LATELY SKATEBOARDING AS TAKEN A VERY STRANGE, BUT ALL TO FAMILIAR STEP TOWARDS POPULARITY. WITH SO MANY COMPETITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TELEVISED, SKATEBOARDING GAMES, AND EVEN GENERIC SKATEBOARD MECHANDISE SOLD IN LARGE CHAINS OF STORES, IT HAS HIT THE HIGHEST PEAK MY GENERATION HAS EVER SAW IT. SURE POPULARITY HAS ITS PERKS. SUCH AS EASY ACCESS TO SUPPLIES, MORE SKATEPARKS APPEARING, LESS HASSLES FROM THE PUBLIC, AND THE SIMPLE FACT THAT MORE PEOPLE SKATE WHEN ITS POPULAR. BUT WE ALL SEEM TO FORGET THAT ONCE SOMETHING HAS REACHED ITS PEAK, THE ONLY WAY TO GO IS DOWN.
THE IDEA THAT THE SKATEBOARDING INDUSTRY WILL EVENTUALLY DWINDLE AND DIE (SORTA LIKE IN THE EARLY 80S) IS NO WHERE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. I FEEL THAT SKATEBOARDERS EVERYWHERE NEED TO TAKE THIS INTO THOUGHT, AND SUPPORT THE COMPANIES THAT ARE THE MOST DEVOTED TO SKATEBOARDING ITSELF. BY BOYCOTTINGS STORES AND COMPANIES THAT HAVE ABSOLUTLEY NO DEVOTION IN SKATEBOARDING AT ALL, WE CAN HELP PRESERVE THE LIFE OF OUR LOVE---SKATEBOARDING |
