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Longboard crash
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On 9/28/2007
Dan
wrote in from
United States
(74.60.nnn.nnn)
About 3 weeks ago I bought my 8 year old son a brand new longboard. We were comming home from a BBQ and there was this nice hill about a mile long fairly steep. I told my girl friend to drive to the bottom and wait for me. I pulled out the board without giving it another thought and jumped on no helmet sandals t shirt and shorts. Im 41 and havent been on a board in 25 years. Well 20 seconds into it I realize Im an idiot. i bet I was doing 30-35 when I got the speed wobbles. It through me off and I hit my head disslocated my shoulder and got road rash on both legs both hips lt shoulder and both butt cheeks. Im lucky to be alive. Everyone please wear a helmet when bombing these hills
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tackling parked trucks and blind corners
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On 7/14/2007
whiteguyin714
wrote in from
United States
(64.12.nnn.nnn)
went out randomly scouting hills with some friends found a long smooth freshly repaved hill in a slow residential hood i decided to pioneer this run and took off slow but quickly picked up speed as i hit the bottom of the hill i tried to skate around the right hand turn close to the inside as i came around the corner someone comes tearin out of a side alley through a stop sign head on at me forcing me to bail and try and run it out at easily 15 20mph i did run it out but it was straight into the side of a brand new truck at a full run i seriously bruised up my left hip and shoulder and the top of my ??right elbow??go figure but i crashed hard enough that the cars owner came out of his house to see wat happened and my friends heard the impact around the corner and like 500yards uphill i didnt even get the guys car dirty and surprisingly quickly considering i was still in shock and lightheaded for the next 20 minutes came up with a cover story for the crash but i split my elbow deep allmost all the way to the bone severed some muscles and had a gash deep enough my friend was alble to take an oversized iodined qtip and insert it all the way into my elbow wound while cleaning it probally should have gotten stitches that day especially while looking at the scar today butinstead i wentout and skated a very long rough and hilly local park luckily i was allready dosed up on painkillers from a concert the day before which i think kept me loose and relaxed for when i tackeld the truck not too painfull of a crash but really stupid and really funny and a really mean lookin battle wound could have been MUCH WORSE so allways have a spotter at the end of a hill especially with a blind corner
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what a dog!
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On 7/8/2007 sam
wrote in from
United States
(68.193.nnn.nnn)
that son of a bitch!
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i got owned
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On 6/3/2007 roman
wrote in from
United States
(24.19.nnn.nnn)
Yesterday me and some friends went to a beautiful park in Seattle Washington called Discovery Park I'm not fimiliar with the area and i'm pretty new to longboarding. We we're walking like .5 miles to the beach down a steep, long declining road. I mean Really steep and twisty. I was carrying my longboard, but no way in hell was i gonna crave a steep ass, neverending, turning road. We came to a clearing in the road where i could see atleast 200yds out in front of me and it was a slight decline, but perfect to carve! so i hopped on my board was carving on the street when i noticed i had picked quite some speed on this straitaway. probably 20mps just then i saw an unexpexted corner when the street turned again so i decided not to jump off and ride it since the road would probably straiten out and i could slow down. (btw i'd be an idiot to jump going 20mps) Bad idea i went around the corner and the road just dropped insanely down, i wasn't confident cuz i wasn't expecting it i was prolly going about 35 when i hit the next set of corners and another strait down hill. I was doubting myself and got the speed wobbles of death... there where about 10 bikers/hikers watching me try to balance like an idiot in nothing but shorts and a sleeveless shirt, no helment either. When i read a sign that said warning, be prepared to stop, i bit it. Right after i dont remember how i fell but i remember flipping, rolling and sliding on my leg. Everyone froze and just stared at me i jumped up and said something stupid and walked to my board. s#@! i tweaked my shoulder so bad i can bairly type this. It's either a hyperextention or a torn ligament. Hurts like a mother. 2nd degree road rash on 9inches of my leg. Red elbows, hips, shoulder, and my left hand has barely any skin left on it, it took it off so clean that it looks like a burn. Then i spent the rest of the day in a parking lot as my laughing friends poured hydrogen porixide on my wounds. I was lucky not to hit me head at all and no broken bones. Moral of the story? Don't ride a street that you don't know!
