RECREATlON AND RESTRICTIONS: COMMUNITY SKATEBOARD PARKS IN THE UNITED STATES

Owens, Patsy Eubanks

doi:10.1080/02723638.2001.11501634

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“…Fang found that when reasons for the regulations were provided they commonly included safety and property damage concerns, complaints from the elderly, and inconveniences to business owners. The findings from Fang's research are in accordance with the vast literature on the social exclusion of skateboarders from the public realm for the benefit of the 'legitimate public ' (Wooley et al, 2011;Howell, 2001;Owens, 2001;Chui, 2009;Vivoni, 2009).…”

Section: Skateboarding Transportationsupporting

confidence: 78%

“…However, the land donated by municipalities is often outside of the downtown and away from transportation nodes, making it difficult for these spaces to be accessed by inner-city and lower income skateboarders (Nemeth, 2006;Howell 2001). Furthermore, the construction of a skatepark is often utilized to justify the municipalities' decision to criminalize skateboarding in other parts of the city (Owens, 2001). Thus, the seemingly wellintentioned process of providing a public skatepark has become a common strategy to further isolate skateboarders from the general public and criminalize their activity within the city center.…”

Section: Isolate and Criminalizementioning

confidence: 99%

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Utilitarian Skateboarding: Insight into an Emergent Mode of Mobility

Harpool¹

2000

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In recent years research and planning efforts to enhance the conditions and opportunities for active transportation modes have increased significantly; however, these efforts have primarily focused on pedestrians and bicyclists. Skateboarding and other alternative modes of mobility remain an untapped potential for healthy and sustainable travel. This research addresses numerous knowledge gaps in the literature on utilitarian skateboarding under the larger umbrella of active transportation. Analysis of online survey results and semi-structured interviews with skateboarders in Portland, OR provides insight into the motivations and barriers of traveling by skateboard and the demographics and perceptions of utilitarian skateboarders. Like bicyclists and pedestrians, skateboarders value safe, comfortable, and aesthetically pleasing places to travel and are sensitive to surface conditions, distance, and slope. These similarities present a unique opportunity for cities to create facilities that accommodate diverse users. Disaggregating results by the respondents' gender, skill level, and frequency of transportation-oriented skateboarding highlights significant differences in levels of perceived safety and the practicality of utilitarian skateboarding. The findings have implications for the future of active transportation planning which support Elaine Stratford's vision of "generous geographies that allow for more, and playful, mobilities in the city" (2016, p.351).

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Section: Skateboarding Transportationsupporting

confidence: 78%

Section: Isolate and Criminalizementioning

confidence: 99%

Utilitarian Skateboarding: Insight into an Emergent Mode of Mobility

Harpool¹

2000

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“…Echoing the work of several youth theorists (White, 1993;Valentine, 2004;Owens, 2001), participants in this study discussed the policing and surveillance of leisure activities, in this case mountain biking. Similar to the work of Robinson (2009), these findings suggest young people prefer to congregate in outdoor spaces because they are less likely to encounter surveillance or restrictions to their activities.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Sports such as skateboarding, parkour and BMX are popular with young people, yet, the alternative and unstructured nature of participation activities and their associated spaces can mark them as transgressive, deviant, and antagonistic to the urban environment (Beal & Weidman, 2003;Borden, 2001;Gilchrist & Wheaton, 2011;Németh, 2006;Owens, 2001). It is argued therefore that youth participation in these sports is often the subject of passive marginalisation by urban planners who lessen conflict and tensions by restricting these activities in certain civic locations, or diverting them to state funded, indoor, or corporate sites where behaviour and activities can be packaged, observed and controlled (Taylor & Khan, 2011;Owens, 2001;Van Bottenburg & Salome 2010;Woolley, Hazelwood & Simkins, 2011).…”

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Beyond transgression: mountain biking, young people and managing green spaces

King

Church

2019

Annals of Leisure Research

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The importance of regular participation in physical activity in youth has seen attention turn to the role of lifestyle sports. Existing research on lifestyle sports lacks consideration of young people's use of green spaces and the approaches of managers to conflicts in these spaces. Young people's experiences of leisure are closely tied to those who oversee their use of leisure spaces and this paper is a rare example of research that draws upon qualitative methods from 40 mountain biking participants and 9 managers to explore both perspectives. Findings reveal young people seek opportunities for autonomy in green spaces through mountain biking but contest normative management practices. Managers recognised the benefits of engaging young people in mountain biking and discussed experimenting with various strategies to accommodate their practices. The paper therefore discusses the importance of moving beyond constructions of young people's participation in lifestyle sports as transgressive and troublesome.

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“…Today's urban managers are aware that skateparks are unlikely to lure all skateboarders away from so-called street spots (Dahlgren, 2006). Owens (2001) shows that some skateboarders are not interested in using skateparks precisely because they view the parks as part of a containment strategy.…”

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Skatepark as Neoliberal Playground

Howell

2008

Space and Culture

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More than 2,000 skateboard parks have been built in the United States over the past decade. Although these parks are a response to community demand, many cities have provided these facilities on certain neoliberal conditions. As a review of parks management literature reveals, cities assume no liability for injuries and expect skateboarders to secure private funding; urban managers also expect skateboarders to display character traits of personal responsibility and entrepreneurial-ism. This is in contrast to Progressive Era playgrounds, where cities completely financed playgrounds and took responsibility for personal safety; urban managers also sought to inculcate values of loyalty, which they viewed as necessary in an increasingly bureaucratized society. The comparison highlights how the skatepark can be viewed as an instance in which neoliberal governance practices have reconfigured the citizen—state relationship from one of entitlement to one of contractualism.

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RECREATlON AND RESTRICTIONS: COMMUNITY SKATEBOARD PARKS IN THE UNITED STATES

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Utilitarian Skateboarding: Insight into an Emergent Mode of Mobility

Utilitarian Skateboarding: Insight into an Emergent Mode of Mobility

Beyond transgression: mountain biking, young people and managing green spaces

Skatepark as Neoliberal Playground

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