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Golden Gate
Skaters
BY SCOTT DANIELS
It's a perfect Sunday afternoon in San Francisco's Golden Gate
Park, a 1,000-acre urban greenbelt laden with gardens, lakes, tennis
courts, and a science museum. Hundreds of Bay Area residents,
lured by sunny spring skies and cool Pacific breezes, throng to the
park's John F. Kennedy Dr. to jog, bicycle, and roller skate.
Near the intersection of Sixth Ave.
and Fulton, the hip-pop, rap sounds
of radio station KMEL blare from a
stereo rigged inside of a portable
wooden crate with a car battery pro-
viding electricity. Tall elm trees
shade a blacktopped enclave where
more than a dozen skaters practice
their stunts and dance to the music.
Suddenly someone yells, "Hey, it
looks like trouble up the street!"
Five people with the words "Skate
Patrol" emblazoned on their T-shirts
leave the music at once and race up
JFK to the scene of a skater-cyclist
collision.
The skater is bleeding and show-
ing signs of shock. The bicycler, who
ran into and then fell on top of the
skater, is shaken but not hurt. A by-
stander calls 911.
Members of the Skate Patrol, also
known as Explorer Post 582, keep a
curious crowd from getting too close
and comfort the skater until an am-
bulance arrives. They shade his eyes
from the sun, cover him with a blan-
ket, and offer him a sip of water.
Soon paramedics are on the scene
and they begin checking for possible
broken bones.
Post 582's Skate Patrol works
much like a ski patrol. Explorers di-
vide into five-person teams and take
60-minute shifts touring through the
park. Each person is trained in basic
first aid and certified in CPR.
Accidents that require outside
medical assistance, such as the biker-
skater collision, aren't nearly as
common as finding people who take
a tumble and wind up with skinned
knees and elbows.
"If we find someone who's fallen,
we pick them up, dust them off, and
reassure them that they're going to
be all right," said 15-year-old An-
thony Mazzei. "Each of us wears a
Post 582 Explorers plan a petition drive to limit Saturday traffic in Golden Gate Park.
fanny pack that contains adhesive
bandages and antiseptic wipes."
Anthony, who has been a member
of the Explorer post for six months,
joined the group after he rented a
pair of skates near the park and saw
the post in action. Now he skates
there every day.
"I live about three miles from the
park, and I skate to and from the
post meetings," he said.
The Explorers meet on Sundays
because that's when the park is
closed to automobile traffic and the
major thoroughfares teem with rec-
reationists. From 11 until noon, the
Explorers conduct an informal skate
clinic for people just getting started
in the sport.
"We give people pointers on the
right way to skate rather than let
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