Vert don Renton Millar has started a petition to get rid of the people who govern the SBA in Australia after finding out that Skateboarding Australia is actually run by Rollerskaters. In an effort to take skateboarding out of these hands please help Renton by reading the info below and signing this petition.
AUSTRALIAN SKATEBOARDING NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!
Not many people realise that the people who govern Skateboarding in Australia are Rollerskaters!
Yes, Rollerskaters.
A Rollerskating Organisation called Skate Australia gets the Federal funding for “Roller Sports” in Australia and decides how much to divide between Artistic Rollerskating, Inline Speed Skating, Inline Hockey, Roller Derby and Skateboarding.
Sometime ago the Roller Skating Organisation started a private company called Skateboarding Australia (SBA). Many people believe SBA is skateboardings stand alone governing body.
That is not true. SBA is a PRIVATE COMPANY owned by the Roller Skate Organisation (This is verified easily by looking up their Australian Business Number).
Recently the Roller Skating Organisation widely advertised a National series sponsored by Nike where the winner of the series got $10,000 and a trip to the Tampa Am. They did six qualifiers, and then cancelled the last two qualifiers and final. They didn’t compensate the kids that had qualified, and didn’t give out the tickets to Tampa, or the final prize money.
Yet multiple types of Roller Skating not only got National Contests, but also sent teams to represent Australia in Europe for World Championships!
Skateboarding doesn’t even get a Completed National Series and no official Australian Champion.
WE NEED CHANGE.
The Australian Sports Commission needs to recognise that Skateboarding needs to stand alone from all other sports.
I have started a petition. Please sign it!! PLEASE SHARE!!
SKATEBOARDING IN AUSTRALIA NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!