Cmv: skateboarding is an art form and should be respected as much as any other street art.:
People who know nothing of it seem to usually be slightly disdainful towards it, it's seen as being like a form of hooliganism and associated with being immature and has generally bad connotations if you ask the average joe.

Some wouldnt even consider it a sport.

But I consider it a form of street art, on the basis that it is

* fundamentally creative, everyone has their own style

* a sort of artistic rebellion against the mundane, boring cityscape a lot of people are born in, it takes what to someone else is just a ledge and turns it into something fun and creative

if you're more in favor of a corporations right to take up public space with art than you are in favor to peoples desire to rebel against that with street art then fair enough I dont expect to change your mind with this and you wont change mine by saying it's against the law but if you enjoy street art you should appreciate skateboarding on some level.