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not even downhill...
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On 5/27/2007 idiot
wrote in from
United States
(72.208.nnn.nnn)
ok, i was being stupid, and i decided, hey lets go and get my dog and longboard with her. So, i was getting out of the driveway, (yes, i wasnt even going downhill.) and my dog, with leash in my hand wrapped around my wrist, saw another dog, and bolted down the sidewalk. I was lucky, and happened to have a huge pile of tree clippings and such, and completely flew. My dog, wanting to catch up witht he other one, kept running, and dragged my a few yards. I got up, pissed off and embarrassed, cuz there were people on the other side of the road staring at me, and just limped home. I didnt even look at my knee until i was halfway up the driveway, and it was bleeding heavily. This was my first crash ever (it was maybe a week after i bought it) and im A LOT safer around it.
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both knees, both elbows, and a concussion
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On 5/26/2007 Will
wrote in from
United States
(71.200.nnn.nnn)
hey, speed wobble is deadly. I should know because ive been long boarding for 5 years. Well, a couple days ago, i was bombing down this awesome hill. the only problem was i had skitched a bike cranking at about 20 mph on a long driveway next to the very top of the hill, and by the time i was on the hill, i was going faster than 40 mph[twice as fast as i usually go]. halfway down the hill, i got major speed wobble i had no luck trying to slide. i knew i was gonna bail terribly... i wobble out of control and flipped, rolled, and slid more than 50 feet. i scraped up everything, and got a minor head concussion. heres the bad part.. i cant kneel down so i can really long board for a while...WEAR YOUR HELMET AND PADS!!!!
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a night with the homies..death wobbling...
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On 5/19/2007
Artizan
wrote in from
United States
(24.2.nnn.nnn)
About two days ago me and a couple of homies decided to go long boarding...so one of my homies knew this sweet! down hill, no gravel nice open pavement surrounded by trees...where we could ride and chillax!...so we did...since I had been off from being grounded and had also "note- I had not a lot of experience down hill "ripping"...I wasn't the only one, so did my other two homies..except for the the other homie who brought us to this anonymous location, who had invited his "Heyna"(Spanish slang) girl for the ride...so we got their and it was quite dark..around 10 p.m.. well we start rolling down this steep..hill which felt like a roller coaster as we rode down...catching speeds from 15mph-25mph...not bad, so as we rode two of my homies had gone ahead of me cuz I was too slow for some reason...and the other fool with his girl were out in back,...off quite bit from each other...so I rode holding on mine mini flash light feeling the cool wind in my hair..then suddenly..I started catching speed down hill...then I became concerned about the speed cuz I started to Death wobble man I swear I tried to balance myself but it was to late when I came up short of balance on a turn...man did I "Beefed it"..I landed left foot first..then..left shoulder and then my pretty face..then I lost it I just kept going for about 10 ft..I was a ligit face skater...I felt like I had done a summer sault..back flip..face sliding, torso spinning damm...I swear! I had in printed the left side of my face on the concrete....As if the concrete was a Stencil spray canned by dark blood red...well after that land I was unconscious for about a minute or less, which seem pretty quick in the moment...I got up and got back on the board fine...mmmyyyy a** what in Idiot!!...I rode till I caught up with my homies...as I rode...It was too late I was speeding again and I didn't get a ahead check to see my homies faces as I passed them, but I did get a glimpse of one their flash lights...so I immediately jumped of the board cuz I was wobbleling again and headed straight in to a gate...so I jumped off wuuhh! landed all right..so I walked up hill feeling nauseas and when I got their my two homies "beefed it" too but not as bad as I, they landed on grass ok with some gravel...but they had no problem staying up or awake just some scratches..however I was f'd-up badly loosing my vision and feeling weak...a few seconds later my other homie comes down hill with his girl (walking)...so he asks if we was all right nope...man did I need medical attention...the homie and his girl freaked out about my face and how I was limping....and one of the homies who "beefed it" too rushed me to a hospital...as for the rest of the other homies they where their by my side at the Hospital...I then later left the hospital around 3:00 a.m with one huge face abrasion on the left side and a small one around my left shoulder, with a some scratches around my legs and a sad mom..man was I one lucky homie...why? cuz I had no helmet and padding...lost some hair but still here, thankful too be alive... for the next time I'll be more cautious..use a helmet don't ride at night alone...ride in groups and ride up hills first not downhill on new locations...learn from this "menso'"(Idiot)...what a night!
