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What if we treated all athletes the way we treat skateboarders? – Just Plain Jayx
I am a longboarder, not a skateboarder (basically, a longboard is still a skateboard, but it’s longer [go figure] and not ideal for trick skating) … we generally use roads whereas skateboarders tend to use any surface they can find to do tricks off. Most people can’t tell the difference and don’t really care enough anyway – they just see some dude on a board and assume he’s a bad ass skateboarding mofo.
In truth though, a lot of skaters are professional athletes and generally longboarders respect their playground (can’t speak on behalf of all skateboarders) – especially seeing that longboarders have to practice on public roads to warm up for races and organised events. There’s also a move to promote skating as an alternative, eco-friendly transport, but still the bad boy stereotype persists. Skateboarders were even invited to the opening of the non-motorised transport lane (Table View to Cape Town route) so it does seem like there is a shift in opinion in some circles at least, but the general public is still against skating, for no particular reason other than having something to bitch about it seems.
What does the law say about skating on roads and pavements (there is actually a pesky traffic officer confiscating boards and writing out fines in Stellenbosch – the law students are researching this)?
Author JayxterPosted on 19th April 2011Categories viva la plankTags longboarding, skateboarding, sport
3 thoughts on “What if we treated all athletes the way we treat skateboarders?”
19th April 2011 at 7:17 pm
20th April 2011 at 12:59 pm
Ja ek wonder ook wat presies sê die wet? Ons moet onsself bemagtig deur hierdie kennis op te doen! Ek het al meer as een keer in die middestad verby polisie werk toe geskate en tot dusvêr nog geen probleme opgetel nie… Touch wood!
21st April 2011 at 2:27 am
@imar ek het bietjie probeer navors op die internet, maar al resultate wat ek vind verwys na ‘n IOL berig waarin ‘n verkeershoof meld dat skaats op paaie en sypaadjies onwettig is, maar geen verwysing na artikels in die verkeerswette self nie.
In my ervaring is die polisie gewoonlik redelik verdraagsaam solank daar nie klagtes van die publiek se kant af is nie, en selfs as daar is, is hulle nie seker hoe die aanklag moet lees nie.
Daar is maar altyd ‘n cowboy onder die spul (veral verkeerspolisie) wat maar net te graag ‘n boete wil uitskryf of sy hande op jou bord wil kry – ek verneem die perd in Stellenbosch skryf voor die voet R500 boetes uit en agtervolg mense nadat hy hulle ‘n waarskuwing gegee het om of die boete te skryf of die bord af te vat … so effe onnodig as jy my vra.
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