DJ CP#8

Today I met up with Wayo again. She hadn't been able to see me in a while because things kept coming up. The last time she came over to my house, she noted I had a longboard, so I figured we would talk about that. She asked me about skating culture in the U.S. and I explained that there is sort of a stigma surrounding it, and that most places in public don't allow people to skateboard there. i explained that there are usually signs prohibiting it, but even when there aren't, people will call the cops on you for destruction of property or disturbing the peace. She told me that the situation was pretty much the same in Korea. She said that they had some skate parks, and that there wasn't as much of a stigma, but you can still get in trouble for it. I explained to her that the stigma comes from the culture that skaters have, which usually involves some sort of lawbreaking along the lines of graffiti or fighting. I also mentioned to her that it was kind of weird that she was into skating, because she is a girl, and girl skaters are pretty rare in America. then we talked a little bit about trick skating versus longboarding, and found out that we both prefer the smooth, relaxing ride of a longboard.