Tell Scott to stop whining about trivia, focus on the big stuff and enjoy the hell out of the beauty of New York life. Oh, and I'll give him a blading lesson any time he wants. It's pretty obnoxious that Scott Baldinger gets revenge by enjoying seeing rollerbladers fall. Because in fact, falling is a dangerous and painful experience when skating. I get to blade on Venice Beach every day, far from Scott Baldinger.
Pedestrians are the menace here.
They trip you, they walk suddenly and blindly in front of bikes and bladers. I was tripped by a pedestrian a few months back. He was standing holding a child in the middle of the bike path talking to someone else. As I was passing him, he turned blindly and stuck his foot out. I had no time to avoid him or his foot.