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But the kids from dogtown were trying to stop people getting in their way at their spot, and fucking it up by getting impaled on a rusty iron girder and drawing attention of authority to the spot. It isn't 'lame'. Some of them weren't 'kids', but had every right to defend their spot. I should say my knowledge of this is entirely from the Z boys film so correct me if I'm wrong. As an Actual Surfer you should probably appreciate the desire to keep your spots quiet. We used to do this a bit in Milton Keynes where I grew up skating, cos spots were getting ruined by tons of people descending on them. There was one in particular that was A Secret.
FGL's Fixed Only / Death to Roadies dogtown reference is really good IMO. There's no reason to be nasty about FGL. This thread was started to take the piss, but not personal attacks. Roadies v Fixies is already quite a Masdebate, we didn't start it. Just hang out at where roadies are (your nearest fund management boardroom) and hear the 'riding without brakes is totally irresponsible' routine.