July 2006
On the Rails WHY THE SKATEBOARDING KIDS ARE REALLY ALL RIGHT. WHEN SKATEBOARDERS roll through town, they look at everything differently than you and I would. They see a park bench on a sidewalk or steps with an iron handrail and all they can think is: “Could I skate that? Could I grind it? Is it makeable?” Many of the kids that skateboard in the Hamptons take it up because they don’t like the usual team sports. “Lots of kids get rejected from teams,” says George Williams, a skateboard instructor with the Flying Point Surf School. “With skateboarding, it’s just you and your board. You’re on your own.” But that’s not to say that skateboarders aren’t a tight-knit group. “We’re defi nitely a ‘more the merrier’ type of group because it’s cool to watch someone new do tricks,” says Jake Alegria. “He’s not st...