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There's more than one way to lose your friend to an accident
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On 5/10/2007 Mugen
wrote in from
United States
(128.223.nnn.nnn)
Recently, one of my best friends from high school was bombing a large hill behind his house and got the speed wobbles. He had always been extremely talented in all board sports, especially longboarding, so this type of hill normally wouldnt have been a problem for him. But after about 5 seconds of trying to maintain his wobble he was pitched forward off his board, and despite his attempts to absorb the impact by rolling, his head smashed into the concrete with uncompromising force. He suffered major brain damage which the doctors said to be irreparable. I didnt quite understand what this meant until I saw my best friend a week later in a wheel chair. He was completely incoherent and socially unrecognizable. When he saw me he screamed like a child and began to drool. After seeing my best friend like that, a part of me wished he had just died in that crash. To all you skateboarders and longboarders out there, always wear your helemet, because there are worse things than death.
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There's more than one way to lose your friend to a longboarding accident.
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On 5/10/2007 Mugen
wrote in from
United States
(128.223.nnn.nnn)
Recently, one of my best friends from high school was bombing a large hill behind his house and got the speed wobbles. He had always been extremely talented in all board sports, especially longboarding, so this type of hill normally wouldnt have been a problem for him. But after about 5 seconds of trying to maintain his wobble he was pitched forward off his board, and despite his attempts to absorb the impact by rolling, his head smashed into the concrete with uncompromising force. He suffered major brain damage which the doctors said to be irreparable. I didnt quite understand what this meant until I saw my best friend a week later in a wheel chair. He was completely incoherent and socially unrecognizable. When he saw me he screamed like a child and began to drool. After seeing my best friend like that, a part of me wished he had just died instead. To all you skateboarders and longboarders out there, always wear your helemet, because there are worse things than death.
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tragic story in indiana -2005
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On 5/2/2007
paul
wrote in from
United States
(72.40.nnn.nnn)
my oldest 13 year old brother Marc was hit by a truck while skating across an intersection against the light. when he got hit, he rode the hood of the ddrivers truck about 50 ft. when the driver stopped suddenly, my brother flew another 50 ft and hit his head on the pavment and suffered massive brain trauma and died 4 days later.
I miss my borther so very much. ALWAYS WEAR UR HELMET!!!!
In memory of my brother Marc,
-Paul
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Speed wobble on a narrow concrete strip
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On 4/11/2007 Jon
wrote in from
United States
(72.130.nnn.nnn)
I was going down a big a** hill, and hit about thirty-five MPH. My board started to wobble(duh...) and stupid me had decided to ride down on a narrow concrete strip about 4 feet wide. I lost control, and had a hard time staying on course. I veered onto the grass at almost 40 and bailed. Stupid me, jumped, BEFORE I hit the grass. I fell to my knees and dislocated my right knee cap, along with tearing a muscle in my shoulder from the impact. All I'm saying is calculate before you do things like that. I did that to my knee with a knee pad on it. Good luck!!!
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WD-40= Speed wobbles
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On 4/7/2007 Anthony
wrote in from
United States
(76.100.nnn.nnn)
I've been longboarding for 'bout 4 months now, and I've never had any real bad injuries, but that changed a couple days ago. I was about to go out for late day run, I sprayed some WD-40 on my Revenge trucks cause they were squeaking. Bad Idea. I was going down the biggest hill in my neighborhood, I hadn't even hit 30 mph when I started to wobble. I tried to stay on the board for as long as I could. I face-planted at 25 mph, ouch. My entire right side of my face is one huge abrasion, and I ripped open my skin right next to my eye. I was really lucky that I decided to wear a helmet.
