You are so right about the "my rights" thing, holy shit. I never knew how to articulate it but that sums it up perfectly. Street skating in Ireland isn't a big thing cause the culture isn't here as much, and soo many of the streets are cracked/ bumpy/ hilly.

@rhodamarquez6539

3 жыл бұрын

Totally get with you on the many cracked/bumpy/hilly environments Ireland skaters unfortunately skate. Galway, Belfast, Cork and Dublin are where the skate culture of Ireland is found, Dublin being the California/New York(?) for Irish skating. It's difficult (especially with the weather, don't get me started on how some month's weather is terrible for skating) but we get the job done

@Philboh8

3 жыл бұрын

@@rhodamarquez6539 on top of that, the closest public/ outdoor skatepark to me is an hour and a half away in Westport. Absolute balls

@raynardhymen2139

3 жыл бұрын

@@Philboh8 my nearest park in ireland should be on one of those "worst skateparks in the world" videos.

@cabaiste

3 жыл бұрын

@@raynardhymen2139 which park is it?

@raynardhymen2139

3 жыл бұрын

@@cabaiste newcastle west

“Yo radrats back ready slap ass and pass gas” radrat 2020

@Jblizzybaby

3 жыл бұрын

I did that last weeknd, even got some skating in too

@danielgammon616

3 жыл бұрын

The Rad Rat Mixtape. Coming 2021

As an American I think your assessment of why people don't like skating is pretty damn on point. Screw the haters get out and skater.

I also think the police are a big reason why skating is so anti in Us. People think they have a instant solution to any problem by calling the cops. The police haven’t functioned like that since the 1900’s, realistically police response time is super slow, the incompetent cops only end up escalating the situation and not actually contributing to an actual solution whenever street skating is actually happening.

I think it's also "if we don't make it clear they aren't welcome here NOW, they'll bring a ton of their friends and cause even more noise/damage/trouble"

I live in germany and I run my own company. There is a street spot below my office and I can watch the skaters from my window. When I have a stressful day and I hear the skateboard noises it literally makes me smile and relax instantly. When I'm on a phone call I usually stand up and enjoy watching them. The only thing that really annoys me is the steady stream of self proclaimed rappers that film their music videos with super loud (and bad) music. Generally speaking: Skaters good. Loud music bad. The old city centers are usually not a good place to skate anyways as they often are paved with cobblestone and there are no straight rails/ledges. Germany is certainly no paradise for skaters, especially the south people are very performance-oriented and they feel offended by someone having fun during the day. Although it probably takes longer until they'ld actually confront the skaters.

@gamerguy425

3 жыл бұрын

I love it when people have head phones on so loud you can still hear the music completely clearly, like BRUH, you're defeating the purpose headphones FFS!

@Krmpfpks

3 жыл бұрын

William I agree. But what I was referring to are these Bluetooth speakers that are shaped like those trolleys you typically see at an airport. They are ridiculously loud.

@Krmpfpks

3 жыл бұрын

CANISKATE ??? Ein paar Jahre vielleicht.

Canada (especially Toronto and Montréal) loves skateboarding 🇨🇦. I know from personal experience 💯🤟🏻

@personausermike1

3 жыл бұрын

That's true, I'm in Mississauga and the Peel police don't care if we skate in the street. We have a pretty good outdoor skate park at Paramount centre

@Jblizzybaby

3 жыл бұрын

Persona UserMike never skated in Sauga, but i’ve been cruising on Queens and Bombing financial. I went to Montréal last weekend and saw multiple people with skateboards on Sainte-Catherines. I even know some boys deep in the suburbs with farms and miniramps. Everyone skates in Canada lol 🇨🇦

@personausermike1

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jblizzybaby That's awesome, I'd love to check out some farm with a vert lol. Yes very true, there's a plaza here and we skate on the sidewalk in front of the stores no problem. I mean, they sell them everywhere here. Quebec province are huge skaters, I got a board made in Quebec city and had it shipped down here.

@truhhhhhhhokIII3

3 жыл бұрын

Can attest to toronto and half of vancouver being super nice with skateboarding, and europe is even better!

