Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Shmeisani Blacklist

Last night (July 1, 2008) several skateboarders in Shari3 Thaqafeh were taken down to the police station. Why? I'm not sure what provoked this action.
They had to each sign a paper that they will not skate in Shari3 Thaqafeh again, and if they did so they would have to pay 1000JD fine.
Not only did Hussien Park ban skateboarding from the whole park (besides the roller rink they so generously and humbly built for us), but now Shmeisani!
Every once in a while a cop will tell us not to skate, but never has it reached this extent. This time it seems they're pretty firm on what they've said. Sadly, they don't realize that Shmeisani has become the epicenter of everything skateboarding related (let alone action sports in general). With no Shmeisani, no Hussien Park, skateboarding in Amman might take a huge blow and start moving backwards.

Unless we can turn it back around. Forget all the other spots. Forget Hussien Park. Forget future skatepark initiatives. This is Shmeisani were talking about, this one we definetely do not want to loose.

So tell me, now what do we do?

Discuss suggestions in the comments section. Please