Skateboarding on Fayetteville Street
One thing I’ve been somewhat surprised at with regard to activity in and around town is the lack of skateboarders. There are plenty of them out there, and the hub of the local online skateboarding community is run by someone local to Raleigh.
The skateboarders pictured are Quintin, John, and Austin.
It was only about 5 minutes before someone called the Raleigh Police Department to complain about the noise caused by the skateboarders at 8 PM on a Friday night.
Posted in: skateboarding on Monday, August 25th, 2008 - Permalink
Wow, that’s some response time for skateboarders in the middle of downtown at that time of night. The police never show up in less than 45 minutes when we call about the college kids partying outside our bedroom windows at 3am on Monday night. Maybe next time we should say they are skateboarding. ::rolling eyes dramatically::
Comment by Deb — August 25, 2008 @ 9:34 am
The skateboarding used to be much better on Fayetteville St when it was a pedestrian mall. I’m pretty sure that was the only thing that was better when it was that way.
Comment by CarnifeX — August 25, 2008 @ 11:48 am
Yeah, I’m sure they responded in 5 minutes for a noise complaint. It probably had nothing to do with the fact that you were DOWNTOWN, two blocks from the police station, in an area the cops are ALWAYS patrolling.
Comment by Whoosie Whatzit — August 25, 2008 @ 10:06 pm
Why do cops even care if they are skating? What real damage is being done? Way to go RPD as usual!!
Comment by GD — August 26, 2008 @ 9:09 pm
I think the construction or Yancy’s makes much more noise than skateboarding.
Comment by Aaron — August 30, 2008 @ 6:07 pm