There are no opponents or teams at a skatepark. Everyone is their own entity. We get hyped off of one another doing sick shit. We uplift the skatepark community the more we participate. An entire nomenclature for tricks, an entire rules based etiquette for skating parks has been developed by a bunch of outcasts around the world. No institutions to embrace it, no coaches, no refs. Yet an entire culture has been created without the approval of anyone.
Discussion
That’s beautiful
My thoughts on this are sortve rolling so I’m gonna be a loser and comment on this to continue my thinking.
There is no season. There isn’t a distinguishing difference between practice and a game, because it is all practice. It starts as practice and ends as practice. There is no development phase or instructional league. It is entirely self taught. It is the same intensity all of the time, whether someone is there to witness it or not. These traits are so unlike traditional sports. The world around you, architecture, stairs, rails, curbs, it all becomes a medium for you to play on. To participate in some sortve ballet. No one encourages you, most people discourage you!
I could wax lyrical about it and philosophize all night. If anyone’s reading this congrats you’ve listened to my bullshit thanks for playing
I love skateboarding. It is sunny today for the first time in weeks, I think I’ll go skate!
What is grassroots
I think I am confused
I'm simply amusing myself agreeing that the skate culture indeed is very much a grassroots movement in Jeopardy! style
Ahhhh, gotcha
I grew up skating mostly in the 2000’s, some in the 2010’s. Back then, it was definitely still very “frowned” upon. Probably had the cops kick me out of 1,000 spots. On one hand, SLS and other competitions have made it more mainstream. But I’m not sure the skate community actually cares about that. Maybe redbull and monster do. But kids at skateparks don’t give a fuck about that sortve shit