It’s pretty easy to solve this with good design. As a former skateboarder with 25 years experience I can speak with some authority here. Skateboarders hate bad pavement, or cracks, or cobblestone or anything that isn’t perfectly smooth. The diameter of wheels has been hovering around 50mm for 10 years or so. That’s really small. They also use really hard urethane which is great on smooth pavement, but terrible on anything else. We are drawn to urban environments where the pavements tend to be perfectly uniform, and very smooth. Anything else completely takes the joy out of modern street skating. I’m not suggesting gravel, but a well placed cobble or two, or a feature in the paving where we would like to approach a wall completely throws us off…
