I don't know how many people on here are interested in skateboarding and its culture, but in Norwich City the council are trying to ban skateboarding in a large area of the city, which I think is a f**king disgrace. It's an important art form, that ultimately keeps people social and healthy, and also inspires creativity, it really frustrates me that the city wants to criminalise there people for taking part in such a healthy and harmless pastime. It would be nice to hear some other opinions on the matter, and also if you agree there is an online petition, it would be really helpful if anyone and everyone would sign it, all help is good help. Here is a link to the petition. https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-norwich-skateboard-ban?source=twitter-share-button
I think art is a very broad thing thats hard to define, another mans rubbish is another's man gold, some see art, some don't, that's pretty much it. Also the people skating it have been intervened with, the damage thats there hasn't changed for the better part of a year, it was the youngsters doing it and as there older generation of skaters we take it as our responsibility to guide them on etiquette. They were Spoken to along time ago and to our knowledge nobody has skated on the memorial for the past 9 months or so. But we are suppose to living in times of social diversity, we're all people are welcomed, people are wronged for treating all Muslims as terrorists when in reality its a odd couple, so why is it okay to treat all skateboarders as thugs or vandals when in reality were not. And yes I know that's a pretty extreme comparison but the point is the same.
Whether you agree that the sport it's self is an art it can definitely promote various art forms, film and photography being the obvious ones. But I'd say the sport is a temporary art form, when I think of art I think of using your own creativity to create different shapes and colours, even if it only lasts a few seconds that's what you do on a skateboard. And on the streets skateboarding is a sport that has no limits, if you confine it to a skatepark it very quickly becomes very limited.
Surprised that nobody has mentioned seven nation army, that has to be up there, or maybe walk this way too, master of puppets, johnny be good (not really a riff but very recognisable) there are dozens of riffs that almost anyone can name by the first 2 notes alone though, the most recognisable is a pretty hard thing to pin to one song as it is a matter of opinion.
I think being a good member of society involves helping people when possible, if I saw someone in trouble, getting beat up or whatever and I could help out, I would. Regardless of that persons gender/nationality/skin colour or job title.
I think art is a very broad thing thats hard to define, another mans rubbish is another's man gold, some see art, some don't, that's pretty much it. Also the people skating it have been intervened with, the damage thats there hasn't changed for the better part of a year, it was the youngsters doing it and as there older generation of skaters we take it as our responsibility to guide them on etiquette. They were Spoken to along time ago and to our knowledge nobody has skated on the memorial for the past 9 months or so. But we are suppose to living in times of social diversity, we're all people are welcomed, people are wronged for treating all Muslims as terrorists when in reality its a odd couple, so why is it okay to treat all skateboarders as thugs or vandals when in reality were not. And yes I know that's a pretty extreme comparison but the point is the same.
And the council have said there sole reason for banning is the damage to memorial, they added theyve never had complaints or problems with people riding in the other areas but they feel that it should be banned there aswell
And I will add that to ban only came about when a veteran complained about the damage to the memorial (understandably), in an interview with a local paper he then said that he feels awful about the proposed ban, as when they raised there concern they didn't want it to be banned from the city centre, they just don't want the memorial to be damaged.
The city centre is laid out with a road system, it's not a pedestrian only zone so there are cars, motor cycles, bikes, mobility scooters and any other mode transport you can think of, I don't think we deserve special privileges, but I also don't think we should be segregated from society, I've never seen anyone playing baseball though, but as I'm in the UK you don't really see baseball anywhere
I hear what everyone is saying and I agree with the most of it, I personally and alot of other skaters I know avoid the city centre at busy hours in consideration of the other people in the city, and I do think if people are causing harm to others, damaging things and other anti-social things they should be punished in the ways of the law, I don't have a problem with authority, what I do have a problem is they want too completely ban skateboards, meaning if I was to ride through the centre at 8 in the evening when there are next to no pedestrians about, I could be prosecuted, that doesn't seem fair in my eyes, the skating community have tried to organise a sit down with the city council to talk about alternative solutions but they aren't interested in our opinion, is that democracy?
Whether you agree that the sport it's self is an art it can definitely promote various art forms, film and photography being the obvious ones. But I'd say the sport is a temporary art form, when I think of art I think of using your own creativity to create different shapes and colours, even if it only lasts a few seconds that's what you do on a skateboard. And on the streets skateboarding is a sport that has no limits, if you confine it to a skatepark it very quickly becomes very limited.
It's a very busy city during the day so skaters stay clear during shopping hours, I don't see the problem in the evenings when there's nobody around, why separate the city when there are ways everyone can enjoy the space
Most people don't need to be told, it's a case of one or two doing it and then the rest of the community suffers because of it, there is a skatepark a few miles from the city centre but the thing to remember is although a skatepark is a good place to practice, skating was made made for the streets, it's alot more fun to explore the city and be creative in your own. Personally I never have and never would skate a war memorial, and the vast majority of skaters are the same, and we never skate in the city centre during the day time, only at night when there's no one around, to.criminalise someone for riding a skateboard just seems ridiculous, I would be happy to the idea of people being prosecuted for damaging the war memorial, but spreading the ban over a vast area of the city seems wrong to me.
City centre and by the market, and a few surrounding areas, the campaign has started because of.damage to the war memorial, which is something that I completely agree with, a war memorial is a beautiful thing and skating on it is disrespectful and not on at all, but the area of the proposed ban covers a much larger area, and above all put into place without speaking to the skaters and just telling them not to skate the war memorial.
I don't know how many people on here are interested in skateboarding and its culture, but in Norwich City the council are trying to ban skateboarding in a large area of the city, which I think is a f**king disgrace. It's an important art form, that ultimately keeps people social and healthy, and also inspires creativity, it really frustrates me that the city wants to criminalise there people for taking part in such a healthy and harmless pastime. It would be nice to hear some other opinions on the matter, and also if you agree there is an online petition, it would be really helpful if anyone and everyone would sign it, all help is good help. Here is a link to the petition. https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-norwich-skateboard-ban?source=twitter-share-button