Poway, for some time, has had a growing population of youth interested in extreme sports such as skateboarding. Thousands of our kids enjoy skateboarding, rollerblading, and scootering as a pastime and some rely on it as their sole mode of transportation. A growing problem as the city sees it, but a rise of culture through the eyes of the youth. For years, skateboarding has been hiding in its innocents but due to vandalism charges and traffic violations the group has been labeled as punks and the City Council found it best to ban such actions almost entirely. The city has attacked a culture, a sport, and a passion: "Roller Devices" and those who use them will not sit and watch it be destroyed. Property damage, liability, and traffic violations are not valid causes for Roller Devices to be considered a problem; Skateboarding, Rollerblading and scootering should be legal. The arguments start with a liability issue.
             School districts, storeowners and pedestrians complain about a liability issue with the skateboarders riding on their property. In the history of Poway, no skateboarder, rollerblader, or scooterer has ever filed a case against any of these for any injuries inflicted while practicing their tricks on their property. That should be enough to rule out a worry for liability. However, the PUSD (Poway Unified School District) feels that they could be targeted. "We need to be empowered with some control over this issue." Said David Beck, risk manager for the district. (NCTimes) Because of the law, students who used their skateboard/roller blades to get to and from school now are inconvenienced and seek alternate ways to get to school. Is that a positive outcome of this law? Is that necessary? "My mom? Yeah right, she wouldn't sue the school if I cracked my head open on their sidewalk...She'd just say, I told you so." Brandon Neff responded
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