Little kids at the skatepark depreciation thread

This sucks, I never ride a busy park for this reason.

I had a mom tell me I couldn't use a certain part of the park because her son gets nervous around older boys and then she said "The park is for everybody, it needs to be shared and there is plenty to go around." So she told ME to share but her son didn't have to. So I didn't get to ride the mini bowl that day.

Some people are just so damned stupid.

That's when you go high speed and high amplitude and wait for them to cut you off and just destroy one of them

It's usually the spoiled white kids that do this in the park.

It's hilarious when they bump full speed into each other and start crying though. lol.

eskimojay wrote:

That's when you go high speed and high amplitude and wait for them to cut you off and just destroy one of them

eskimojay wrote:

That's when you go high speed and high amplitude and wait for them to cut you off and just destroy one of them

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I would've but I'm still healing up from a back injury so I'd probably hurt myself more haha.

I took a group of 8 year olds with scooters to our local last year. I sat them down, had them listen to me explain Park etiquette while their parents listened. Then we talked with the large group of skaters and asked politely if we could use one section of the park to learn so we would be out of the way and they could keep the lines they were wanting to use without worry of the kids or parents causing a problem.
It was an amazing session and now there are 7 new kids that know Park etiquette without being afraid or getting yelled at and love being at the skate Park.

genesis wrote:

I took a group of 8 year olds with scooters to our local last year. I sat them down, had them listen to me explain Park ...more

genesis wrote:

I took a group of 8 year olds with scooters to our local last year. I sat them down, had them listen to me explain Park etiquette while their parents listened. Then we talked with the large group of skaters and asked politely if we could use one section of the park to learn so we would be out of the way and they could keep the lines they were wanting to use without worry of the kids or parents causing a problem.
It was an amazing session and now there are 7 new kids that know Park etiquette without being afraid or getting yelled at and love being at the skate Park.

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This is awesome, that's how you do it.

Stocksy wrote:

I had a mom tell me I couldn't use a certain part of the park because her son gets nervous around older boys and then she said ...more

Stocksy wrote:

I had a mom tell me I couldn't use a certain part of the park because her son gets nervous around older boys and then she said "The park is for everybody, it needs to be shared and there is plenty to go around." So she told ME to share but her son didn't have to. So I didn't get to ride the mini bowl that day.

Some people are just so damned stupid.

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That sounds shitty, I would've just went and if the mom yelled at me I would have just told her what she said about sharing the park to mock her.


I'm all about respecting people at parks, but when they act like they're right and their kids should be able to do whatever they want, that pisses me off. I understand they want their kids to come to the park and have fun, but they need to sit down with their kid and make them aware of taking turns and proper park etiquette.

If I ever have a kid, I'll make damn sure to tell them that, and if they snake people constantly like these mouth breathers did today, I'd just take them home right away.

one try kid wrote:

It's usually the spoiled white kids that do this in the park.

It's hilarious when they bump full speed into each other and ...more

one try kid wrote:

It's usually the spoiled white kids that do this in the park.

It's hilarious when they bump full speed into each other and start crying though. lol.

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hahaha I love when that happens, none of these kids ran into each other though surprisingly but one did eat shit riding on the quarter cause he was sitting down and going super slow.

i go fast and moto whip next to them to scare em. if that fails its bumper bikes

i really hate this, especially when skaters/scooters (mostly little kids) play skate and talk RIGHT UP AGAINST THE COPING ON THE FLYOUTS. i was doing stuff on/out of the quarter, and i kept telling them to move, and when i just stopped asking, i hucked a 180 my back tire clipped some kids board (he was holding it) and everybody finally moved lol
honestly it just takes one injury or close call to get everyone to gtfo for the day, but it never sticks

one of the older (40+) skaters at the part brought his like 8-10 year old son and 2 of his friends (im assuming), and when they started snaking and standing in the way he took them in and put them in a time out in the corner, no joke

my main gripe is when parents get pissed because their child gets injured, when said child is being a stuck up jerk who refuses to move, and the mom is across the street at starbucks. Its not everyone else's responsibility to watch out for your annoying little demon spawn

we even have a posted sign (on the official city posted sign that has rules) that says that children under 10 need to come on saturdays from 8-12, but noone listens

