one who rides a skateboard and has fun doing it. skaters can be any kind of person; punk, prep, jock, criminal,
nerd... whatever. skateboarding has room for all kinds of
people, and most of
us won't discriminate based on anything but your
love for skateboarding.
however, since skateboarding has recently rocketed in popularity, it has now become 'cool'. so now, you have to deal with those who are only doing it to be 'cool'. these
people are not really skateboarders.
if you are the other kind of
skater (the for real one, and you know who you are) i have some words of wisdom for you. when you get kicked out of a skatespot, don't mouth off to the cops no matter how much of an
idiot they really are. if skaters want to get accepted in todays world (which seems impossible right now) then we need to act like civilized people. if thats how we act, that's how we'll be treated, which means less getting kicked out of skate spots and more riding of the skateboard.
skateboarders are usually non-competative
people, because competition in skateboarding is fairly low-key; its not really taken seriously. ESPN tried to make it into some dramatic rivalry between the
top skaters when in fact they are all
friends just goofing around. there's no hating.
