Skateboarding

Synonyms / Other Terms Used

Skate Boarding, Skateboard, Skateboarder, Skater, Skate Park

Category

Sports, Action Sports, Sporting Activities, Activities

Message / Function

For notice in general and to indicate the location of facilities for skateboarding

	Source	Description
	Avanti PUM	Side view of human figure on skateboard, ramp on the left and below
	O'21	Human figure on skateboard performing a trick on arc like rail
	BS 8501:2002	Side view of human figure on tilted skateboard
	Chamonix	Skateboarder performing a trick
	Gan Khoon Lay	Skateboarder performing a trick
	Sagamihara	Skateboarder in mid flight performing a trick
	itim2101	View of skateboarder cruising
	Erco	View of skateboarder cruising
	Handbuch wien.gv.at	View of skateboarder cruising
	Pierce	View of skateboarder cruising
	Gan Khoon Lay	Frontal view of standing human figure with cap, holding skateboard
	Andrejs Kirma	Side view of skateboard
	Ashok	Plan view of skateboard
	freizeitkarte osm.de	Oblique view of skateboard
	O'24	Two crossed diagonal lines, parts of skateboards seen from top, two elements each including several concentric circles

Note: Some of the examples shown above were mirrored horizontally to contrast differences.

Discussion

The number of pictograms that we found in our database concerning this referent is quite limited. Besides renderings showing a skateboarder cruising or performing a trick, one can also find pictograms including some kind of ramp or obstacle. All concepts found include a rendering of a skateboard as characteristic element, facilitating a clear identification of this kind of sports.

We could not find any research data concerning graphic symbols for skateboarding or facilities for skateboarding in our database, so we cannot present specific information concerning comprehensibility or some other parameters for one or several of the pictograms presented above. All we can say is that we expect the variant designed for the Summer Olympics in Paris 2024 to be rather incomprehensible.

Recommendations

Due to the fact that no data from research is available, we recommend testing using the Comprehensibility Estimation procedure for eliminating poor variants and identifying the best of the set available, followed by a Comprehension Test. These studies should deliver useful data for recommending the best pictogram. Detailed information about the most frequent responses given in each of the response categories of the Comprehension Test should be provided to correctly judge comprehensibility and improve designs. Also information concerning knowledge about this type of activity should be collected at the end of the test, as respondents might not be familiar with Skateboarding.

Tests of pictograms of referent Skateboarding

No data from research or tests is available in our database.