In my case, it was always the bandwagon skateboard kids who only skated for fashion that would dare throw around terms like fruitbooter or call me a fag for being a roller. Those kids were easy to get away from, all I had to do was drop in on that 4 foot quarter pipe they had spent the last hour standing on, board in hand, while looking oh so cool.

I think whether you bike, skateboard or roll, the people who are in it because they love it have a mutual understanding when they see someone passionate about utilizing the same terrain but with different tools to do it. I never once had a problem with those people, half the time they hated those kids more than any roller did because they were sucking the life out of the sport they truly loved.