@dro_dozer

3 жыл бұрын

Toronto has a lot of skate stops though. The city generally does not make decisions in favour of skaters. Christie pits was just closed 2 hours earlier now bc of a Karen complaining to the city

He called Philadelphia, venice XD

@23sleng

3 жыл бұрын

I was looking fo this comment before saying something lol

@Generalalphaw

3 жыл бұрын

@@23sleng me too

You are literally the greatest skateboarding channel on KZread and criminally underrated. I've seen the other skate channels over the years and get bored after a while, you my friend are consistent with interesting content. Your ask radrats are some of my favorites because as a viewer we get to see apart of you. Keep it up man. I've been here for a few years when I stumbled across one of your earlier videos and binged pretty much everything you have. Just a fan letting you know youre appreciated.

I still have my first board from 1989. It's a total beast, really glad I've still got it.

@themoog924

3 жыл бұрын

What board was it?

@grunions9648

3 жыл бұрын

@@themoog924 Haha it's a Pacer with the Transplant graphic in neon green. Super-cheap, soft wheels, rails etc. An absolute POS but I love it. Like this one on eBay (not mine): i.ebayimg.com/images/g/27kAAOSwcFRfVh8n/s-l1600.jpg

@themoog924

3 жыл бұрын

@@grunions9648 I remember that one, a ghoulish character doing a handplant without grabbing wasn't it? Rad. Wish I'd kept my old stuff, but just ended up swapping it with people for skate stuff i needed at the time. Cool you've kept it all these years.

@themoog924

3 жыл бұрын

@@grunions9648 Ah, just checked the link, just like I remember..ha. I always thought Pacer were pretty cool tbh, Gary Lee was a pretty decent mini ramp skater when all that new tech coping dancing stuff was first being invented. Good times.

1st board was a Shorty's Muska Red Rising Sun. That graphic still looks sick

@sergiorodriguez7955

3 жыл бұрын

Mine was the chadillac muskalade

@hour_logic

3 жыл бұрын

jealous. that’s a fucking sick first board

I saw the title and got so confused. Street skating is bigger in the US than anywhere. Then I realised you were talking about non-skaters

Germany definitely has skate stoppers and my uni also has 'no skateboarding' signs. It might not be as bad as the US, but at least a lot of the US has concrete sidewalks. Most of Germany is unskatable dirt or cobblestone paths lol

Maybe it's envy. Skateboarding has an aura of freedom around it and most people in the states live a life of servitude. Still not as bad as Japan though. Skaters are forced to skate at night or get tackled by security. It's like skateboarding in the 90s over there.

@euminkong

3 жыл бұрын

So there should be less skate stoppers

@Coreisus

3 жыл бұрын

In Japan if you smoke weed once they hang you upside down for 4 hours and have 3 cops beat your legs with batons. 2nd time you're caught smoking weed they euthanize you(kill you via IV)

@Shellshockd85

3 жыл бұрын

@@Coreisus damn i smoke weeds every 30 mins 😅😅

@MIKE2111ful

3 жыл бұрын

@@Coreisus Japanese people sound like a bunch of sensitive cry babies

@Coreisus

3 жыл бұрын

@@Shellshockd85 bro.... I think they'd just keep me alive to torture me as an example

Love your channel man! Been binge watching them everyday. Keep it up!

people hate when people have fun here, even if no ones using the area lol. i got into fishing, and i noticed a lot of videos of people getting kicked out of fishing ponds( catch and release) even by random karens...it reminded me of skating so much lol

America really is old man yells at cloud.

About that last question; what ? I’m from Switzerland and I’m getting kicked out all the time ! Maybe it’s different in Germany I only street skated in Germany a couple of time and I remember once getting kicked out but in France and Switzerland it’s not like that

@tatzii8628

3 жыл бұрын

I live in Germany where I have skated I get kicked out quite a lot (expect for like some empty parking lots without secruity n stuff)

@Eirik_Bloodaxe

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe he lives in Berlin which also seems to not care about graffiti being literally everywhere.

@truhhhhhhhokIII3

3 жыл бұрын

Its probably a popular hub for skate tours tbh. I had a layover there (and always carry my board on the plane) and skated some airport there! Had loads of fun lil spots if I'm remembering it correctly, it was either there or Austria airport, skated both and one I learned my first natas spin at!