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Helmet & slide gloves
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On 3/5/2007 Kludy
wrote in from
United States
(216.70.nnn.nnn)
TO BE OLD AND WISE YOU MUST FIRST BE YOUNG AND STUPID !
I HOPE ALL OF YOU LEARN FROM OTHERS, IT SO MUCH EASIER.
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James and the Giant Ding
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On 3/5/2007
Dr. Dave
wrote in from
United States
(24.13.nnn.nnn)
Dude. Might I suggest that before you get back on your 300 dollar brain damage machine, that you tattoo your head, so you spend a little time protecting your noggin next time. Or just get a helmet. A vegetable with a tattoo and a 300 board ain't nobody's idea of cool.
Dr. Dave
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The Deadly Speed Wobbles
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On 3/4/2007
James
wrote in from
United States
(168.28.nnn.nnn)
So the other day I was coming back from McDonalds in Marietta GA, and decided to try and carve a hill coming down to my apartment, bad idea. I was riding a "virgin" board with loose trucks and brand new bearings. About half way down I got the wobbles, and with the trucks as loose as they were any correction I made was too much. As far as how fast I was going lets put it this way I was passing traffic. I ate it on my right side hellacious road rash on my shoulder and forearm, also broke my big toe on my left foot, and did what I quote my friend said "looked like you were doing a break dance on your head while sliding down the pavement", so the back of my head got gaped up a little and I lost a handful of hair. Thank god I didn't screw up my 300 dollar tattoo on my right arm. Anyways that taught me a painful lesson about down-hilling on a brand new board.
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nasty bad road rash
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On 2/8/2007
nathon lindquist
wrote in from
United States
(168.99.nnn.nnn)
i was hittin downhill on my element i was goin at least 39 mph carving a hella steep hill i wasnt watching out and carved left hit apot hole wobbled a bit hit a huge rock and ate concreate hella bad i slid 58.5 feet on my side road rash all over my arm, hip, and leg and since i havent gone downhill carving.
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concern of the board
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On 2/7/2007
mitchell
wrote in from
United States
(24.125.nnn.nnn)
the speed wobbels they suck so much, i am new to down hill long boarding or what ever you call it, i have a sector 9 board and i got it for christmas.so i havent even had it that long and i think i already have stress cracks on my board ive fell like twice and the other day i was cleaning my board and re-oiling my barrings and i looked at my board and on boath sides i have two lines going down the bottom side of my board, what kind of s#@! is that i thoght sector 9 is good and ive been carving and i dont think that would crack my board that easly does anny body have anny comments or segestions on a next board because im thinking about returning or something because i think thats a bunch of s#@! right there but ill probily get a nother sector 9 board and what board should i get next time around?
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crashing
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On 1/23/2007 Erik
wrote in from
United States
(204.11.nnn.nnn)
I was skating down my driveway one day, and i was leaning forward to gain momentum for petaling, and I fell face first, shredding the skin on my elbow and palm. to this day I have no fealing in those areas.
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pain
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On 1/12/2007
henoos
wrote in from
Australia
(211.31.nnn.nnn)
My buddy Heno just bought a sector nine down hill longboard skata. Love just cruising down hill- big wide carves, awesome fun. We found some sweet hills in a new estate, steep smooth hot mix in a bush land setting with no traffic yet. Spent a couple of hours cruising down hill and towing back up behind our car averaging about 40km's. Charged a different hill, first run i got to about 45km's lost it and skidded on my butt. Next run I was following heno in the car, he was doing fine until he hit a little over 55km's and couldn't dump any more speed. He started losing it, there was trees and copper logs on the side of the road and the softest thing he could hit was one of those big steel drain grates on the side of the road. He crashed into the grate rolled through some wattle trees and skidded down a gravel hill. His knee is swollen and purple with no skin, arms, back and hands are all grazed and f#@!ed up. Wish I had video footage of it, f#@!ing funny. Give him a week to recover and back into it. No pads yet no backages, pretty amazing. DICKHEAD.
