Skate Board park on the Cork Road

Cabaal

cmhdwwi wrote:

As for the damage in the plaza its not caused by skateboarders or bmxers its caused by stupid drunk and mindless teenagers with NO hobby that are just bored so they decide to vandalise the place...but guess who gets the blame?yes thats right US..i remember a head line in the munster express "skateboarders vandalise plaza"...what aload of crap we dont do anything cept our hobby!

Thats funny, many a time I've seen BMX'ers using the bench's in the plaza to jump up and down on doing tricks...you don't think this damages then benches?
But I guess he was only partaking in his hobby, sure no harm done eh?
:rolleyes:

cmhdwwi wrote:

I think the reson we always get blamed is because most of these vandals carry a skateboard or have a bmx but they dont actually skate or bmx.

Ah yes I've heard of these, their apparently employed by waterford corporation with the aim of making all the legit BMX'ers/Skaters look bad.
Its all a consipiracy man!

the_syco wrote:

Oh, and its ""Put on a rock concert, and they will come."

Actually the original was "If you build it, he will come."
From Field Of Dreams -IMDB, although waynes world 2 took the piss out of this line with regards to the concert

Rollo Tamasi

the_syco wrote:

Ever try turning quickly on lyno?

ohh hell yeah , all the time. I've never skated on lyno thou

OLDYELLAR

cmhdwwi wrote:

Ok thats fair enough we do cause some damage with the benches etc. but the damage with the benches can be fixed with a length of 2x4.

Yea an that costs money , Are you goina pay to replace the benches ypu know your damaging?
By the way i seriously doubt people go out and buy skateboards and bmx`s just so they can pretend to be the skaters who were too uncool to get into your ''group'' as you put it just so they can wreck the place , FFS Like.

Im not saying ye all do it but that sounds like a sh*t story if I ever heard one.

Thwe place on the Cork road looks cruddy but you seem to think just because its some 2 be 4 or whatever its ok to go down an make bits of it.

Mossy Monk

pesky kids and their pesky skateboards

Rollo Tamasi

Mossy Monk wrote:

pesky kids and their pesky skateboards

if I may add to your previous post..

"pesky kids and their pesky skateboards"...with there untidy smelly hair and untidy smelly clothes and smelly untidy attitude and general smellyesque appearance. Why is that all of these skateboarders/new-age-grungers are frightened of hot water and bubble bath?

Is it an epidemic?

(Mossy, that free porn link doesn't work :mad: )

OLDYELLAR

Rollo Tamasi wrote:

if I may add to your previous post..

"pesky kids and their pesky skateboards"...with there untidy smelly hair and untidy smelly clothes and smelly untidy attitude and general smellyesque appearance. Why is that all of these skateboarders/new-age-grungers are frightened of hot water and bubble bath?

Is it an epidemic?

lol thats more than skaters , I dont get why people cant just wash theirself!!Waters free , go use it like!

Mossy Monk

Rollo Tamasi wrote:

(Mossy, that free porn link doesn't work :mad: )

of course it doesnt

Rollo Tamasi

Mossy Monk wrote:

of course it doesnt

Er yeah like i totally know that anyway! There is no need to go on and on about it. I'm not a prevert like.





is it just a broken link? will you be updating your sig?

Rollo Tamasi

OLDYELLAR wrote:

lol thats more than skaters , I dont get why people cant just wash theirself!!Waters free , go use it like!

To quote Derek Zoolander(3 time male model of the year) - "water is the essense of moisture, ......the essense of beauty"

If only the world would listen we would live in a more fragrent atmosphere!

AdMMM

cmhdwwi wrote:

Ok thats fair enough we do cause some damage with the benches etc. but the damage with the benches can be fixed with a length of 2x4.The main damage is the cutting of the canopy,the breaking of the lights and glass over by the monument and the writing and griffeetee.....all caused by none skaters,we just get the blame.As a matter of a fact if we see some one vandalising the plaza we will stop them because we know we will just get the blame!I think the reson we always get blamed is because most of these vandals carry a skateboard or have a bmx but they dont actually skate or bmx.If they did they would hang around with us because we are the only group of actual skaters or bmxers the rest just carry a deck ar own a bmx.This as u can imagine is very frustrating for us because we know the guards cant tell the difference between the two groups....they then blame us because we are actually skating where as the other group are just holding a deck and in turn look alot more innocent!

I just remembered a Waterford Skaters Video that was doing the rounds a few months a go. While I didnt see it myself, I heard that there were a load of clips in it of skaters being stoned and drunk and randomly robbing people (well a water bottle off someone). I'd hardly call this "partaking in your hobby".

Cabaal

|.Murderer.| wrote:

I'd hardly call this "partaking in your hobby".

It is a hobby, being a muppet is a known hobby for many people :rolleyes:

Marcopolo85

Cabaal wrote:

It is a hobby, being a muppet is a known hobby for many people :rolleyes:

What's happening with skatboarders is just indicative of this Country at present. Laws for everything but none enforced. Fine one or two €10,000 and that will be an end to it. You must have a deterrent. And I'm not focusing solely on skateboarders. This also applies to litter louts, noise pollution, etc.

Enforce the laws properly and you will not have a problem. The Corpo don't care. They, of all, should lead by example, but skateboarders use Flaggy Lane for assembling and skateboarding and are not taken to task - on the doorsteps of the Council!