Trackers and Indys back in the 80s used to slip all the time. I would love to have a few of my old decks, but now some go for thousands of dollars on ebay. I do have a few reissues of decks I had as a kid, but some were never reissued as the companies are out of business now.

@truhhhhhhhokIII3

3 жыл бұрын

I slip my Indys still somehow

Re: slipped axles: ever see Tom Penny bashing his axles against the coping and then checking if the wheels spin freely?

@melm4251

3 жыл бұрын

oh! i had no idea

To anyone who has not experienced axle slip... You don't know how lucky you are. Imagine getting wheel bite and a different type of wheel bite, axle slip, just by not landing perfectly straight, or by doing a revert, or grinding... so annoying and dangerous. You do a trick, land it perfect and before you know it you are hitting the ground. Sometimes it only slowed you down a lot though.

Your deep analysis of your passionate, skateboarding, inspired me to create an entire KZread channel around my faviort film: Waterworld!

@themoog924

3 жыл бұрын

Same here, except that I've created a channel based on my favourite film- The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland!

@joshdeveaux6936

3 жыл бұрын

An entire channel off of one film wont work

@TheAtoll

3 жыл бұрын

@@joshdeveaux6936 There is a surprising depth to Waterworld, similarly to how there is a surprising depth to a wooden board with four wheels!

@themoog924

3 жыл бұрын

@@joshdeveaux6936 I've subbed and so have 300 other people. Never say never.

I just played through Thrasher a few weeks ago... still one of my favourite games of all times. I still find the trick system awesome and the game still feels great to me. I remember when it came out I rejected it for not being like Tony Hawk, but a friend gave it a chance and forced me to play it. Glad he did. I almost view this game as the first in the Skate series lol. Also, cool insight into why Americans hate on street skating. I am Canadian, and even in my small town we would get kicked out of places all the time. Oddly enough, church properties seemed the most accepting. Try to skate the stairs at the mall or hospital you would maybe have 10 mins to land your shit and get out. Now as an old man (34 if my math is correct... feel 80), I can maybe see it from a different perspective. If I owned a store, I am not sure I would want people skating the handrail at the entrance. If the skaters are being respectful and not impacting business, then there should be no issue though. In a few skate videos you will see them actually cutting rails and shit to make them more skateable. I think that is a bit too far. Anyways, awesome video as usual!

I get shitload of axle slips - indy's, thunders doesn't matter

@naggyboo7644

3 жыл бұрын

Indy's are the most overrated trucks. I know I avoid them now

@davidleeashkenazi8992

3 жыл бұрын

Naggy Boo I love them, but I like Thunders too

Really solid video Rad.

Good call on Thrasher. I remember playing a demo and knew it was worth a rent. But glad I only rented as was mostly looking for new footage. Videos weren't dropping weekly back in the nineties. And stuff was expensive. You nailed it with a lot of skater hate in the US. So many good spots are banks, office areas/ skyscraper entrances, schools, college campuses, public parks, etc. All places where regular ppl are trying to eat, study, get to whatever, and not be annoyed by the loudest slapping noise ever. We don't hear that 😂. We hear oh shit he made that line!!! And proceed to make even more noise.

Wow the way you described America is very spot on

Okay, even with two university degrees I had to look up "verticality." I was about to call BS on that being a real word. My hat is off to you, Rad Rat. SOLID!

I think it’s less “American Entitlement” and more like because like it or not Street Skating destroys property. Which then the city has to pay for, or in the case of someone’s private property you don’t have the right to be there unless invited. Also I can totally understand why people would be annoyed with skaters flying by them, or over them or into them. Like walking up to your dentist office and getting bodied by a dude jumping off a 20 ft marble ledge is probably not fun for anyone involved. There are definitely times where it’s stupid to get mad at skaters in public but still. Don’t get me wrong I love Street Skating but I can understand why it makes people mad.

@gamerguy425

3 жыл бұрын

Especially repeatedly over time that can definitely fuck up ledges or railings, etc. and you're not getting anything out of it if you don't like watching them no less. not to mention people will skate artworks, memorials, important landmarks etc. I remember some vid of a guy trying and failing to leap over a something in an apartment complex and the owner yelled out "GTFO, trying to break my Muthaphuckin fence" lmao.

