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Show -- How ' -,,,,- - opinion using VoiceofDixic , ., k 1 1 t.,- -.., 4- , ,(4 11: -- 1 i WEDNESDAY, APRIL DIXIESUNNEWS.COM cLi. L7Parmlz, cr: NICK ANDERSON nickv 1) 11 '; anderson ' i Pennyboards are like puppies: Everyone wants one, but not everyone can stay excited about them after the novelty wears off. Pennyboards,.the plastic skateboards modeled after the skateboards from the 170s, have steadily risen in popularity since 2011 when Penny Skateboards was founded. They come in a variety of colors and in two different lengths: h and the Penny h "Nickel" Penny decks. When ordering a board from the website, the 22-inc- 27-inc- !! !! . color of every individual piece can be customized. It's been easy to see a rise in the number of G V said. Wild said the versatility of Pennyboards make them men come in and buy Pennyboards. He said it may have to do with the portability and ease of the 2( vftD 0 poi students' top choice for travel. As popular as these Pennyboards are right now, I saw this same thing happen with longboarding in the past. Longboarding exploded in popularity, and longboards started flying off the shelves, destined to be used once and forgotten. I suspect the same thing will happen with Penny-boardand Wild agreed. "I think they'll probably be stoked when they get them, and then after a while, it's just going to be a thing of the past," Wild '00, '4 ' . .. t, , .. . .,:lr, t , t : , .. ' , !1 i V l'. v , 1 1' i 1'1 L 1R ,,.! c '.7--- ', , , .. ; , , ir,,-- ' ce LT ,.., , , - , ' : ' ' '', ; - - - s ., . , t , " . .1 I . t 1 . , .,,-- - , F i i -,- , r4 , A , , 5'. . , ,..0040' , 1 --- -, ,,.. ......... .,... 22, ow 7,, a z ti 4c., e4',1 end. Here's the root of the F, i problem: Skateboarding is ,..c cool. Everyone wants to be involved, but not everyone has what it takes. Anderson jumps down the stairs in front of the Gardner Student Center on his Pennyboard. He says Pew takes Skateboarding boarding is enticing to a variety of people now, but the trend will be short-liveall Not people practice. h can jump on a to be a skateboarder, and look cool. They looklu; have him pull me around fast, maneuver obstacles, and get around in the most while I ride it. Sometimes those who disagree are Just consider how much piece of plastic with wheels and cruise around as a ride around time and energy you're at Ill night lying. Skateboarding exciting way possible, The inlike they want to. culture has heavily eventually you will wipe just to get fresh air. Its willing to put intoleatnn out. The road rash you fluenced contemporary before you buy a Pelearning curve will disdefinitely not my preferred suade many from continu- receive should be worn source of transportation or nn'yboard that will soonh fashion, art and music. ing. entertainment, but I don't However, skateboarding as abandoned. proudly. I've been skating Those who are willing to since I was a have anything against a sport has been adopted in the and time I and fall. still them. and then forgotten by a put practice DIXIE SUN INF; will progress but only after I have had a Pennyboard Unfortunately, it's easy high percentage of those to see the trend is doomed who try it. falling down every once in for around 6 months. I Payton Davis, a while. If you want to go a on I know, Pennyboards to leash and die. Everyone wants put my dog r..........,...., ,. ..,......... oko,o' ti ti h 3 d. s, 22-inc- P - ti s. .: Nick Anderson, Send letters to the editor to DixieSundixie.edu locie r jr ,,,x , Editor Emily Havens, News 11 t ,r:,4,. , s, said. The Pennyboards trend will inevitably come to an , i t iil people riding Pennyboards around town and on campus. Whether they're actual Penhyboards, or similar boards from a different brand, these small skateboards have become many student's transportation of choice. Braxton Wild, an employee at LipTrix Board-sho- p at 105 N. 500 East, said he has seen everyone from small kids to grown 22, boards. "They've got soft wheels, so they're really easy to cruise around on," Wild short-distan- : 4press .,- , i you q about soiutio for 400 South? -- 1 ,,, E'1:D students say 40 Sow neetts work Opinion EillY Editor Karli Kuhn, Sports Keshara 13jorkman, Features Editor Tom Hender, Photo Cody Eclunan, Multimedia tc Taylor Forbes, Ad Manage' Hay lie Anderson have noticed over the course of this year that the school has been going under a hefty amount I of construction, maintenance, repairs and remodeling everywhere. Well, I have one more problem for you: the lines on the 400 South road between the stadium and obnoxious volleyball courts. I have a solution: Eagle Scout project. on my morning sprint to class, I often IC. f( Collier Lauren Collier Alex Cox see other students running the gauntlet of crossing 400 South. You know, 400 South: the road just south of the Holland building? The street mentioned is one of pure chaos. I mean, are there even lanes on that road? Students on a daily basis are crossing a street that not only has poor road markings but a complete absence of crosswalks. 400 South is only dwarfed in foot traffic by 1000 East. They are the same road. Both are insufficient in pedestrian markings and both have a majority of students crossing daily. In context it's not much we are discussing, just paint, but the markings from that paint represent security and safety for students. This issue can't be as complicated as the grass south of the Holland building. Come on, we've all have seen how that war of attrition is going. Dixie State University is great at getting a lot of things right, but I think it has gotten this one wrong. Any way you dash across it, I think it is time for DSU to make a move. ti b Haley Hazen Preston Hunt Porter Larsen ( Spencer Ricks Cody Smith Mykell Swap Ben Wright Adviser Rhiannon Bent, HOW TO REACH' Dixie State UniversaY Jennings Bldg. 225 South 700 East 84710 St. George, UT Kassidy Waddell a junior English major Gilbert, Arizona Phone: Kyle Shaw a junior English major North Ogden (435) Fax: (435) dixiesundixieedu www.dixiesunnews.com Ads: dixiesunadsgdixte.ed!, or (435) Letters to the editor are accepted and may be published in the newspaper andor dixiesunnews.com. The guidelines for letters are as follows: Submissions should be no longer than 250 words and must be well written. Writers must include name, phone number and email address. Students should also include year in school, hometown and major. Letters are subject to editing for length, style and grammar. 'Letters consisting of inaccurate, libelous, or highly offensive 652-7- 0 content will not be published. 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