Jul 18, 2004 4:29 pm Post subject:

I have a skateboard video where I forget who it is but he was just sessioning this one rail with skate stoppers.

YELLOWMOBIUS · Addict Joined: 25 Apr 2004 Posts: 776 City: da region

i was just downtown chicago for dinner they put those skatestoppers everywhere i guess you cant get those things off they are crazy they even cover the hole where the screw is

anarchy99 · Addict Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 616 City: tacoma

lol funny thing is my uncle had to put those on the other day and he though they were totally ridicoulous and gay. but hey u could be like jp walker and jeremy jones(pro snowboarders for anybody who doesnt know0 and just bring a saw chizzle and a screw driver and take that stuff off in the middle of the night or on weekends.

noneya · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 796 City: Roxboro, NC

I dont think they are supposed to put them on handrails. THe requirements of the ADA prohibit stuff like that. You should complain and use that as your excuse, might get a few of them off or at least get some fines for the people putting them up

Gripping surfaces shall be uninterrupted by newel posts, other construction elements, or obstructions

http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/reg3a.html#Anchor-17104

danbrett · Posted: Aug 20, 2004 10:57 am Post subject:

we only have skate stoppers at one p lay in the area, The high school has these http://www.skatestoppers.com/images/Handrail.jpg
but that's not stopping anyone from the 11,6,5,4 sets and ledges.
Skate stoppers are so damn ugly i'd rather look as a grinded waxed ledge that some ugly metal bracket. I've only seen on skate stopper that looked good, ant hat was online somewhere, it was at a beach and they had likea little startfish and octopuse thing on the corners.

danbrett · Posted: Aug 20, 2004 10:59 am Post subject:

hey they have that startfish thing on the skatestopper website

J-Ro · Posted: Aug 20, 2004 11:14 am Post subject:

Fredrick Eisenhauer · Posted: Aug 21, 2004 1:42 am Post subject:

J-Ro, lukily for me I live in a place where I do not deal with these. Where I live skating is not illegal. Rolling Eyes