Talk:Skitching

From VfD:
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From the random pages. [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk)]] 05:33, Aug 7, 2004 (UTC) moved from main page
 * Keep. At the very least, a somewhat useful stub. I revised it to bring it more in-line with guidelines. The name should probably be verified, however. --Slowking Man 09:21, Aug 7, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep: A particularly stupid pastime that does exist. See this Google search, (there are even some pictures for you). TPK 11:48, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep: Still, Wikipedia does seem to be one-stop shopping for ways to, as one reviewer said, win the Darwin Awards.  The practice is common, sort of, and the term is widespread, so we keep. Geogre 12:12, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * If we keep it, then it should go to the Wiktionary under "skitch." Wikipedia is not a dictionary.  However, I'd rather not have this neologism anywhere; it's just a stupid (NPOV my foot; it really is stupid) practice with 1,940 google hits, the first few of which describe how a yound Canadian named Daniel Peterson died doing it.  How...encyclopedic.  --Ardonik 05:30, 2004 Aug 8 (UTC)
 * neologism, slang, dicdef... sounds like a regional (Canadian?) thing. Delete after transwikify-ing, unless someone comes up with evidience of, say, a National Skitching Championships ("Sponsored by the Federation of Untertakers") or something. --Ianb 22:47, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Possible move to Wiktionary. It is actually a common word/occurrence relating to anyone who lives in a high-traffic area (usually the city) and rides a bicycle, skateboard, or rollerblades. I can't think of an appropriate way to make it fit for an entry of encyclopedic content, but it definitely is a valid entry for a dictionary as slang. So keep, but strongly consider moving. Skyler 03:12, Aug 9, 2004 (UTC)
 * The practice has been around since the invention of the bicycle. This, however, is a neologism. Delete. Consider offering it to Wiktionary. Rossami 13:59, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * The term is not THAT new a neologism; I recall it being used in multiple Tony Hawk Playstation games, so I suspect it's in fair currency in the skateboarding scene and others. &mdash;Morven 01:09, Aug 11, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Not a Neologism, not a Canadian regionalism; I used the term (and performed the act) as a child in '70s New York. I know of people who've used the term (and performed the act) in Chicago, Minnesota, Philly & more, over the past 50 years. Freddiefreelance (talk) 21:46, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

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From Dancomono:
From Dancomono:
 * Regardless of where it belongs, why on earth is the snow or ice variant mentioned as the primary? None of the pop culture references mention anything about skitching without a skateboard or bike (okay, and hoverboard). These should be flipped at least, or the ice skitching might be removed altogether unless evidence of it existing can be proved.

"(B or not B) is true" is _not_ information

 * The skitched vehicle can either be aware of their load or unaware.
 * When the skitcher is discovered by a previously unaware driver, the driver's reaction is sometimes negative, sometimes positive.

The expression "well, duh" is the first that comes to mind in reaction to these revelations 195.8.88.197 23:58, 8 June 2007 (UTC)


 * While (B or not B) is not information, I get the impression from these sentences that neither situation is typical. If generally skitchers had some kind of "code" where they let the drivers know ahead of time, that would be notable - for example, I think that in Locksport there is a cultural proscription against picking locks that don't belong to you. It can be useful information to say that there is no general rule - though it might be better to reword these examples to illustrate that they are saying that neither option is the general case. 24.7.67.75 (talk) 04:10, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Skitching Ski/hitching. Not skate, bike hitching or otherwise
Ski/hitching (skitching) on a tube would be called tubing behind a car. A bike grabbing the side of a car in NYC surely wouldn't be ski/hitching (skitching) due to the absence of snow. Roller blades and Skateboards surely wouldn't be able to ski/hitch (skitch) either.

No skateboard, bike, rollerblade, inner tube, sled or any other variant people seem to want to include should be associated with this activity/sport. I have lived in both Colorado and Rhode Island in the 70s/80s. All of the skaters/roller bladers I hung out with in both places never called hitching a ride on a car Skitching. It was simply hitching a ride. I knew people from all over the US who skated and traveled all over for demos. I first heard the term skitching in the 90s when I worked in Boston. It was a common term for grabbing a car in the Winter and getting dragged. I grew up skating and read Thrasher and other magazines. I watched many skater movies as well. They all showed kids grabbing the side or rear of a car. Never was the term skitching used.

Skitching is absolutely specific. It's a stupid, way to have some fun with no sled, tube, skateboard........That's what makes it so unique. Your feet are the skis. I'm sure people ski/hitch "skitch" wherever there is snow and pavement all over the world. Seems like a NewEngland term and should be honored on Wikipedia. I'm sure the term is used outside NewEngland as well since the originators have dispersed and now have skitchers of their own.

Snow boarding isn't called skiing on one wide ski. Roller blading isn't called roller skating. Snowboarding on pavement would surely have its own term if it became popular and wouldn't include snow in its title (tarboarding). I hope this helps illustrate my point. Lumping all forms of hitching onto a car under the term skitching doesn't allow each variant to have its own specific classification and slanders the term skitching altogether. There are no other "forms" of skitching. Barefoot water skiing is the closest thing to skitching there is and is called barefoot water skiing I think. Maybe someone will eventually call it water skitching- which would actually be acceptable in my opinion.

I welcome anyone who wishes to revise, edit, and return skitching to its origins and true meaning, even if it shrinks to a paragraph or two of info. No "other forms of skitching" PLEASE!

69.207.161.88 (talk) 19:44, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Skitching app
http://evernote.com/skitch/ will definitely lead a lot more people to the definition of skitching, so sorting out the term's true meaning is extremely time sensitive. Maybe the app is in violation already for using this term to label their product. 69.207.161.88 (talk) 20:21, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Origin of term
I grew up in Dollard des Ormeaux, Quebec, and we called it "skitching" -- and I did it -- in the late 1960s. I'm sorry, the section on origins assigning it to Laconia, New Hampshire is completely WP:OR. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 03:29, 11 June 2013 (UTC)