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Skateboarders versus scooters

it's a tale as old as time itself
the tale of good verse evil
dark versus light
pineapple pizza versus no pineapple on pizza, you get the point
everyone knows skateboarders and scooter riders often fight or disagree with each
other
but does anyone actually know why
it seems like a lot of up-and-coming skateboarders and scooter riders come into an
already divided scene where they're assigned a side and to show any good faith
towards the enemy is considered treason
today we're going to take a look into this long burning feud to find out just why
skateboarders don't like scooters
it took a lot of investigative work to get to the bottom of this never before
answered question
so do me a favor and smash the like button so we can spread the truth behind the
skateboarder versus scooter rivalry
now just as a quick disclaimer i really don't care what you do so don't get triggered
at me
this is just a summary of what i was able to find
if you're a skateboarder or even if you're a scooter rider go ahead and leave a
comment on why you think the two don't get along i'm sure a lot of you have your
own thoughts and opinions on the subject so be sure to leave them below and with
that said let's get right into it
1
the average scooter rider is usually a young kid which is one of the biggest factors
for why skateboarders don't like them
of course there are people of all ages who scooter but for the most part scooter
riders tend to be children
this simple fact covers the majority of the reasons why skateboarders don't like
scooter riders
outside of having terrible skatepark etiquette they're usually so young that they
don't even have normal life etiquette
kids in general can be loud obnoxious annoying and really just unpleasant to be
around
and when skateboarders see those traits on kids riding scooters they tend to
associate them together
what makes it even worse is that parents like to treat skateparks like daycares and
leave their kids there all day long to wreak havoc on anyone else unfortunate
enough to be there
basically every skateboarder has experienced this firsthand and has at least one or
two scooter kit stories to show for it
so go ahead and leave a comment if you have a good one because there's definitely
a lot of them out there
some of the really young scooter kids are so bad that even the older scooter riders
will complain about them
now some people may be thinking but wait there are young skater kids who are just
as annoying too
although that's definitely true usually there are at least a few older skaters to
somewhat guide them and keep them in check
when it comes to kids on scooters there's almost never older role models to teach
them
even if you take the scooter out of the scenario no one wants to deal with someone
else's whining screaming kid
kids in general can just be inconsiderate and since they're usually riding a scooter
skaters tend to group the two together
'scooters in skatepark is bogus and everyone knows that but i mean they're like six-
year-old kids so what can you do'

2
some skaters only like a little bit of wax
other skaters prefer a lot of wax
and there's some savages out there who don't use any wax at all
generally speaking scooters along with rollerblades and even bmx pegs all require
a lot more wax to grind than skateboard trucks
which leads to very different opinions on how much wax is considered acceptable
even skateboarders who are heavy users of wax tend to think scooter riders overdo
it which naturally leads to some conflicts
overwaxing can make something a lot harder to skate and it can be a pretty big
hassle to fix
quick side note if something is overwaxed a little bit of tinfoil is great for getting it
off
skateboarders can also be a bit territorial so if some little kid comes to their local
spot or park and starts messing things up they're going to get annoyed pretty fast
now to be fair overwaxing is more commonly done by rollerbladers than scooter
riders but they're both known for doing it
the problem with over waxing is a pretty big one because it's an issue that
inherently comes with scootering
scootering just requires more wax in general so unless scooter manufacturers
change the material they make their scooters out of
there's always going to be arguments about over waxing

3
in a skateboarder's mind scooter kids are synonymous with snaking and it's one of
the biggest reasons why skaters don't like scooters for those who don't know
snaking is essentially just taking someone else's turn in the lineup and not snaking
is a cardinal rule in skateboarding on the imaginary list of skateboarding rules not
snaking is above not over waxing and is probably even above not pushing [ __ ] or
it's at least tied with it scooter kids are not only notorious for snaking but just
getting in the way in general they also do victory laps where they keep cruising
around the park without stopping and sometimes they even combine this with
playing follow the leader all of these things are big no-nos in skateboarding but
they're commonly seen in scootering at least among younger scooter kids since the
majority of scooter riders tend to be little kids they usually lack a sense of
situational awareness so they have no idea what's going on around them and they
usually don't even realize they're getting in everyone's way the fact that they're so
small makes it even worse because then skateboarders feel bad for running into
them even though it's their fault for getting in the way in the first place if scooter
kids didn't get in the way so often it's almost guaranteed that the animosity between
scooter riders and skateboarders wouldn't be so bad

