Skateboarding Culture

Over the years skateboarding has been givenand it is a 'cool' thing to do, whilst others portray
quite a reputation. Skaters are known worldwidethe sport in a more modern way showing that
and the sport, or hobby, is more popular nowskating can be fun and professional. So this often
than ever before. The trend seems to be withmeans that there are two types of skaters
younger skaters who take it up as a hobby witharound and unfortunately they all get tarred with
other likeminded people. So just how hasthe same brush. Not all skaters are rebellious but
skateboarding received its bad name and is everyunfortunately a lot of them seem to be and so
skater really a bad influence on the world today?the public does not generally have a good view on
How the Skateboarding Culture Has Developedthe sport. The way skaters dress also seems to
These days' skaters have a rather mixedhave an impact on public opinion with the latest
reception from the general public. Some thinktrend seeming to be a chain hanging down from
skaters are just simply having fun, but a lot oflow rise jeans. Whilst it may only be a slight
people seem to regard them as troublemakers. Infashion statement, unfortunately some people do
order to understand why skaters have receivedtend to get offended and that further affects the
their current reputation, you really have to lookskater's reputation. Recently some skateboarders
back to a little skating history. For example,have started to learn the martial arts MMA. This
originally the concept of skating came fromhas been transferred over from the North Shore
surfing and the boards were extremely alike.surfing community and has picked up steam in
However, the more popular that skateboardingthe riders communities. Sponsors such as Hurley
became, the wider it spread across the Unitedand Da Kine have produced lines of clothing that
States of America and it was then that it reallyhave crossed over from the MMA community to
started to get a name for itself. However, thethe skateboarding community. What this says
image was not really a good one and the filmabout the future of the sport is uncertain, but the
'Video Days' was released in 1991 which showedelement of fighting has its plus and minuses. The
skaters in a rather bad light. Basically skatersplus side is that it shows the rebellion of the
were shown as young, teenage rebels andskater, and the minus is the fighting that the
although it has been years since then,skaters may learn to like and adapt. Overall the
skateboarding is still often looked at as a recklessskating culture is becoming more positive but
thing to be doing. Today magazines relating tounfortunately there will always remain a portion of
skating do give alternating views on the sport.people who look upon it as a rebellious and
Some magazines show that skating is rebelliouspointless hobby.