Huron Expositor, 2004-08-25, Page 1212-TNE HURON EXPOSITOR, Aug. 25, 2004
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Skateboarding "addictive" according to active boarder
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skateboarders and spend
time every day practising
tricks on their "decks."
"It's addictive. Once you
start, you
can't really
stop. You'll
always ride
because of
.the thrill of
doing stuff
with just a
piece of
wood under
you," says
Feeney.
The three
take their
skateboards
to high
school with
them on the
bus to
Clinton and
use their
lunch hour
to ride.
"We have an hour and 17
minutes for lunch so there's
lots of time to skateboard,"
says McNichol.
But, with the creation of
a skate park in Seaforth, the
"hard core" skateboarders
are seeing a lot more local
kids taking up the sport.
"We're
seeing all ages
here.
Everybody's
getting into
it," says
McNichol.
While some
of the younger
kids are
accompanied
by watching
parents,
'McNichol
says no one
should be
intimidated to
use the skate
park.
Quoted
'It took me two
months to learn
the kickflip. And
you also need
guts, balance
and mental
ability to
remember the
foot positions,' -
Jason Wilson, beginner
skateboarder
"Everyone's
friendly here.
No one's
mean to other
skateboarders.
It's not really competitive
or about who's better.
We're just hanging out and
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having fun," adds Feeney.
McNichol says the older,
more experienced
skateboarders like to help
out the younger kids with
their tricks.
The most basic tricks are
ollies, which are jumps in
the air with the skateboard,
and kick flips, where the
skateboard does a barrel
roll in the air.
"When you first try
skateboarding, you can
usually only get the front
wheels to go up when you
try to ollie. But, you have
to learn to ollie since you
have to ollie into any other
trick. And, you never really
master it because you can
always go higher," says
McNichol.
To be able to grind or
slide on a railing or any
other surface, a
skateboarder has to be able
to ollie as high as the
railing.
Apparatus like quarter -
pipes allow skateboarders
to learn to balance and use
more height and speed for
their tricks.
"You're set when you
learn the ollie and the kick
flip because everything
builds on those tricks," says
Sheppard.
Jason Wilson, 14, of
Seaforth, says he's a
beginner who's
skateboarding more with a
local park.
"It's challenging. It took
me two months to learn the
kick flip. And, you also
needguts, balance and
mental ability to remember
the foot positions," he says
Sean Frasier, 12, of
Seaforth, says that while he
tried skateboarding when he
was younger, he's
concentrating more on it
this year with the new skate
park in town.
"Keeping your feet on the
board is the hardest part but
1 just watch the other
people and their moves and
see what they do," he says.
"The odd time, if 1 do
something wrong, the older
guys will build up my self-
esteem - if I say that I suck.
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Brad McLoughlin, 14, of Seaforth, performs a flip -kick at the Seaforth All -Wheels Park.
they'll say no, I don't."
While most of the kids
using the new skate park
are skaterboys, a few
skatergirls are taking up the
sport.
"It's hard to balance but
it's fun to do," says Rachel
Purdy, of Dublin. "1'm not
afraid of getting hurt."
"We also come here to
watch them, too," adds
Tarryn Cooper, of Seaforth,
pointing to thc boys.
Matt Oliver, 8. of
Seaforth, says he's spending
a lot of time at the new
skate park since he could
only skateboard in his
laneway before the park was
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"It's fun," he says. "Look
at all the cuts on my legs,"
he adds proudly.
Injuries are part of the
sport, says McNichol, who
has been on crutches with a
twisted ankle and had his
arm in a sling with a sore
shoulder.
"The board hits you in
the shins and ankles all the
time and that hurts," he
says.
"If you mess up, your
teeth go through your lip
and you go home all
bloody. But. we're more
experienced now and we
don't fall down as much.
And, when we do. it's
harder," adds Feeney.
Another hazard of the
sport is breaking your
skateboard, which can
'happen pretty frequently if
you land a trick wrong.
At $49 to $100 for a deck
(or thc board part of the
skateboard) or $89 to $200
for a
package of the deck, wheels
and bearings, going through
equipment can get
expensive.
"You can go through a lot
of decks. This year, I've
gone through six. They
snap in the middle or on the
ends," says Feeney.
Sheppard says there's a
lot of misconceptions about
kids who like
skateboarding.
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daughter of Robert and
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"People label us as
stoners and give us a bad
name. They think we're
rebels," he says.
"Everyone says skaters
listen to punk music but
they probably do less than
anyone else," adds Feeney.
And, while McNichol
says most skateboarders
usually avoid the
stereotypical baggy pants
because they "get in the
way" and are therefore
dangerous, they do wear
flat-bottomed skateboard
shoes because it's important
to be able to grip the
skateboard.
"You don't need special
shoes but they should be
flat so you. get a better feel
for the deck," he says.
While they try to emulate
pro skaters, the Seaforth
skateboarders dont think
they'll be entering any
competitions or making a
career out of the sport.
"This is a park to learn
the basics. I don't think
we're good enough here for
competitions," says
McNichol.
"We're always laughing
at each other here. We don't
take anything too
seriously," he says.
"If we kept working at it,
we could go big but it's
hard to go pro. You have to
be committed," says
Sheppard.
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proud of your many
years of
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and studying.
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