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On 2/12/1999
Steve (helmet boy)
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See, now if that crash cracked his ProTec in half, imagine what it would have done to his skull had he not been wearing one! I'm sick of tax $ going to idiots on Medical who don't wear their helmets (I don't care about idiots that have their own non-government health plans, my $ doesn't pay for them).
steve
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On 2/12/1999 David B.
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I was going down a hill on my world industies board and my bearing split and i cracked my protec in half, broke both my arms, And had a concusf the most stupid things i ever done but it was HELLA FUN! The next year i tryed it again but this time i made it all the way down.sion. That was one one of my worst crashes.
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On 2/6/1999 Spanky Malone
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Hey Steve, the trick is going to be getting the morons you mentioned to wear condoms so they don't produce any more like themselves! A smart guy like you should already be wearing a helmet without these guys influencing you into doing it with their shear ignorance and self mental defecation! Spanky's longstroking it!
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On 2/6/1999
Steve
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Notice how you can tell the head injury cases apart by how they write? They're always so disjointed and rambling. Like an broken leg will tell a long, well written story in Shakespeare prose and iambic pentameter (I spend too much time paying attention in English class), while a head injury will say something like, "I was bombing a hill and first there were some rocks that I slid on and then a car came out and the car didn't stop and I couldn't stop so I flew over the car and landed on some jagged rocks and they hurt and I woke up the next day and I was drooling a little bit and there were some pretty nurses but the one I got was all old and she said I borke my head and they gave me some painkiller. It sucked." It's enough to make me want to wear a helmet.
steve
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On 1/29/1999
Robert
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I was cruzing down this giant hill on my home-made long-board with Speed Demon wheels, when all of a huge stone suddenly hit the board and cracked it. I then came off, landed on my head. I was knocked out for about 4 minutes, and I cracked my head open.
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On 1/24/1999
marty
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I was on my creature deck with speed demon bearings going down a hill when
all of a sudden I hit a stick went flying in the air and hit my brother on his
bike, broke my two front teeth and broke my arm and also tore a ligiment in my leg.
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On 1/13/1999 eggman
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Gabe-
Commas dude, commas
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On 1/12/1999 Gabe McCubbins
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One time me and my friends cut school to go do a session an this huge downhill in Portland Oregon. Longboards haven't really caught on here very well yet but me and my friend started Rip Snortin longboards and we our selling them to kids that our in to it so we hope it catches on. But I was on my cruiser I made its 5'6" and I have drove over it in my stuck and it didn't break. I made a deep hard core turn to my left when this car backed out of its driveway and I was doing about 20mph so I wasn't about to just stop. I hit this car and went right over the hood and fell off the car right on to my board again. I know this sounds cool but the thing was I landed on my head got a concusion and a broken anckle. Well atleast The guy diving the car was a doctor.
Gabe McCubbins PS. I do custom work an Iv'e been spending alot of time Making board since I just broke my ackle.
1-503-657-1969
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On 1/9/1999
Trevor
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When I was in Alminor for the weekend I brought up my board. I just got done swimming and decided to do some riding. I had my shirt off and went down a huge hill and scraped every piece of skin on my body. So remember never go down big hills with your shirt off.
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On 12/27/1998
John
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Always remeber to tighten your trucks down, BEFORE you leave the house to go out to do some hill bombing. Don't bet that you'll remember to when you're staring down the asphalt. That was my problem, and that hill was a whole hell of alot faster than it looked. To all of you in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area Fountain Hills, and in particular Sunridge canyon, has some sick hills. Beware of the very large, very long, very steep hill that was just constructed: It's a hell of alot gnarleyier than it looks, and that fresh asphalt hurts really bad at about 25mph.
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On 12/26/1998 Spanky Malone
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Trust me gang, Gunnar is the "Shit" at Temecula, the guys got more lines through that park than anyone. After reviewing the video tape, and seeing how Gunnar flows with speed, style and grace through the park compared to the Spanksters slow, cautious, choppy, awkward style, I now know that I got to get alot more time on the boards.
