The spark creating recreation or sports device is a wheeled device having flint pads attached to surfaces which may be brought into contact with an environmental surface such as a street, sidewalk, railing, etc. The protective devices worn when using such recreation or sports wheeled devices may also have flint pads attached to surfaces which may be rubbed against an environmental surface. Examples of protective devices include knee, elbow and hand pads and helmets. Also spark creating devices may be pad mounted flint pads which flint pads create sparks when scraped against a surface and the pad mounts can be attached to a skateboard surface or to the wheel mounts. A further spark creating device consists of a flint pad having integral to it a fastener which may be used for attachment to a skateboard.