Struggle was my first half arsed sponsor too haha Suggestion to play for the channel "skateboard park tycoon" Here in Newcastle Australia, every new thing that gets built is instantly covered in skate stoppers before anyone's even tried to skate it. Also "blind bumps" to warn blind people of stairs which double as skate stoppers. Also it's good that you're able to admit to yourself when you're judging people for their choices with work etc. that you're probably not doing the right thing. Self honesty is a good trait to have for self improvement. First time commenting so it had to be full of stuff haha

I actually recently started playing Thrasher Skate And Destroy and I LOVE IT!

My first board was a spiderman themed skateboard from the first Raimi film, still have it. had absolutely no clue how to do anything skating related at that age and just gave up. my first REAL board (2016) was a Sector 9 Steady, which I also still have and love

I think there's another factor. In the US, skaters have a long history of destroying property and being jerks to people. I even saw a video recently where a guy celebrated landing his trick by smashing a window with his board. There's even the old adage, "skate and destroy." A lot of skaters are just crappy people. But that's obviously not the only factor. I took my four year old son to a church parking lot a few weeks ago to ride his bike and they kicked us out. It's just ridiculous.

@themoog924

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, lots of skaters behave terribly. Personally I prefer to create my own spots and destroy them rather than skating other people's property or even public skateparks (I don't see why the taxpayer should pay for this sort of thing tbh).

it’s a small thing but I think hearing you talk about culture is v interesting. Also, over the years you have become so much more natural in front of the camera and it’s awesome to see

my first board was a ccs complete, ccs blank venture trucks, black magic grip. shorties bearings and hardware. i remember having slipped axels in grind kings back in 96/97ish went back to indys after that till fury came out

That thrasher game had quite a realistic approach for whatever time it came out. Skate tricks are like that anyway --- takes a lot of preparation and stuff.

I work seasonal jobs and live out of my van. I have four months off a year that I spend skating the curb in front of your building. 😋

@Nathdogwoof

3 жыл бұрын

wow living the dream. what do you do?

@Dontbustthecrust

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nathdogwoof waiter and bartender and I do event coordinating at a ski resort. Been a really shitty year for all of that but whatever. 🤷‍♂️

Where you're skating in the US plays a large role in how people perceive you. I imagine skating is way more common and acceptable on the west coast than it is the midwest.

@Eirik_Bloodaxe

3 жыл бұрын

It’s funny cos in Venice there’s literally “NO SKATEBOARDING” signs on the bike paths and foot paths. But everyone still does. Especially since the skate park is right there. And it’s never enforced.

@BRZguy

3 жыл бұрын

I think it has more to do with being in urban areas vs rural as opposed to west coast vs midwest. Yes, it originated in the west coast so there definitely will be more skaters out there, but in general, you're going to find skaters out in the cities. Rarely in small towns since there's not many places to skate, and just the culture in small rural towns is totally different. They'd see skaters as punks and thugs.

My first board was a white Zero board and I never learned to skate on it. 10 years later I actually learn and come to find that my mom gave my original board to goodwill.

@happyveliz

3 жыл бұрын

UUGGH mom's always do shit like that, lol. Recently I wanted to fix up my old little bmx bike, so I asked my mom where it was, since I couldn't find it in the garage. She threw it away..... What's worse is that they never ask first, or even let you know about it until it's way too late and you're looking for it again.

My first board was a checkerboard patterned chocolate board around 2006-7 i plan on finding it again but haven't came across it again.

I still have my first and only skateboard. It’s a Paul Rodriguez board. I got it in 2007 at the age of 13. Skating itself wasn’t for me, to but I still enjoy watching the art of skating.

For what it's worth.... Europe _definitely_ has skate stoppers too!! And a lot of roads / pavements are made in such a way that you can't skate whatever part that goes down to a road. A lot of European cities aren't like Barcelona or Berlin, but more like London or Amsterdam, _extremely rough to skate_ .

