The American Academy of Pediatrics says children under 5 should not use skateboards.

Lucero eventually launched his own brand, Lucero Ltd., in 1988 using skateboards manufactured by the Santa Cruz company.

Ziman said of the experience, "We used skateboards as dollies on the set and old-technology cameras to film.

Motorized scooters are capable of traveling up to 25 miles per hour, said the bill's sponsor, Kenneth LeFevre, Republican of Brigantine, and youths use these scooters and skateboards on both sidewalks and streets.

People using skateboards and rollerskates / -blades are legally categorized as pedestrians and must use pavement.

"We are not against the kids using skateboards," he said.

Depending on local laws, using skateboards as a form of transportation outside residential areas may or may not be legal.

Frank Calella, the owner of Psycho Skates, a Morristown, N.J., store that specializes in skateboard equipment, said, "Kids using skateboards used to have a bad-boy image.

A Starbucks store was attacked late in the night by a group of young men who used metal chairs and skateboards to break the windows.

But he said the commission could not say how many people are using skateboards, skates or scooters.