Skateboarding Option to Skating MB

[alex gregory]

Why can't the guys get a merit badge for skateboarding? It seems so easy to add a skateboarding option to the existing Skating MB.

I have guys ask me all the time about skateboarding. It just seems silly that it has not happened yet.

Without pretending to know one end of a skateboard from the other, I suspect something like this would work:

Skateboarding
Do the following:
1. Describe general skateboarding safety rules and etiquette.
2. Describe the parts and functions of a skateboard.
3. Describe the required and recommended safety equipment.
4. Describe four essential steps to good skateboard care.
5. Do the following:
a. Skate forward with smooth strokes for at least 100 feet.
b. Skate forward and glide at least 15 feet.
c. Stop on command on flat pavement.
6. Do the following:
Perform some skateboarding tricks (I don't know, ask a skateboarder for some material).
7. Do the following:
a. Perform a series of at least four downhill slaloms on pavement with a gentle slope.
b. Describe how to pass a pedestrian or another skater from behind.
c. Describe at least three ways to avoid an unforeseen obstacle while skating.
d. Describe two ways to get on, and off a curb, and demonstrate at least one of these methods.

[smtroop168]

Why can't guys get Aviation MB by hang gliding? Or Water Sports by Surfing? I don't know. There is a process for such requests on the site and/or you can contact Bill Evans National Advancment Guru and ask. They might have a request on file and maybe can give you the whys.

[wagionvigil]

Not Sure if Bill is now. There has been a total reorganization at National but it would not hurt to find out

[smtroop168]

Unless it changed really recently, Bill Evans replaced Bill Steele. Steele is now the Director of Alumni Services to include NESA

[alex gregory]

There is a process for such requests on the site . . .

"The site" - what site?

If somebody has a link to the right warm body please share.

[wagionvigil]

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