Skateboarding and the Performative Critique of Architecture

There is never the right way to view the public zone. Everyone has there own opinion. Skate boarders see the building and public space a lot different than any other person that just walks down the street. When trying to understand the curbs benches and tables the average person looks at these places as a place to sit and relax while the skateboards use this place in order to explore and understand a brand new and unique world. Every time the skateboard goes back to that same location they always can do something different and fun based on the tricks that they want to do they don't have to be the same thing. We should allow these so called "rebels" into places that we created over the time. They see the world around us with creativity. Though the reaction that we have toward them is banishment and harassment from the local authorities and the general public. I have always wanted to skateboard but it was something i was never good at. Over the years these people will grow and get better and find new places and ideas that will scare people even more even though we should embrace it instead. The only part that truly has come out of this fight between the two cultures is that parks have been created for the skateboarders in order for them to avoid the general public. Many give the skateboarders but that is not something that many would like to do. The average skateboard is someone that enjoys living on the edge.