The future is in our hands.  What we make of the moments will lead to the revolution and the revolution may not be televised but it will most certainly be recognized.  What is the revolution I'm talking about you ask?  Well, from where I'm standing it's simply the beginnning.  It's taking the first step and making a change on the local scene.  It's trying to be the essence of your beliefs and using that as a drop that makes ripples felt across the globe.  Don't think you can?  Everyday, people rich and poor perform revolutionary acts that change the lives of millions.  The only thing stopping you is the lack of action.  I wrote this and you read it... both of our revolutionary acts for today are done... what will you do next?  I'm gonna keep trucking toward a skate park in St. J, building the best skate shop and outdoor gear shop I can imagine, raising two beautiful little girls, raging love for my wife, forming the Indigenous Tribe, starting a clothing company that represents this revolutionary moment in time, being the first skateboard company to make boards from VT maple, making art, writing poetry. and simply being politically active and minded toward change.  Doesn't sound revolutionary enough?  Do more than me... much more.  That's my personal challenge to anyone who got to this last sentence! 
peace and one-
SK
"Time is an enormous long river, and we're all standing in it." - Utah

I remember being a young skater back in NJ where I come from.  Yup, I'll admit to my flatland roots.  Grew up riding the trains in to NYC to skate the city from FIT to SOHO to the Upper East Side and back again.  What I remember most though, were the crews that I skated with and rode the trains with and ate, slept and shit skateboarding with.  What I'm gettin at here... SKATERS UNITE.  Like it or not, we'll always be a minority.  There will always be authority figures trying to shut us out, shut us down, or whatever.  What we have is each other.  I see way too many kids 'round here skatin by themselves all the time, when I know that there are a lot of you out there.  This vexes me... I'm terribly vexed : )~ For real though, the skaters in this town should be not just out skating solo, but forming crews and getting their crews together to roll en masse and make their presence felt.  Wanna see things with regards to the skate scene change, see a skate park, etc., make sure that no one in this town views you as a minority.  I'm not saying don't skate alone... I understand and enjoy the quality of an extended solo session tying the same trick 400 times, but you can learn from one another, have more fun together and help generate social change.  Down?  Let's get it going.  I'd like to throw out the idea of a massive crew skate across the Portland St. Bridge... basically, a traffic stopper.  I'm not gonna declare a time or date, cause y'all have gotta generate some action on your own, but if you let me know, i'll be there skate underfoot. 
peace-
SK 

St. Johnsbury, VT... an old railroad town with a thriving young population of skaters... who have nowhere to skate.  Check out this list of streets they're banned from:              

                A) Main Street - Arnold Park to Western Avenue

                B)  Eastern Avenue - Entire Length

                C)  Railroad Street - Pearl Street to Bagley Street

                D) Maple Street - Entire Length

                E)  Pearl Street - Entire Length

                F)  Federal Street - Entire Length

                G) Cherry Street - Entire Length

                H) Prospect Street - Entire Length

                I)  Thaddeus Lane - Entire Length

                J) Charles Street - Entire Length

                K) Central Street - Main Street to Summer Street

                L) Winter Street - Main Street to Summer Street

                M) Church Street - Main Street to Summer Street

                N) Cary Place - Entire Length

                O) Clinton Avenue - Entire Length

                P) Portland Street - Railroad Street to Western Side of Caledonia

Here's a map... http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&addtohistory=&address=&city=Saint%20Johnsbury&state=VT&zipcode=05819&country=US&geodiff=1 

Do the math.  Where are these kids gonna go?  Well, they skate wherever they can whenever they can, they get ticketed regularly, have their boards confiscated, get harassed by the popo and the local business owners.  It's just like every other city in America... only significantly more over-regulated.  Crazy.  They used to have a skate park, but it too was deemed too much of a nuisance, so it was removed.  A bunch of 16 year old outlaws is all that remains.  Sad really.  I want to do something about it, and if you do to, come down to the shop, make RRSSS one of your friends, and let's get the wheel rolling.

peace