Skateboard Jockeys

I have to laugh when people talk about skateboards and skateboarders. A number of years ago, people would talk with derision about skateboarders, because they were always skateboarding where they shouldn't, tearing up pavement, getting hurt, and crowding the sidewalks. I would chuckle and tell them that I had a skateboard when I was kid, but it was a little different then; I was the first generation of skateboarders. I was so timid and bad. I would put one foot on, then push with my other and roll about 5-6 feet. That was the extent of my ability. I'd tell them that it isn't the fact that someone has a skateboard that is bad; it is how the skateboarder uses it. Now a days, you don't hear so much complaining about skateboarders. That may be because they now have their own special places to skateboard--skateboard parks and other areas that are outfitted with skaetboard ramps and such. It must be fun to be able to manipulate the skateboard and do all of those tricks. I'll never know!