6 to 10 year old me agrees about THPS2's Philly. Just felt real. Like obviously hangar and a bunch of others felt real cheesy. But Philidelphia just felt real. I'd freeskate that level for hours on end finding and hitting different "real" lines

this was fun to watch.

One HUGE item you missed is US gang culture. Groups of skaters are often the closest thing to a gang that office workers see. Let's be honest, tons of skaters are assholes, smoke weed, tag shit, destroy property, give strangers attitude, etc. And this has been going on in the US for about 35 years. There was nothing comparable to this in Europe

@jerrykhoff9023

3 жыл бұрын

Where did you get this information? I love how people dream up stories about the US and the skaters from here. Most of us here know the protocol.....charge a spot, skate for 5-10 minutes and move on....we weren't drinking and partying at spots.....much less tagging them up. The biggest scum bags ( and I mean this is a loving way) were always skaters from Europe. You obviously never hung out with anyone other than rollerbladers, because you understand nothing about street skating in the United States. The reason you got attitude is because you are a loser in life...if you were hanging out with dudes that stayed at spots "to smoke weed and act like assholes", you weren't hanging out with street skaters....no street skater is going to hate on another skater unless they are a jackass, that is why you ended you hanging out with a bunch of fruit booters

Barcelona made the whole city a no skate zone

@seanseanston

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting; I was only watching an old clip on here from 20 years ago the other day where people were skating in Barcelona and mentioned how much less hostile to skating it was compared to the UK where they were from. Even mentioned the police didn't mind at all. Must have changed a lot.

@SlickRick4EVER

3 жыл бұрын

Are you serious??

@HomerS95

3 жыл бұрын

Did that happen recently? Last time I've been there i got jealous bc skaters practiced everywhere

My first skateboard was the Project 8 deck you got from the special edition of Tony Hawk's Project 8. Still have it and it's thrashed as hell but it's honestly a sick graphic.

I'm from Finland but I've pretty much lived in Germany all my life. It's pretty easy going spot-wise, but if the spot happens to be important (architecturally speaking) there will be no skating there. Concerning churches: I've skated many a churchyard in my days and specifically, the Dom cathedral in Cologne was a HUGE spot for 20+ years. It was definitely tolerated for ages but you'll get fined if you skate there on a wrong day. During the Corona days, it was actually a little bit skateable again (I guess people had better things to do than walk around in front of the cathedral). Prague was pretty chill every time I went there but even the infamous Stalin Plaza has been on the verge of closing at least twice that I know of. MACBA in Barcelona and Barcelona, in general, is skate heaven, but even that city got struck by heavy policing round about a decade and a half ago, maybe. Every time I went there it was okay, but if I were you, visit these spots as soon as you can. Who knows how long we'll have them. Long story short: We can't take spots here for granted. The more popular they are the more endangered they become. At least that's what I've seen happening here.

Funny I had some gullwings on my first complete in 2002 that had bad axle slip

I 've got trasher when it came out when I was a kid and I remember feeling really disapointing at first, wishing to have choose THPS1 instead. But after mastering the control it became my favorite game and while enjoying the thps series at the same time, I've always come back to trasher since there was always rooms to improve giving the overall difficulty. And I still playing it, I love how the control feels in your hand with the playstation controler and I didn't find any other game giving me the same button satisfaction. But yeah, the steering while preparing some tricks is a big default and I don't see a lot ways to improve it. Ea skate games have better and clever controls but it doesn't feel the same.

I know and still have trucks (ventures) that can slip. bought the trucks back in the 90s.

I used to enjoy smoking with the security guards and watching the skating on the property of the bank HQ I used to work at (UK). Never a problem, and that spot has been in loads of parts. To be fair there are quite a few skate stoppers in the UK though - that particular city is pretty chilled.