The other side of the argument is that if the Corporation had built a PROPER skate park and MADE the skaters use it, the problem could have been solved.
Lots of people have lots of hobbies, but legally are not allowed to pursue them on the public street - skateboarders should be no different.

Cabaal

Marcopolo85 wrote:

Lots of people have lots of hobbies, but legally are not allowed to pursue them on the public street - skateboarders should be no different.

Yeah I want to play hurling but its too far to go to a proper pitch and the people's park does not have a proper setup....so I'm going to play hurling in the middle of red square
Get ready to get out of my way

:rolleyes:

AdMMM

Cabaal wrote:

Yeah I want to play hurling but its too far to go to a proper pitch and the people's park does not have a proper setup....so I'm going to play hurling in the middle of red square
Get ready to get out of my way

:rolleyes:

Thats actually a very good example .

Marco, the Corporation can't actually make the skaters use the Skate Park, however they could try reverse phychology...

"SKATE BOARDING PROHIBITED IN SKATE PARK"

The place would be packed if that was the case!

Also did anyone else notice that the Plaza has been re-fenced off after The Tall Ships? I thought it would only be for preperation beforehand but now it looks like the Skaters/Stoners/Wasters have wrecked the place for everyone in the longterm.

Rollo Tamasi

|.Murderer.| wrote:

"SKATE BOARDING PROHIBITED IN SKATE PARK"

The place would be packed if that was the case!

hehe so true, its all about the rebellion init. Bring back woodstock man!

I have loads of hobbies but i do them all in the comfort of my girlfriends bed. You don't see me trying to do the backward splits or general bedroom areobyics in the middle of the Plaza, do you?

DO YOU?

Marcopolo85

|.Murderer.| wrote:

Marco, the Corporation can't actually make the skaters use the Skate Park, however they could try reverse phychology...

"SKATE BOARDING PROHIBITED IN SKATE PARK"

The place would be packed if that was the case!

I think that just about sums it up!! Well said. Another example is that of, let's say, Walsh Park when there's a big GAA match on. Cars are abandoned left, right, and centre. Parked ON the roundabout, footpaths, etc. Not a ticket issued. Yet if you or I park on a double-yellow in the City Centre................ :mad:

J-Me

angry_fox wrote:

I dunno about that. A lot of these kids are just going through a phase, most of them are in there teens anyway. Remember how hard it was been a teenager, tryin to fit in and so on....... Most of them will grow out of it. BMX'ing & Skateboarding can be good sports to get into but the problem here in Ireland is the lack of facilites and competitions.

You’re the only one here that knows what there talking about. Kids need something when there young to pass time. Those guys who hang around the skaters smoking drinking and doing drugs there exactly what skateboarders are trying not to be. People are always complaining about young people these days, there to fat, there drugy’s, there wasters.

Have you ever seen a fat person skateboarding? You need to be fit and healthy to skate and you can’t skate drunk or stoned. Try it, see how you get on, but I hope you have health insurance.
Do you think skateboarding is doing even a fraction of the damage Alcohol is doing to this country. How many people die each year because of drink?...Why isn’t that outlawed?

Mossy Monk

the problem is people skate boarding where they are not wanted. hell, people should ignore the smoking ban and start smoking in work places again

Cabaal

J-Me wrote:

Have you ever seen a fat person skateboarding? You need to be fit and healthy to skate and you can’t skate drunk or stoned. Try it, see how you get on, but I hope you have health insurance.
Do you think skateboarding is doing even a fraction of the damage Alcohol is doing to this country. How many people die each year because of drink?...Why isn’t that outlawed?

While I do agree, it still does not give them them the right to damage public property.

They were supplied with a area to skate and instead they decided to break the laws put in place by the Waterford Corp and skate on the plaza (dispite the signs in place), say what you want but skating, BMX'ing & grafitti are related activitys...after all its all part of the "culture", alot of damage was doen to the plaza and the skaters can say what they want but they shouldn't have been their in the first place.

I'm happy to see that since the camera's have gone up, everytime I've passed the plaza there's been no sign of any BMX'ers jumping up and down on the seats trying to break them, finally some good work done by the Corp.

peepsbates

yes u can skate stoned

OLDYELLAR

J-Me wrote:

You’re the only one here that knows what there talking about. Kids need something when there young to pass time. Those guys who hang around the skaters smoking drinking and doing drugs there exactly what skateboarders are trying not to be. People are always complaining about young people these days, there to fat, there drugy’s, there wasters.

Have you ever seen a fat person skateboarding? You need to be fit and healthy to skate and you can’t skate drunk or stoned. Try it, see how you get on, but I hope you have health insurance.
Do you think skateboarding is doing even a fraction of the damage Alcohol is doing to this country. How many people die each year because of drink?...Why isn’t that outlawed?

Alcoholism is`nt the issue I have , the seats being wrecked in the plaza from people skating and bmxing off of them is.
The plaza is not a skatepark ok , The plaza was not put there to be wrecked .
Making bits of the seats skateboarding off them is still damage whatever way ya look at it.
Fair enough theres a lack of facilities but that doesnt leave the way open to wrecking public area`s.
I dont buy this bored teenager crap either . They should get the people making bits of the plaza into a job thatd keep em unbored and give em money to pay for the public property their damaging.