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skitching
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On 1/5/2007 jason
wrote in from
United States
(69.121.nnn.nnn)
i was skitching my dads car. i hit about 20 mph and i hit a pot hole, faeplanted, and rolled about 15-20 feet, got stiches in my arm and a concussion. unfortunatly im an idiot and wasnt wearing any padding and sprained my wrist because i put my hands down, (big mistake) and it sucked.
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ouch
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On 12/9/2006 dude man
wrote in from
United States
(69.153.nnn.nnn)
i was riding and all of a sudden i saw a wicked rale i started grinding it when i fell and racked myself and when i fliped off the rale i racked myself again.
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pot holes
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On 12/3/2006
Court
wrote in from
United States
(161.57.nnn.nnn)
So a little while ago I went to park my car in my designated lot (I live in a dorm). I dont mind having to park there because it's one of the highest places in the town so I can drop right to my room at the bottom of a mile long hill. My bearings are pretty much junk but I am going to wait until next spring to replace them and as I was going I couldn't help but notice that my board was running quite a bit better than it normally does and I was going about 15 to 20. I no more than had this thought and the next thing I knew I was horizontal flying through the air. I had some nice road rash and looked to see my front truck in a pot hole the exact size of the truck and wheels. I should mention it was night and I really couldn't see it. Just bad luck I guess, class the next day was all right, nothing like showing off some battle scars.
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speed wobbles and speed bumps
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On 11/9/2006
Daniel M.
wrote in from
United States
(68.212.nnn.nnn)
I went longboarding in North Carolina a few weeks ago. I was riding my sector nine 38" cosmic cruiser down a hill and i began going faster than i had expected and there were leaves in the side of the road so i was afraid to try and carve off the speed. I began to get the wobbles and looked do the road around the curve and saw a huge speedbump. I barely made it over without dying and when i got off my legs were shaking like crazy. But yeah i learned my lesson about not riding a hill from the top first and was glad to be still alive.
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Not posted here for a while
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On 9/6/2006 Kludy
wrote in from
United States
(64.60.nnn.nnn)
Today was the 1st time I have been back to this site in a very long time and love your post. Have not had time to read alot but tomorrow I will and share a crash or two I had in New Yorks downhill race a month ago. Keep them coming!
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Rule Number One
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On 7/25/2006
Crystal
wrote in from
United States
(69.37.nnn.nnn)
I just started longboarding a couple weeks ago. I can carve, pump and sort of slide. The only way of stopping I can do right now is runninf off the board. Haha. Being so new to the sport, I often forget rule number one: Never start at the top of a new hill. So, this past sunday, I went to a slide clinic with my dad. It was at a really awesome hill that didn't really look that steep. It went down smoothly, had a flat road area, and got really steep again when it turned 45 degrees, leading to an intersection. I started down the hill with my GF Hurley cruiser (which I decked out with different wheels, looser trucks and wedges). I went down carving a little, then I gained speed really fast. So, I bombed it. I started going over my comfort speed and then I reached the flat area. I was still going pretty fast, but when I realized that I actually started to slow down, I decided to run off. Bad idea. I was still going too fast, so I slid a few feet with my arms in front of me. I had slide gloves on, elbow pads, knee pads, and a helmet, and I still managed to get road rash on my hip and my left arm. I had to get right back up though because the board was still going down the steep part and into the intersection. So, I started off running, and then I ran faster, and then, I ran even faster. It crossed the intersection fine, but just barely. Just before it crossed, a car sped by, and right after it crossed, another car sped by. I thought it was a gonner, but then I saw it flip over the guardrail on the other side. Man was I relieved!!! That was my first 'real' crash. Pretty awesome if I do say so myself. See, I don't mind it. I certainly don't like it, but if I crash, I crash. As soon as I got my board though, I got right back on and skated the hill some more. There was even grass for me to land in if I aimed right...but I'll save that for my next crash!
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