Jesus that's rather awful.

In all seriousness, this is tragic. Note to local skaters: best to err on the side of caution when it comes to jaywalking in front of buses!

Seems like it's dumb and negligent just to be riding in traffic with no brakes whether on a skateboard, a longboard, whatever.

I blame youtube.
My mind is even more warped after seeing a moped rider's remains under an 18 wheeler. Like road kill. *gag*

Well we know what this makes Jonah: A stupid fucking credulous hack.

Why no outrage? Neither reporter mentioned if the skateboarder was wearing a helmet. Gosh, perhaps we need 4 slog posts calling these reporters out on their hackery.

Neither "reporter" is a member of the mainstream print media -- who pride themselves on their supposed objectivity and who frequently wave said objectivity as example of their superiority over bloggers and alternative media.

http://www.sleestak.net/forum/userpix/2_longboardingdoesntcount_1.jpg

At this same intersection, 6 years ago this month, a skateboarder murdered a car driver. Things tends to even out on the Ave over time.

2006 skateboarder murder thing at 45th/Ave:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/66957_skateboard18.shtml

If you beat someone with a golf club, does that make you a golfer?

Poop in my face.

Coincidence? I think NOT!

A) Most cops, and people, will hardly know I'm gay right off the bat. I think I'll be fine.

B) I stand a better chance of living through being gay bashed than you do with running red lights. I've been told you're chunky, so you might have a chance at living, but let us not hope for the worst.

Is that a challenge? You taunt the cops and I run red lights? You're on! First one to die loses!

cochise35, I wasn't laughing at the guy who died. I'm laughing at the people who can morph that into a rip on poor writing, skateboarding, fixies, etc.

This is very sad, but it sounds entirely like the boarder's fault. If he didn't know how to control himself, he shouldn't have been on the street.

@53

But I don't taunt cops. You regularly run red lights (like you've stated). Your logic reeks of diarrhea.

Now, I'm laughing.

His head looked like a crushed watermelon. And as the paramedics walked away from the body before police covered it, they were shaking their heads.

That said, I'll clarify that I'm now laughing at #55.

Check em out.

Just because I'm a vegetarian and I think credit is BS does not make me a hippie. Longboarding doesn't make me a hippie, either. I'm not a fucking hippie.

@64: After that I thought clarkj did write the turgid thing. It's all terrible and not relevant to the poor kid who died. I'm more interested in what "a friend" @57 had to say and the actual facts than exaggerated accounts from self-important bystanders.

We know it matters. That's why we're talking about it. Dumbass.

But what is even more amazing to me is that people with different ideas and beliefs are willing to post their thoughts and defend their positions, and just generally engage in discourse about some of the major issues affecting us locally and globally right now.

Do we change each other's minds? I have to think that sometimes we do. But even if we don't I think it is cool that we still care enough to try.

Douchebags? Sure, we're all guilty of being douchebags about some things. But I think a lot of the Sloggers have also proven to be thoughtful and compassionate.

And, if you disagree with me you can suck my non-existent cock.

Longboarders are cool.

Where did everyone cool move--Portland?

whattup bobcat

Longboards are for wannabe hippies with a death wish.

Skateboards, on the other hand, might as well be Saabs, complete with their engineered front crumple zones, safety restraints, and multiple airbags.

How anybody could confuse the two is a complete mystery.

I will not describe what I saw. However, I think he hit the bus, not the other way around.

RIP young man.