I pretty much wear a helmet for what ever im doing, even if im just riding a flat bar in front of my house. I wear them because they dont really bother me in any way or anything.
everyone rides at least a bit of park and a bit of street, not saying i'm kota's biggest fan, but you can't have never rode street if you can whip bs lip on a 8 stair handrail like kota can.
im cool with park riders unless there the type who just do flyout and have no ediquette. 'park rats' like that just make the sport look bad. if everyone rode street or dan holm style park riding, i think scooters would get a lot less hate