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12 Responses to “Can’t you read the sign?”

1. josh Says:
   July 16th, 2008 at 11:46 am

   I skated up to the Avalon arcade on Belmont the other day and they wouldn’t let me in with my skateboard, citing the usual bs about insurance liability. What the hell?

2. Concretin Nik Says:
   July 16th, 2008 at 12:06 pm

   I love that sign. “How to clothesline a rollerblader.” Excellent. Though I just realized, the skater is MONGO!!

3. Larry Says:
   July 16th, 2008 at 12:16 pm

   i went into the SJ library with my board to pick up my wife and kids and they said i coulnt bring mine in. 34 and still getting discriminated against…where is reverend al?

4. DEATH BEFORE APPLEBEES Says:
   July 16th, 2008 at 12:29 pm

   the arcade “ground control” serves PBR in cans and has no problem whatsoever if you skate there/bring your board in.

5. Mac Says:
   July 16th, 2008 at 3:55 pm

   Yeah Nik, it’s a real hassle to skate in Portland now that the cops are enforcing the “arms-out, mongo” rule on skate routes. You can’t turn the board when you’re pushing, and your arms get really tired. Looks wacky, too. The little kids don’t even notice, though… That’s what happens when government legislates skating… forced kookiness.

6. mikeD Says:
   July 16th, 2008 at 7:42 pm

   Nothing says SKATE HERE NOW!! more than a sign that looks like one of those and when stores refuse me service because of a skateboard it’s like asking, or really demanding, that i session out front right away. for some reason i have more of those experiences in cali than anywhere else…

7. heath Says:
   July 16th, 2008 at 9:33 pm

   My friend and I went into Hot Lips pizza in West Linn, and the manager asked us to leave our skateboards outside. I thought he was kidding at first, and asked him if he was serious.

   He stated, “I don’t even let KIDS in here with their skateboards.” This response baffled me as I am 30 years old, and less likely to screw things up than a kid.

   Needless to say, we ate elsewhere.

8. Carroll13 Says:
   July 17th, 2008 at 3:21 am

   Hot Lips? Damn, they used to be so liberal.

   Then again, so did Coffee People once, but I’ve had to cover my tattoos since I started working there, because of the current corporate owners of the company.

9. Wells Says:
   July 17th, 2008 at 8:31 am

   That skater might be pushing mongo; but the arms are pure Gesmer style.

10. Greg N Says:
    July 17th, 2008 at 9:39 am

    Ya its funny, when I was younger and more of a street skater, if I saw a sign that said no skating I would look around for the spot that I had missed. Thanks signs!

11. Larry Says:
    July 17th, 2008 at 9:45 am

    i still have a sign i lifted from the school we were always at. a classic black sign with white lettering “no skateboards, skating or bycicles”

12. the dude Says:
    July 18th, 2008 at 11:37 am

    that little kid needs way more pads

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