The distance skating scene is a small insulated social world that includes all the main spheres and dynamics one sees in an oligarchic market polity. Continue reading The distance skating scene: a miniature market oligarchy
In early 2021, while the covid-19 pandemic was still raging, and after many events had had to be canceled or postponed in the struggle against the spread of the disease, the IDSA decided to hold the Ultraskate event in Miami anyway. This decision can only be explained by weighing the interests involved against each other (of which public health interests are part). In this post I try to reappraise this conflict of interests to the best of my available resources. Continue reading Ultraskate 2021 amidst a pandemic
Disclosing affiliates and partnerships in the social media before posting promotions disguised as innocent suggestions is self-evident. Or so I thought. Continue reading Unethical practices in skateboard forums
Changing Angles 