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r 'Skateboarding a symbol.of today 's youth Pastime has become more than apopularfad L..Siateboarding started to By ANDREW JENKINS Special to The Champion Teens zip by in a flurry of baggy cargo pants and wallet chains on a board no thicker than your index linger. Skateboarding has hecome one of the biggest sensations since pogo sticka and hoola-hoops. However, this one shows no sign of fading anytime soon. When skateboards tirst hecame popular back in the '80s, lîke anything else that was hot on the market, everyone had to have one. They were big in size with genenic designs and were rets- tively cheap. Then after the initial shock wore off, it became rare to tee any- one ever using them. Skateboarding wat considered lame and was pronbunced dead for several years. However skateboarding saw a sudden abundance of life in the early to mid-'90s and has now become one of the most popular teen activitiet. With many ideal functions such as transportation. exercise, and a means of expresaing one't self creatively with various original and impressive moves, the skateboard finally gave the average vapid teen something more to do than to watch television or crowd the streets. Locally, when being hassled by police to move along when loi- tering around store fronts, Milton akaters simply had no place to move along to until several years ago when the Town's park and recreation officiais and tome local business owners gos involved in building a skate park. Pmoviding much of the labour waa the staff as Milton estahlish- ment Spokes N' Slopes. With involvement from Subway and a few other decision-making partners. the skate park was finally conatwucted alongMTompton Road beside tie arena. One of the key individuals in the prnposed skate park idea. Matt Burger, proprietor of Spokes N' Slopea. said he's pleased with the succeas of the park. ese. SKATEBOARDERS on page 13 'The Wh Frierudly mde People a e'Sal. & S 525 Ontal< 12 inch Assorted witbhpop $4.35+ 400 ST*LES AME EAST US-Ô404 MC. UNDER LLBD4 (e Ceiebrating a C<&L{J~Special Occasion? Cali & Book our Upstairs. §"wrSutMe 905-8 4-2213 :Ebmawutmt cornvi*uThWeRsoMG'tl /1II, 1. Theè13ne C#IIector 2. Double Jeopardy 3. Eys Wide Shut 4. Rancdsn Hearts 5. SU r of Echoes 6. Stgmata 7. Brokedown Palace 8. Prophecy 3 9. BIueStreak 10. Ruriaway Bride *DVD's e Gamese. I