The "Help me get scooters into our park" Thread.

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matr!

Silver Member
The nuts holding the wheels on a skateboard stick out and would damage the surface. Just make a ten minute video asking people if they would rather you ride your scooters around the streets, damaging property and running the risk of injury to yourself as well as others, or going to the skatepark. Then if they still say no, pull the discrimination trick out. If it is not independently owned, and was made by the council with taxpayer money, tell them it is discrimination not to let you in because you participate in a different, but similar, branch of sport.
 
Micah.

Micah.

Steel Member
No. They say the metal parts might scratch the surface. Oh boohoo it's gonna get damaged anyways. Besides, rollerblades and skateboards also have quite a few metal parts.
 
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Kieran Mayhew

Guest
Evan is it an indoor or outdoor skatepark?

Edit: Dw I searched.

And here is what I sent them...

Kieran Mayhew said:
Hello,

My name is Kieran and I am 16 years old and I participate in the rising sport of scooters. It has been brought to my attention that the local skate park does not currently allow scooters due to a number of reasons.

Now there are some reasons that can be fully understandable why a Skate Park would disallow entry to scooters, for example the "Young Factor" of push scooters, and how the amount of younger riders may agitate the rest of the skate park community. However this could easily be resolved by either leaving the park closed to people below a certain age, or have some sort of session rota. I think that by disallowing scooters because of this, the responsible, more mature part of the scooter community are missing out.

Another justification that was brought up was the fact that the metal design of the scooters damage the surface of the ramps. Now this is understandable in a few cases but for the majority of the park, the ramps are "Extreme" and designed for heavy impact. Otherwise they would be useless. There is also a similar impact and force caused by the landings/crashes of skateboards. The metal trucks, when put in unusual positions, will scrape the surface of the ramp. Bike's would cause even worse damage to the ramps during crashes due to the sheer size and weight of them.

Also tearing away at my mind is the issue of collisions within the skate park. Scooters have to be one of the most HARMLESS things when it comes to a collision because it is very easy to jump off the scooter whilst maintaining balance. However a skateboarder has nothing to hold onto hands wise, and would therefore have to struggle to maintain balance whilst falling off during a collision. Skates would also be worse than a scooter because there is little way of stopping in a collision without falling badly. Therefore I do not think that this will be an issue.

Finally, wouldn't it just be a good idea business wise? Think about the extra money you could make from riders considering how rapidly the sport is growing. It would send your popularity through the roof! Perhaps take heed of what this skate park did: http://www.revolutionskatepark.co.uk. They took the chance and moved with the flow of extreme sport and decided to let scooters into their park. They are now regular hosts of UK scooter competitions and are one of the most popular places to go! Now I know that this is the UK not here but it is still the same principle. You could make a killing out of it!

Now on behalf of the Santa Claraca scooter community and I, I thanks you for taking the time to read this and I hope all options are fully considered before making a decision.

Many thanks, Kieran Mayhew.
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Micah.

Micah.

Steel Member
yeah I'd be glad to if you did the same for me. And kieran, I think they are closed for some reason until wednesday so don't worry if they aren't responding. Thanks a ton dude. Brandon post their email here and I'll send them an email.
 
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Kieran Mayhew

Guest
Any time man! Hope it all sorts out. Took me bloody long to write that haha
 
Micah.

Micah.

Steel Member
Yeah if you need any help just ask me I owe you one. Brandon what's the city's email I'll email them.
 
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Kieran Mayhew

Guest
Yeah Brandon drop us an e-mail bro and I'll send something similar to the SC one.
 
Micah.

Micah.

Steel Member
dude i have a city council member next door and he's completely on my side its awesome. Also, when the city emails back, do you mind posting it on here?
 
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matr!

Silver Member
This should be called the "get people to let scooters in your skatepark thread".

Good idea I think?
 
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Kieran Mayhew

Guest
Haha you just click edit and then "Go advanced" and you can edit it there. But I will do it for you seeing as I'm here now lol.
 
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Kieran Mayhew

Guest
Kimberly Green of Santa Caraca Council said:
Your message has been received in the Mayor and Council offices, City of Santa Clara and will be distributed to the full council as well as the City Manager's office for review.
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Reply. It's been passed on :)
 
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Kieran Mayhew

Guest
Nah I probs read it wrong it was just the e-mail you gave me. I probably just read the name wrong.

EDIT: I just checked and it said Santa Clara. But for some reason the e-mail address was @santaclaraca.gov
 
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