Hey dear....hope you're fine! It's me...Chris from Germany...at first, thx for the awesome shirt of your collection, I really wear it often I can...I love it! And the 2nd thing I want to say is, the thing about the first real "pro deck"...I got my first in the basement...it's a Zorlak Mini logo in red...I promising....that thing was awesome...I buy it when I was 14 years old (now I'm 33)....and it broke 2016 because of a friend of me, he ripped it to hard....it is not totally broken...it got a crack...so I decided not to drive longer with it! I would everytime buy the same deck again...it was a 8" deck...everything was perfect for me...never found a deck that was so perfect for me! When I was 18....it was felt in Water...it was completely wet...so I put it for 5 years in my basement....later I found it with the original setup when I was 14....Royal Axles...bones wheels etc....and skated it with my weight of nearly 100kg (200 pounds I guess)...and ripped it hard....nothing! When I was 14 that must be 2000 or something....a amazing time with amazing brands!

i played thrasher since 1999 back when my friends were playing thps. thrasher is still my favorite game.

u should actally go out and skate more AND film it like the other, would love it seeing you skate some lines and stuff, do a lil vlog :)

I'm thankful I still have my very first pro deck. It's a Dave Mayhew Enjoi with the pink elephant. And it's not even broken lol

In Puerto Rico we would get chased out of spots by the cops all the time. We would just skate at an unused basketball court with a couple ramps and rails.

@_sweetchuck_

3 жыл бұрын

Surf N Dope me too man 🤝

I know this is a skateboarding channel, but would you ever consider playing Matt Hoffman’s Pro BMX? Love those games and they are essentially the same as Pro Skater.

Street is fun but the fact is, if someone politely asks you to leave, you don’t get cheeky and aggravate the situation. I understand if someone comes out guns blazing (metaphorically of coarse) telling you to f**k off then the situation could turn heated quick. People who have the time to street skate during the work day probably have the time to street skate when everyone’s gone home from work as well. I wish everyone could have more time in their life to enjoy whatever makes them happy.

I actually played thrasher for the first time last year and it was really fun lol

I actually knew about slipping axels because of fingerboarding! It still happens with some cheaper trucks.

im from Aus most people are ok with it but the work situation you were talking about definitely happens ive herd "get a job" more then "get out of here" mainly from office workers but occasionally the odd drunken guy that look homeless but tell me to get a job, i do work just part time.

my dream is to have a glo up like radrat

you misspoke and said Venice instead of Philly as one of your favorite THPS levels :p

What is your old channel called and is it still up ???

"Flo Silverten, damn glad to meet ya!"

1. Awesome video. 2. Are you Gabe from the office?

I’m surprised you’ve never had a slipped axle. I’m 32 and had a few back in the day

What’s up my man radrat

Vancouver is kind of like that too but it has gotten better I guess because it was illegal to skateboard on the streets here in the 90s because of how annoyed people were with street skaters

Does anyone know what documentary he is talking about?

I would assume the top reasons for anti-street skate would be property damage and insurance. Nobody wants their property to look like shit, especially if its their work and need it to look presentable. If someone were to get hurt somewhere, insurance companies look for reasons to sue places. "Oh there's a no skateboarding sign? Well, they didn't know they weren't supposed to skate there." Boom, whoever owns the property has to pay medical bills.

PS: I think, in future I have to order more shirts....really love them! Greets Chris

My first skateboard was a Zero Blue Bold deck with Monster trucks and translucent blue wheels. I also got it because I liked Jamie Thomas, haha.

I’ve had independent axles slip recently

We're also a very litigious society. America has way bigger awards for damages in court. Most settlements are like 10x bigger in the us than in basically every other country

I think another major issue is the ego problems most security gaurds/karens have.

Bit like that in UK and some most of Aus, probably not as much as the US though

in Australia we have the same problem just not as bad

It’s not about liability- property law generally says you can sue if you’re injured in the course of normal behavior, not because you hurt yourself skateboarding. People believe stupid shit but most of these building owners probably know better. They think of skaters as a nuisance because people are lame.

Its same in Sweden you are free to skate where ever you want but we show more respect to not be in the way of other people.

Thrasher skate and destroy is amazing 👍

Ive only seen one no skate zone sign in a giant city in spain

@lucasfrench1841

3 жыл бұрын

Lucky

@ArschTeurer

3 жыл бұрын

Barcelona maybe? Another comment (@J.P J) said it has a No Skate Policy within the whole city

Umm, says Venice . . . Shows Philly hahaha all good tho XD

@truhhhhhhhokIII3

3 жыл бұрын

He put a little disclaimer edit but I didnt notice either til I rewound it haha

@akiramatoi4158

3 жыл бұрын

@@truhhhhhhhokIII3 lol of snap, i didn't see that ✌🏾😅 good looks

First board was a variflex from walmart

I see spots all over in Northwest Florida that look Like if they were in California everyone would be skating but here everyone is petrified to get out of the car and try a new spot cause people here have zero tolerance compared to somewhere like Cali. Almost no one here street skates anymore

My first (and only) was a Sonic The Hedgehog one.

