06/02/2026
Nobody on MNC or World was trying to get arrested for skating. And nobody who was skating streets in the 90s was making their own rules. Willing to take a charge for skating? Absolutely. But, we were avoiding arrest at all costs back then.
Skaters back then followed the same rules as dealers, jackers, pimps, gangsters, prostitutes, and graffiti writers: street code. Street code is universal, it will never change no matter where you go or when you are. Suburbanites cosplaying as outlaw skaters is the skate industry's equivalent of "air jordans make you jump higher." Skating is supposed to make you more comfortable with yourself, not more comfortable with pretending to be something you're not.