Susan Pyburn
photographer
“I think they should have parks and they should be able to skate in a place that is safe and doesn’t interfere with traffic. They should be protected and people who are not skateboarding, pedestrians and drivers, shouldn’t have to be worried about encountering them.”
Christina Blaney
model
“No, I think it’s fair. People own the property and obviously don’t want it destroyed.”
Eboni Walker
student
“Up in Paso I know they are and I know in general police are usually pretty hard on them.”
Nathan Wells
welder
“I’ve been skateboarding here for a while but I haven’t seen too much of a problem. As long as you’re pretty respectful of the area and not actually damaging the property I don’t think they really have a problem with it. As long as you’re not damaging or vandalizing property and leaving trash around, they’ll be respectful of you as well.”
This article appears in Jun 4-11, 2009.
