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Currently, skateboarding has entered the mainstream of youth pop culture with video games and televised commercials featuring the art. Public skateparks have sprung up, especially in the North East, where it was never dreamed they would. Skateparks are generally comprised of several concrete "mini-ramps," as opposed to "vert ramps" (or those ramps, which contain a vertical section beneath the coping).
Currently, skateboarding has entered the mainstream of youth pop culture with video games and televised commercials featuring the art. Public skateparks have sprung up, especially in the North East, where it was never dreamed they would. Skateparks are generally comprised of several concrete "mini-ramps," as opposed to "vert ramps" (or those ramps, which contain a vertical section beneath the coping).
== Skateboard Culture ==
Skateboard culture has been known to revolve around figureheads from the [[MTV]] show [[Jackass]] in which a performer named [[Bam Margera]] does irresponsible and immoral acts for cheap laughs. Skateboard culture has adopted this attitude as their own, contributing to the rising problems with youth delinquency being linked to skateboarding. The defiant and antisocial attitudes of skateboarders has led to many local ordinances banning skateboarding in public places.
=== Nuisances ===
:* '''Skate Wax''' - Skateboarders have been known to apply layers of slippery wax to surfaces to facilitate their boards ''sliding'' or ''grinding'' over the surface. This has been known to cause accident and injury to innocent pedestrians who have slipped on surfaces made hazardous by inconsiderate skateboarders, often to the amusement of those who created the hazard. Skate wax is also notoriously difficult and expensive to clean from porous surfaces once applied.
:* '''Property Damage''' - Most skateboarders are proud vandals. The act of ''sliding'' or ''grinding'' an obstacle such as stone or concrete stairs, or handrails, is known to cause serious damage very quickly. Skateboarders who cause such damage typically will vacate the vandalized area in search of another piece of someone else's property which they might be able to destroy.
:* '''Violence/Antisocial Behaviour''' - The shape and material of a skateboard makes it an ideal impromptu weapon, which skateboarders often employ if confronted about their delinquent activities.
:* '''Cultism/Satanism''' - A common symbol worn or ''tagged'' (see below) by skateboarders is the Heartagram. The Heartagram is a bastardization of a Satanist's [[pentagram]] and a commonly recognized heart shape.
:* '''Graffiti''' - Skateboarders are known to often spray graffiti in places where they like to frequently skate. Skateparks are often covered on all surfaces by graffiti usually depicting satanist or antisocial imagery or offensive slogans and captions.
==Safety==
==Safety==