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@CrazyJames
There is alot of hatred between skaters and bmxers, i've seen fights at southbank before, and was involved in a bit of a scuffle one time, nothing major. Some skaters think they own the sole rights to use southbank since it was side effects of urethane (a skate/art movement) along with alot of skaters who campaigned originally to get the grind/manny blocks put in. I don't know how it is these days as I've been out of touch with that scene/community for a couple of years now. A certain skatepark cough bay66 cough run by skaters discriminates massively against bmxers and gives them heavily restricted times during which they are allowed to use the park, whereas skaters are allowed to use it the majority of the time, quite blatant discrimination that isn't going to change anytime soon. To be honest though bmxing these days is pretty much all about street riding and trails, I know very few bmxers these days that give a shit about riding park often.