Longboarding is pretty dangerous. A longboarder died in Vancouver last year, and I think I remember another serious injury recently. Maybe they need designated longboarding parks, kind of like skate parks.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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