Skateboarders have been accused of wrecking a new £7.5million public square by using it as a playground for their stunts and tricks.
The groups of teenagers practise their moves in the revamped areas around Southend’s Victoria Gateway. But passers-by pointed out their boards had scored deep gouges in some of the new seating and decorative paving, and even chipped off the corner of a bench.*sigh*
Time to bring back the men in high-vis?
Oh, wait! Some people are happy about this, in the comments:
Tom from Southend says...
What a load of sad, whinging, boring, sterile people you lot must be. We have these spaces for people to be in, to add vibrancy and life to what is a boring junction and you lot moan. Better to have skaters than drunks and louts. When stuck in traffic they are great to watch. Keep skating lads its a great place for it. Also what a great way for visitors to see this going on. Reclaim our spaces from traffic and sterile Council planning!Yeah, reclaim it! Make sure the elderly and infirm and visually-impaired are scared to use it!
alexskate says...
im a skateboarder and i skate there regularly and all we do is use the flatground causing no damage to anything so i dont see the problem? if its that much of an issue why dont the council spend a few grand making a skatepark for us like we asked instead of spending millions on a bit of concrete...'Give us what we want or else!'
"Better to have _____ than _____"
ReplyDeleteThe lesser of two evils is still two evils. Stupid child. :/
Plazas only work in the med
ReplyDeleteXX why dont the council spend a few grand making a skatepark for us like we asked XX
ReplyDeleteBecause we have lost count of the hundreds that were built in the 80s and 90s, that from two days after opening were only used as refuges for skag heads, whores, graffitti vandals and usefull places for dogs to take a shite.
This obsession with skateboarding is further evidence of the arrested development of young adults today. These are children's toys, for God's sake. Seeing a 23 year old trying to do tricks on a skateboard is as embarrassing as watching a middle-aged man trying to disco dance at a wedding. If they persist in acting like juveniles then a swift clip round the ear and confiscation of pocket money would seem to be in order.
ReplyDelete"Nice bit of outdoor furniture you have there. Pity if it were to get chipped or gouged out. Now, what were you saying about building us a skatepark?"
ReplyDeleteWhat David Gillies said. F*cking well grow up, you twats.
ReplyDelete"Plazas only work in the med"
ReplyDeleteWell, Southend Council did their best to convince people they were in the Med...
"Because we have lost count of the hundreds that were built in the 80s and 90s, that from two days after opening were only used as refuges for skag heads, whores, graffitti vandals and usefull places for dogs to take a shite."
Spot on! What puts skateboard parks out of use for most teenagers is...other teenagers.
"Seeing a 23 year old trying to do tricks on a skateboard is as embarrassing as watching a middle-aged man trying to disco dance at a wedding."
Thank god it isn't in the Olympics. Yet.
I heartily recommend skate and bike parks. It is a good use of public money. The ones round here have been a success. They've been constructed to be overlooked by CCTV and they have what are called 'youth shelters' nearby.
ReplyDeleteThe result is that a number of youths who would otherwise be a pain in the bum are busy teaching themselves stunt skills while their mates are to be found nearby, quietly roosting in the shelters.
I'm sorry FT had a bad experience - ours was that the one which was not overlooked was the one which was vandalized.
Site them in the open, encourage an public audience and most of the trouble goes away.
David Gilies is wrong and he's just jealous. Skateboarding is great to watch and the physical skills transfer to skiing and surfing. I wish I could do it.
xx I'm sorry FT had a bad experience - ours was that the one which was not overlooked was the one which was vandalized. xx
ReplyDeleteNO darling! I did no "have a bad experience" (I am not one of your pink fluffy queer British bastards, scared of their own fucking shadow, that you appear to be breeding these days., but I can assure yoou the subhuman arseholes that used these place DID.
And I am NOT talking about "ONE SKATE PARK", I am talking of HUNDREDS if not THOUSANDS of them that were built to pleasure the imbicilic untermensch youth in the 80s and 90s.
Perhaps IF you had read my post, you WOULD have realised that.
There was an office building complex in central Swindon that was plagued by boarders outside - the neat 60s square with raised, concrete-bordered flower beds was a perfect place to show off. They ended up having to put cobbles on every flat surface that was above ground level.
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