Skating in malls/stores

[Alex Ribeiro]

So I haven't been skating for too long, only been through one winter that I didn't want to stop skating through so one day me and my kids brought our longboards to a local mall when it was snowing and started skating.

We ended up skating for an hour without anyone saying anything to us. I was blown away, I fully expected to get kicked out right away.

After that, we started skating in Meijer, Target, other malls, business plazas...everywhere! And while we have been kindly told to leave a few (surprisingly few actually) times, the security guards kicking us always are cool about it and often ask about the longboards. I even got one to try skating!

Even when I skate childless I still do the same thing, recently brought an inline skater friend who didn't believe in this interior skating life to a mall and we skated around for 45 mins listening to 90s hits being faintly played out of dusty mall speakers it was awesome

So basically this thread is to encourage everyone to stop being weird and anxious and literally start skating everywhere. Wear a helmet, be respectful and lowkey, and you'll be aight.


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[Matt Needs Wheels]

Yup, and big wheels are a lot more lowkey than hard wheels, so their is less comotion!