4
also it's worth pointing out that even the way a scooter functions can cause traffic
problems at a skatepark the way scooters turn and maneuver is a lot different from
skateboards so even if a scooter kid is doing his best to stay out of the way a
skateboarder can easily misread the direction a scooter is going which can quickly
lead to someone getting tackled honestly the same kind of goes for both
rollerblades and bikes too since the way they turn is so different from skateboards
another reason why skateboarders don't like scootering is because it's a lot easier to
ride a scooter than a skateboard because it's seen as easier it doesn't get a lot of
respect from skateboarders this doesn't mean that the top people in the scootering
world aren't talented and there aren't scooter tricks that are hard however compared
to skateboarding scootering is a lot easier to learn chances are if you took a person
who never skated and never rode a scooter they could most likely cruise around on
a scooter right away but it would take them at least a few days before they could
ride a skateboard comfortably if you go a step further past just riding around even a
lot of the tricks on a scooter are easier to do for example basically anyone who can
ride a scooter can already bunny hop but for someone learning how to skate it can
take days weeks or even months to learn how to ollie of course there are probably
scooter tricks that are hard to do and it's not like anyone can just step on a scooter
and instantly be good the point is compared to skateboarding tricks scooter tricks
are a lot easier a lot of scooter tricks can be learned in just a few days or sometimes
just a few minutes when it comes to skateboarding it takes people years to learn a
lot of tricks and you have to work a lot harder to get them down aside from how
much easier scootering is there's also a much smaller variety of tricks compared to
skateboarding there's way too many nuances to both scootering and skateboarding
to actually calculate every trick but just given the construction of a scooter versus a
skateboard it's safe to say there are way more possibility skating than scootering
when it comes down to it a lot of skateboarders don't like scooters simply because
they don't think it's cool now i'm not saying this assumption is justified because
honestly i don't care what anyone else does i'm just pointing out the stereotype
deciding what's considered cool is pretty subjective but at least for this scenario it's
safe to say that in the eyes of most skateboarders scootering is seen as pretty lame
if you're not in the world of skateboarding this might not make a lot of sense after
all the only thing really separating skateboards from scooters is two missing
wheels and some handlebars well people are weird and sometimes things just aren't
cool and there's no explaining why i mean why are guitars cool but keyboard
guitars aren't some questions just don't have answers

5
one of the biggest reasons why skateboarders don't think scootering is cool seems
to be that scooters are often considered a toy for kids while skateboarding has an
entire subculture and a lifestyle that comes along with it skateboarding has
influenced fashion art and music and scootering is well it's just scootering when
you think of a skateboarder there's a ton of images that might come to your mind
but when you think of a scooter rider there's most likely only one and chances are
it's a little kid with a helmet and candy on his face if you don't skate this whole
thing can be hard to explain and you'll most likely never understand it the skater vs
scooter rivalry has been going on for decades and will likely continue for as long
as suburban moms treat skateparks as daycares with that said you shouldn't dislike
someone simply because they ride a scooter just because there are some scooter
riders who do something doesn't mean that they all do in life you shouldn't
generalize an entire group just based off of the actions of a few bad actors
everyone is different and everyone should be treated as an individual hopefully this
video sheds some light on the ongoing feud of skateboarders versus scooter riders
there's a lot that can be said about this topic so if you feel like anything was left out
go ahead and leave a comment don't forget to drop a like and with that said thanks
for watching