EKSISTENSI KOMUNITAS SKATEBOARD DI KOTA MANADO

Abstract

The existence of skateboarding in Indonesia was developed very fast, we can
see it from government’s support in every city to give the good facilities. But that
things not happen in Manado City which has a lots of skateboard’s communities
but unfortunately there are no supporting facilities. This community has the most
important role in order to keeps the existence and the development of
skateboarding in Manado. This community also has a lots of factor to support
skateboarding’s development in Manado City. Therefore, the existance is an
important thing in order to keeps the community alive.
The aim of this research is to know the using of this group to keeps their
exsitance, and also to know what kind of interference and supporting factor that
community faced. This explorative qualitative research is using two data source,
primary data and secondary data. Data collecting tech are using interview,
observation, and documentation source. Master data source is using by
interviewing some senior’s member and junior’s member of Manado City
Skateboarding community, and with using participation observation.
In order to keeps their existence, this community with unformal way
deciding and planning some element that can support. The next step is
implementation based on how to do their already plan. The working system of this
Manado City Skateboarding community is flow with what they are to be without
caring for the formal vision and mission. On that implementation, this community
also face some interference which come from inside or outside that they can solve
because of the supporting factor from each member. Strategy that they use in
order to keeps their existence is pretty success. We can see it from the length of
this community and also from the positive response that given from some person
outside the community.

Keywords : community, skateboard, exsitance