Hey, I am sorry I have to post something like this. But hopefully something positive will come of it
Bocking is a totally awesome sport, it’s a blank canvas and at the moment people don’t really judge us as they would skateboarders. I honestly never want us to be labeled and judged like that. For example “bockers=bad” I really want us to keep up a good reputation. I want bocking to be seen as positive instead of negative.
Today we have been banned from the forum. It’s a real loss, it was really good place to bock. I blame nobody. It was inevitable and building up but it’s happened. And thats it.
What I want to discuss is kinda the way we react to being banned and sorta general behaviour out and about.
As I said, bocking is a blank canvas and how we behave now will affect how we are seen forever. We really need to respect the people and areas we bock, if not we are going to get a negative label and I don’t think it is anything anybody wants.
I think as a group we need to be more careful and respectful. Today there were a couple of bad moments around the castle, particularly around the lifts. Damaging the ceilings and setting alarms of is a real sure way to get a negative label attached. We were lucky today but it is really really important that we keep a good reputation. So I really would like people to respect where they bock. For the reputation of all bockers.
How do we deal with getting banned? Today, we were banned from the forum. I am not sure if before today all the more important people there were aware of what we were doing. And now they know, on grounds of health and safety, we cant bock there anymore.
Now, here is how I see it. The forum is a great place, its a shame we cant bock there. I would love to bock there again. But if we now go back there and bock, without sorting anything else it is damaging our reputation. I spoke to the guy, and I was polite and reasonable, we have left there, with a minimal dent to our reputation. But say we were rude or were to go back there and bock it would be quite damaging. We were asked last meet not to flip there, and we did. Its ok. Again, inevitable but just to keep a good reputation I really hope that nobody bocks there, or at a meet goes there, crazes to go there. For now at least.
I am willing to email and try and get some kind of compromise.
Comments would be appreciated. I hope people see where I am coming from and come up with some ideas on what we should do about stuff like this and behave as a group.
