Venice skate park filled with sand

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/04/17/venice-skate-park-filled-with.html

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You’d think it would be cheaper to just post a cop there.

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There is a sub-division station within view of the park and it might still be operational but police have more helpful things to do in Venice.

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Brings new meaning to the term “grind”.

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I’m sure when things return to “normal” that’ll clean up in a jiffy.

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“Venice Makes Giant Litter Box From Local Skate park. Area Cats Overjoyed.”

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Maybe it’s time to issue an addendum to all those “SKATEBOARDING IS NOT A CRIME” stickers.

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Wouldn’t those cats be just as likely to shit on the beach 20 feet away?

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Happy Friday.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiB7d-T9O_oAhVil3IEHbq-DHoQyCkwAHoECBMQBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DK4Dw6q-5iaA&usg=AOvVaw3RP6mU5kiO8jnhvj8XGZpa

When did a cat not shit in the fresh new thing, except out of spite? :joy:

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Not what I expected to see. I was expecting FULL of sand. It would take a couple determined skaters with shovels and brooms about 30 minutes to clear out a section.

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That image doesn’t exactly fit with the popular conception of skater culture.

“Look at those slacker punks, always terrorizing the neighborhood with their unauthorized civic cleanup projects.”

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Skaters, nahh. Bring in the curling team!

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Venice has a skate park? Oh, the other Venice.

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Skaters have poured their own concrete to build DIY parks beneath freeway overpasses before.
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Dusting off one that’s already complete will be nothing.

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The idea wasn’t to destroy the skate park beyond repair. The idea was to make it temporarily unusable to casual skaters.

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Yeah, I know. Was just agreeing your point that the skater-slacker stereotype was frequently horseshit.

Maybe they can get Christian Slater to rally them around a common cause for the greater good.

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Video link for the BBS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_OQx8nsOb0