Thanks for the detailed explanation of the last one. Maybe it is not so explicitly prohibited in Germany because there the society is more likely follow the rules (? as I heard lately it started to change)

I think you are correct. Also think that European cultures have a much more open culture when it comes to creative use of public spaces and tolerance of people expressing themselves. In the US, it feels like like you are supposed to be traveling from point a to point be, or else shopping, when you are in public. I don't think the commons have been as encircled by capitalist attitudes in Europe.

Dude Thrasher is fucking amazing. Way better than Tony Hawk.

I think the "my rights" thing is accurate, but I wouldn't downplay property damage and liability. Perhaps I should say it like "property damage" and "liability" because those concerns from non skaters could be overblown. I would be really curious about skateboarding's anti-authority angle throughout history in the US.

I think if you're sensible about where you skate and have a reasonable attitude most people are o.k with street skating, that's my personal experience at least.

I live in the UK and here is hard too, I have lived in Italy for about 20 years and it was hard too over there. People in general, security guards and police officers just don't understand Skateboarding and don't like people Skateboarding on urban grounds and buildings. The only places where no one cares in the UK are some big mall's car parks just because the car park is so huge and the security dudes patrol only inside the store and near by the entrances. But anywhere else you can't Skate longer than 20 minutes as some police officer, security, or Karen show up with that typical attitude and kick you out.

Americans think skaters can sue if we get hurt but that’s not true and it’s annoying

Ok there might be some no skate zone around Europe but has any European around here actually seen skate stoppers?

Old dude here, I started skating at 98, Sliping trucks was the worse, the first answer to it was those litle pipes that come with the barings, that if it sliped the barings would hold. landing primo mean you need to hit your truck to get the wheel back rolling. man that was hell. I didnt belive the hate people got on the US against skaters, but with all those "Kareens VS Skaters" on the youtube man, fuck, how the actual fuck. they even complain if you skating on the actual street, on a park, on a Fucking Skatepark

I'm from the USA I'm 34 I'm had a slipped axle befor when I was young. First board was a nash from toysrus I think and first real board was a maple. I hate how skaters are treated here and can't it almost be turned around on people and them making my day harder or impediment of my rights to skate? I remember telling off cops saying I'm not doing drugs or committing any crimes I'm doing something productive that doesn't heart anyone. Anyway I got sick of fighting so ill just skate a park instead.

14:20 ish... Hmm, while I don't disagree, I don't think they where thinking of say suburbs where there is no signage and it is just people being offended. I think they where more asking about the locations that have the signs No bike/pets/skateboards allowed, and in those locations it is more of two things "you are keeping away my customers costing me sales" and "I don't want to get sued when you injure yourself on my property so I am going to post these actions are not allowed so you can not sue when you end up with rebar through your rib cage". In like the culdasac areas with the wild Karens attacking kids for having fun, yeah 100% agree, but those are not areas marked off as "No skating allowed", and I think the question was more towards why areas have those "No Bikes/pets/skateboards/Rollerblade" signs, and that would be more of a "you are scaring away potential customers who might think you young hoodlins are thugs" and "I don't want to get sued when you hurt yourself" and not so much of anything else other then maybe "I don't want to have to scrub the concrete where your wheels scuffed up my sidewalk making it look like a unsafe place to be to potential customers, you are making me do extra work and I don't like that".

I already know the answer. Should be obvious. So you can be charged for a felony for "destruction of property over 250" here in massachusetts if you've got priors. Like I was a writer so I could get in some trouble for skating and or altering some spots. Trespass is a felony in some places as well Insane laws old pre inflation. What was 250 then is worth way more today. Some people think property is worth more than life.

Promoting a "Non-slip axle" is like promoting "splinter-free toilet paper" (Yes, that was a real thing)