What it's all about

"Mountain Biking" is a term that has been derrogated, from the evolution of the sport, to a point where in a lot of cases it doesn't carry the original connotations of the term. You don't need a skateboard to ride in a skate park, nor do you NEED a BMX. There's nothing wrong with taking your hardtail to a park, lots of people do it. Huge downhill rigs aren't built for doing street, but sometimes people haul there huge heavy bike into the city just to do huge shit you couldn't do on a hardtail, 20ft drops onto stairsets and whatnot. Who gives a hell if you're riding the wrong bike at the wrong place or whatever ... if you're having fun and not getting in people's way then who cares!