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In the end, of course, it probably doesn't matter. "To have fun, we have to break the law," says Atlanta's Don Hillsman. "Skaters don't like rules." What they do like, when something like the Fallbrook ramp isn't right handy, is swimming pools: big, high-sided, kidney-shape swimming pools -- drained, naturally, to allow for the most radical coasting up and down the sloping concrete. Skaters aren't much on giving out awards, but there is one sure way to reckon the most bio (for bionic, meaning best) skater in the neighborhood: count the trespassing tickets received for skating empty pools. In the world of thrashers, that beats a blue ribbon every time.