its really funny when little scooter kidstell you that bikes arent allowed, and then you tell them that it says scoots arent allowed either and they freak out

bmxsteve99 wrote:

i really hate this, especially when skaters/scooters (mostly little kids) play skate and talk RIGHT UP AGAINST THE COPING ON ...more

bmxsteve99 wrote:

i really hate this, especially when skaters/scooters (mostly little kids) play skate and talk RIGHT UP AGAINST THE COPING ON THE FLYOUTS. i was doing stuff on/out of the quarter, and i kept telling them to move, and when i just stopped asking, i hucked a 180 my back tire clipped some kids board (he was holding it) and everybody finally moved lol
honestly it just takes one injury or close call to get everyone to gtfo for the day, but it never sticks

one of the older (40+) skaters at the part brought his like 8-10 year old son and 2 of his friends (im assuming), and when they started snaking and standing in the way he took them in and put them in a time out in the corner, no joke

my main gripe is when parents get pissed because their child gets injured, when said child is being a stuck up jerk who refuses to move, and the mom is across the street at starbucks. Its not everyone else's responsibility to watch out for your annoying little demon spawn

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or when they use the quarters as a fucking slide haha but that's awesome. It's kinda dickheaded to do so, but sometimes you just gotta run into them for them to learn. I've destroyed quite a few kids before, some by accident, some not.


And that's awesome, that dad's doing parenting right. A lot of parents would just let it go but then they don't learn.

I had a kid at skatelab who kept asking to ride my bike. He asked what bars i had and then said "oh ya me too those r so gud!" So then i said do you have the fly maricon forks? And he said yes. Then i told him to f off and go ride his skateboard somewhere else. Then his mom comes through the park and tells me i shouldn't yell at her son and i should let him ride my bike. So i told her "i'll let him ride it you go on a date with me"
Then i hid in the bowl for 15 minutes haha

Btw maricon means gay in espanol

Guys i think the problem is that scooters are too readily available. They should be locked up and only sold if you take a test on park ediquitte and pass

Krooked wrote:

I had a kid at skatelab who kept asking to ride my bike. He asked what bars i had and then said "oh ya me too those r so gud!" ...more

Krooked wrote:

I had a kid at skatelab who kept asking to ride my bike. He asked what bars i had and then said "oh ya me too those r so gud!" So then i said do you have the fly maricon forks? And he said yes. Then i told him to f off and go ride his skateboard somewhere else. Then his mom comes through the park and tells me i shouldn't yell at her son and i should let him ride my bike. So i told her "i'll let him ride it you go on a date with me"
Then i hid in the bowl for 15 minutes haha

Btw maricon means gay in espanol

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this is why i never go to skatelab except when someone offers to take me
so many stuck up kids there

sundaybmxRR wrote:

or when they use the quarters as a fucking slide haha but that's awesome. It's kinda dickheaded to do so, but sometimes you ...more

sundaybmxRR wrote:

or when they use the quarters as a fucking slide haha but that's awesome. It's kinda dickheaded to do so, but sometimes you just gotta run into them for them to learn. I've destroyed quite a few kids before, some by accident, some not.


And that's awesome, that dad's doing parenting right. A lot of parents would just let it go but then they don't learn.

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yeah, the dad is super laid back, and at least he has the common courtesy to watch his kids and make sure they are behaving
i have absolutely no problems with scooters or skaters, in fact i have a lot of skater friends, but (applies to some bmxers too) some people just are assholes, and it seems that since there are more (statistically speaking) youger scooters, the average maturity level of a scooterer is so low because of it

bmxsteve99 wrote:

this is why i never go to skatelab except when someone offers to take me
so many stuck up kids there

bmxsteve99 wrote:

this is why i never go to skatelab except when someone offers to take me
so many stuck up kids there

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True. Except its funny when you take a little shit's scooter when hes in the bathroom and put it on the top of the halfpipe extension haha

I was in the same situation, I ran the damn kid over, she called the cops, she got a ticket for endangering others.

