Dan O'Neill
d-oneill.bsky.social
Dan O'Neill
@d-oneill.bsky.social
Historian of consumer culture, sport, and public health.

Postdoctoral research associate on the @kthabitproject.bsky.social project.
Leads to lots of skateparks (in some areas), but not necessarily lots of users. A multi-use space would be interesting as an alt (climbing wall integrated into back of a ramp?) but safety might be prohibitive.

Also, my hunch is that not as many young people, generally, skate now as a few years ago.
June 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
"Work in York reported that 90% of girls who liked skateboarding didn’t feel comfortable in the skate
park, while 68% of girls who responded to our own online survey said that some boys made them feel they shouldn’t be in the skate park." From MSG report, 2023: www.greenflagaward.org/media/2428/m...
www.greenflagaward.org
June 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM