Pretty good advice on or off skates. The group is tight, skating is only one of the activities the group enjoys. Rafting trips, backyard cook outs and concert outings makes sure that even if someone has to hang up their skates, they can still be involved in the social group. It only means that a reliance on common sense is expected from everybody. It also means that people must think for themselves since they can't become dependent on some external authority to tell them what to do and not to do.
Safety is taken much more seriously then it appears from the cavalier attitudes.
In fact, a rather large group broke away from the festive atmosphere at weekly concert to attend a safety meeting. Houston's success is in large part due to activities like this. Skating is better off for their efforts. There are several special events each year. During the Westheimer Street Festival the group conducts the only Skate Joust in the Universe.