Changes

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 ==

=== Bases for Criticism ===

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.

=== 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.  The wax eases the friction between the wood or metal on the concrete.  There are two main types of wax, the first is known as "Beeswax" originally used for surfing to make the board more adhesive for a surfer's feet. The second comes from ordinary household candles.  Although the waxing of curbs has been alleged to cause accident and injury to innocent pedestrians who have slipped on surfaces, there are no documented incidents of these accidents as the surface is actually made stickier when the wax is applied. Skate wax is also notoriously difficult and expensive to clean from porous surfaces once applied and can easily be spotted from a distance, causing skaters to gravitate toward the area.

:* '''Skate Wax''' - Skateboarders have been known to apply layers of slippery wax to surfaces to facilitate their boards ''sliding'' or ''grinding'' over the surface.  The wax eases the friction between the wood or metal on the concrete.  There are two main types of wax, the first is known as "Beeswax" originally used for surfing to make the board more adhesive for a surfer's feet. The second comes from ordinary household candles.  Although the waxing of curbs has been alleged to cause accident and injury to innocent pedestrians who have slipped on surfaces, there are no documented incidents of these accidents as the surface is actually made stickier when the wax is applied. Skate wax is also notoriously difficult and expensive to clean from porous surfaces once applied and can easily be spotted from a distance, causing skaters to gravitate toward the area.