I also threw a little scooter fucks scooter across the park and screamed at him. He leaves the park if I'm there. (He's a cocky prick, you'd understand if you met him)

I just had a good 2 hour session , if your lucky and have a park with lights 9 to 11 is prime time to ride no little kids usually the crews of are solid riders and skaters around that time

eskimojay wrote:

I just had a good 2 hour session , if your lucky and have a park with lights 9 to 11 is prime time to ride no little kids ...more

eskimojay wrote:

I just had a good 2 hour session , if your lucky and have a park with lights 9 to 11 is prime time to ride no little kids usually the crews of are solid riders and skaters around that time

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Park I was at tonight doesn't have lights sadly. it was just rebuilt so idk if there's plans for lights or anything but we got told to leave by a cop at dark.

Other park has lights but they don't light up the whole park, but I have to agree. I had one of the best seshes there with a few dudes I barely knew & we rode till like 11. It was super fun.

For the most part, least up to now, the little kids have not bothered me, Ill just rest till their done.
Tho, today six possibly 8-9yearolds were getting in my kids way, she is 11. They were messing up her flow, so she put her bike on one obstacle and stood on the only other obstacle they were capable of using. Guess they worked themselves out after that.

The ones that annoy me at times is kids in their teens who through crap all over the park when there is a garbage can possibly 10ft from them.

Wayne S wrote:

For the most part, least up to now, the little kids have not bothered me, Ill just rest till their done.
Tho, today six ...more

Wayne S wrote:

For the most part, least up to now, the little kids have not bothered me, Ill just rest till their done.
Tho, today six possibly 8-9yearolds were getting in my kids way, she is 11. They were messing up her flow, so she put her bike on one obstacle and stood on the only other obstacle they were capable of using. Guess they worked themselves out after that.

The ones that annoy me at times is kids in their teens who through crap all over the park when there is a garbage can possibly 10ft from them.

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Last part is so true. I wish I had a photo of it, but the skaters in their teens and even twenties leave behind a fuckton of trash at the one park I go to. I know for a fact it isn't bikers or scooterers because only skaters sit on this ledge (which is meant for grinding anyway)

I don't think I've ever seen that ledge NOT littered in various bottles, plastic bags, cigarettes, cigarette cartons, and random other shit. You'd think they'd respect the park, but no. Guess walking 5 feet behind them is too much of a task, or simply carrying their trash as they leave the park because it's impossible to walk out of the park without passing at least one.

I've left trash sit at random places like on sidewalks we were chilling at after a drink break, but I've never left my trash sit at skate parks.

I never really run into younger kids. But if I'm nervous as fuck with my OCD over some cracks and about to do something and a kid gets in my way, I'm literally going to chuck the bike somewhere at them.

isnowyaznV2 wrote:

I never really run into younger kids. But if I'm nervous as fuck with my OCD over some cracks and about to do something and a ...more

isnowyaznV2 wrote:

I never really run into younger kids. But if I'm nervous as fuck with my OCD over some cracks and about to do something and a kid gets in my way, I'm literally going to chuck the bike somewhere at them.

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I have kind of that same issue but even if they don't get in my way. If I'm doing something I'm real sketched out about doing and someone goes by me or gets near me as I'm taking a run up about to do it, I have to start all over again. idk why. Like, I'm really scared when it comes to doing downstair handrails and the slightest distractions gets to me, like seeing some kid even roll by next to me even if he isn't directly.

Or when a kid is potentially in the way. Like earlier I wanted to hanger the little rail at the park and a kid was on the other side but easily not in the way, but I still made him move just in case I would fuck up, eat shit, then my bike goes flying into him. Little things like that fuck with me.

When skaters use the flyout for games of skate

i don't normally care too much when kids wanna ride. Cutting people off is always a shit move. But really all you gotta do, unless they are some sort of punk, you can just talk to them and be cool and tell them to watch out.

I think more than anything, little kids cause a lot of dangerous circumstances. The first time i ever went to a skatepark there was a stupid little kid in the way of this guy doing a huge set of hips in the park and to avoid the kid he smashed off the coping and messed up his eye. The guy walked out of the park dripping blood because a kid didn't use the park carefully.

I think there should maybe be a skatepark "lifeguard" kind of thing when its crowded. It'd save a lot of people trouble.

I always follow these rules. Skaters have ROW because they cant turn as easily.
Listen and react before dropping in.
Make others aware of what you are going to do.

Get speed, and bunny hop one of them... if you hit em' no problem he was in your way...