Sensory Experiments

So I decided to carry on with skateboarding as my base action. I feel that skating is losing the rebellious status that it once had especially here in Wellington and so I have chosen to try and invoke a sence of rebellion in these experiments.

Experiment 1: Graffiti
What's more rebellious than graffiti? By putting spray can on the back of the board you are now "tagging" the street as you skate down it. The sound of the spray cans is notorious and I believe its works very well with the existing sounds of the wind and the wheels. It is also a constant reminder of what you are doing and so grants a sense of daring that should result from rebellious acts.

Experiment 2: Fireworks
Fireworks in New Zealand have always been a rebellious activity. With the legal age to buy going from 15 to 16 to 18 and the time span to buy them dwindling to to a single day. Therefore setting off fireworks from your board as you are hurtling down a hill invokes a definite sense of danger and rebellion.

Experiment 3: Smoke
And finally there is the act of burnouts. Boy racers have always been a major front for rebellious behaviour in New Zealand and doing burnouts is right at the heart of that. I wanted to emulate that with skating so I have taken smoke bombs and attached them the the board so that when you skate around in a tight area you get a very good "burnout" going.