Rulesmongering

[SR540Beaver 116]

Beavah,

 

Nope, don't recall it. We had something similiar here in OKC though. The city finally decided to follow suit and build a new state of the art "skate park" for the kiddies. The city ordinance stated that helmets were required for the park. For the grand opening, a bunch of the extreme sport pros were scheduled to attend and put on a demonstration. They balked at having to wear a helmet because, "like dude, we're like pros and like helmets are not like part of our culture and are like not cool". They wanted kids to buy the products that sponsored them, but could care less about whether or not they followed safety "rules" and cracked their head open. I don't recall if the city gave them a waiver or not. My take was that the rules were the rules and they should wear a helmet regardless of their pro status.

[Beavah 205]

Yah, SR540. I actually don't know enough about skating to have a take on that issue. If you've done a lot of park & pipe skating I defer to your judgment.