skateboarding is not a crime!
...eople who ride motorcycles are stereotyped as always belonging to gangs? Now what if I told you that the bikes I saw outside where policeman on motorcycles, visiting us to talk about the dangers of drugs. Would you feel relieved? Why? There are good people and bad people that come from all walks of life, live in all neighborhoods, and are both trusted members of society as well as low life people. Throughout the eighties and even still into the nineties skateboarders have been stereotyped, fined, arrested, and kicked out of places for simply having fun. To many people this doesn’t sound that bad since skateboarders are a bunch of punks and cause trouble all the time. They smoke pot and get high and do nothing with their lives. These last two statements could be seen as false since they could be disproven in many ways. Tony Hawk is a pro skater who has achieved many goals in his life. Many people won’t know him but for the people that followed his career as a skateboarder they would know that is the “Michael Jordan” of skateboarding. Tony started his career in the eighties and at that time skateboarding was not too popular with the authorities. He has dealt with the hardships of being discriminated and rose to the top. He was in the movies Gleaming the Cube and Police Academy. My mission for this paper is to change the city ordinance regarding skateboarding on public property, on the streets of our towns, and at local skate spots. I am trying to make an effort to allow the opportunity for anyone who enjoys skateboarding, to ride without getting a ticket for a law that hasn’t even been passed in most provinces or cities. I strive to stop the op...