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Skateboarding Culture
- Skateboarders are typically young males
- Females are rarely associated with this subculture
- They are usually stereotyped by the general public as potheads, punks, hooligans, slackers, and laidback or underground (Adelman et al, n.d)
- The main appeal for most members in the skateboarding subculture is to use skateboarding as a means of self-expression as well as a way to challenege their own physical limits because most skate sessions involve creating and practicing various techniques and tricks as well as finding exciting places to skate and overcoming obstacles (Beal, 1995).
- As its own subculture, skateboarding has been described as a fusion of surfing, punk, street, hip-hop and hard rock, so it is not surprising that skateboarders tend to use surfing slang terminology and have adopted the rebel and hard edge image and clothing style from their musical influences (Adelman et al, n.d)
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"Resistance theory is the act of an individual or groups resistance toward people of authority and the law, because it developed in response to an overemphasis on the hegemonic system and its ability to produce normative space" (Penny, 2009)
- Skateboarders all typically dress the same way,and wear clothing by specific skateboarding brands.
- Skateboarding decks, wheels are trucks come in numerous designs and colours and therefore allow the skaters to express their individuality through their personalized skateboard.
- There is no actual set date of when skateboarding was invented, but it can be traced back to the early 1950s when California surfers needed something to do when there were no waves.
- Skateboarding grew in popularity in the 1970s when three young California teens took the Zephyr Skate team, or Z-Boys, to new heights and plunged skateboarding into a youth subculture
"I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport" - Tony Hawk
- Skateboarders fall into this theory because the main reason skateboarding is now a youth subcultural issue is because groups of "skaters" are not accepted in mainstream society and are seen as deviants who do not obey the law and resist authority
Purpose and Objectives
The purpose of my presentation is to identify who skateboarders are and what the issues surrounding them are, and to propose solutions to these issues.
"The subculture of skateboarding is a form of sports pop culture typical among young male youths that resist social norms and polices and are seen as deviants. They are a sector of subculture that involves expression of individuality through movement on skateboards as well as the typical skate lifestyle"
- Skateboarding promotes healthy physical activity
- Skateboarding allows for self-expression through different movements and tricks done on skateboards, as well as the numerous different decks, wheels and trucks that are available.
- The competititons that are held allow for the members of this subculture to come together and feel like they are apart of something.
- Injury is an ever present risk, ie. broken bones
- Charges and arrests can be made if skateboarders are found in places that are no skateboarding zones, or are found defacing public property (ie. they wax railings in order to do tricks, which is against the law.)
- Do you or have you been apart of the skateboarding subculture? If so what are your experiences?
- Do you agree that skateboarders are all seen as deviants?
- What ways do you think that skateboarding could be integrated into mainstream society?
- Skateboarding has been a major part of my life since I was 12.
- I've been a part of this subculture, I wear the clothes, the shoes and I own a skateboard.
- All of my friends, and my younger brother used to skateboard when I was in elementary and high school, therefore I was constantly around skateboarding or watching it on T.V. and the internet (This pulled me into the subculture).
- Skateboarding brought my brother and I closer together as it was something we both enjoyed to do and watch. Although we both have sustained injuries from it.
- I still enjoy watching skateboarding videos and competitions. And follow some professionals on social media.
References
- Skateboarding is one of the most popular youth subcultures in the twenty first century
- Skateboarding has become so significant because of it's association with rebellion against the law and society as well as the ability to express individuality of the skater through different movements, diverse skate decks and wheels as well as the distinct diversity of clothes and shoes.
- Like any other subculture, there are both positive and negative affects of skateboarding for the members, but the most important aspect of it is, that the skateboarders feel passionate about something that they love to do.
- The skateboarding youth subculture rise in popularity is verification of he influential impact that it has on generations.
Adelman et al (n.d). About Surfing and Skateboarding Youth Subcultures. Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA. 1-11.
Beal, Becky (1995). Disqualifying the Official: An Exploration of Social Resistance Through the Subculture of Skateboarding. Sociology of Sport Journal, 252-267
Penny, Joe (2009). "Skate and Destroy?": Subculture, Space and Skateboarding as Performance. University College London, Department of Geography, 12-72
- Sean Dinces' (2011) argues that "social change arises through the dialectical unfolding of relations between several different moments within the bodily politic, including social relations between people, labour processes, institutional arguments and relations to nature. The spatial cannot bridge the gap between all of these... unless subcultures like skateboarding break from their selective and unstable renderings of opposition and link their confrontation of space and authority to other moments, their history will continue to be determined by the highly adaptable mechanisms of late capitalism" (p. 1528).