Now lets talk about crashing: that bowl drop was the only thing I did that Gunnar struggled with, and with a little practice I'm sure he could do it easily. I on the other hand charged in to a tight bowl in one corner of the park, got all crossed up going in, was at the lip and way out of shape before I knew it, seconds later I'm at the bottom of the bowl in a heap trying to get the wind back in my lungs. Bruised an elbow through the pad, about four inches long, hip pointer, shoulder, the typical. Got up, shook it off like Gunnar did his spill and hit it again! The high light for me was following Gunnar through the park, maintaining the same lines he did, carving and charging, he has the place nicely wired in that way. Thanks again Gunnar, had a great time! Spanky
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On 12/25/1998 Gunnar Southswell
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Crashing Story: Okay, so I'm at Temecula Skatepark with Spanky Malone, when I see him coming out of the bowl grinning like a sixteen-year-old at a tittie bar. He says he just dropped in from the side and made it. So I figure if Spanky can do it, so can I. So I stick the tail on the lip, take a breath, and push my weight forward and into the bowl. Well, it must have been the shortest ride in the history of Temecula Skatepark. I gather that the trick is to really throw your weight forward. If you do it tentatively, with your weight back (like I did), the board goes right out from under you. I landed hard on my hip, wrist, elbow, and shoulder. The shoulder hurt for a while, but was okay after a few hours--good think it's the only good shoulder I have left. The other one still bothers me from my last good spill at Temecula over a year ago. The elbow hurt for a couple of days, and this was with plastic capped elbow pads. I'm sure I would have shattered it without them. The wrist still hurts four days later, but I don't think it's sprained, because it doesn't hurt as much today as it did yesterday. Again wrst guards saved me. Finally, I've got a beaut of a bruise on my hip, an irregular oval shape 7 or 8 inches long by 4 inches wide. It must have looked pretty bad, the Spankster didn't even call me a meathead. Still, I love Temecula. If I can have that much fun, slam that hard, and still be able to skate out under my own steam, it's great.
Gunnar
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On 12/22/1998 Cale
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One day in November we skipped school, we took our skateboards, we were showing off to a bunch of chicks, I was doing a Switch 180 to a smith grind 180 out, I lost my footing and I came out with a fractured skull. I had to spend a night in hospital, then about two o'clock I was doing the same thing
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On 12/22/1998
nazem shah abd allah
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i am also doing street skating so i'm use to fall but longboarding
crashes are dangerous!
it was two days ago when i decided to ride this massive downhill in
center Cairo, i was going really fast and i did a nose ride
when suddenly a kid crossed the road i fell down violently
and rebound. I couldn't feel my body! my ass killed so much
I could hardly sit down. I recommend to every longboarders
to make sure nobody is crossing the road when you are speeding.
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On 12/21/1998 Road ripped
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I've only been longboarding for 3 months and decided to carve down this huge ass hill near my house. I don't know how fast I was going when my board got the wobbles and threw me off. All i can remember is landing on my right shoulder bouncing back up into the air, landing on my other shoulder, and then rolling off the back of my head, and then sliding a few feet on my hip. And the fact that I had no pads or helmet on made it feel even better. The result of the fall was 3 huge road bruises about 4 inches in diameter and a complete numbing of my hands for the next three hours. That felt great for my first time eating shit. I'm hoping to do it again sometime :)
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On 12/18/1998
Sieg
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Hey Dexter,
This here is from Sieg. I just want you to know that I have a blast when I skate. Every time I finish a run I have a huge smile on my face, I just can't help it. DD was present in 1987(Superbowl Sunday) when I had my harriest wipe-out. Everybody there thought I was dead, so don't mind him, he's a nice guy but a really serious guy too. And guess what, the guy don't skate, at least not hills bigger than 10 feet. He is a homeboy, he just don't understand the element, if you know what I mean. Self destroyer of anything is not what I'm after, the whole idea is the opposite. Just so you know, Skating hills for me is better than anything except maybe sex. I live to skate and skate to live. Without it I would probably slam drugs or worse if there is a worse. Skating hills rules and it IS FUN!!!!!!!!!!!! And for me it is fun also to read these skating entries. I have absolutely no problem with any of you guys including Ben. I ani't no buzz-kill. I'm a hill bomber.
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On 12/17/1998
dexter
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Relax. Some of us ride for fun and that is what we're doing here. Lighten up a bit. The fact that Seig does that shit is cool if he likes it. We like riding, and the fun and smiles that go along with it. I (can'
t speak for ben) did not mean any disrespect to the mighty Seig. He's a crazy bastard and what is life all about if you can';t laugh a little at the crazy bastards. We've all had some harrowing falls; of that I am sure. If Seig wants the title for self-destroyer of the year, well then he has my vote. But my vote for the funniest entry to the site has to go to Ben Roth. Thanks Ben for keeping it real...real fun.
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On 12/16/1998 DD Lewis
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You guys are pretty full of it. That's actually some pretty serious shit, to be a serious hill bomber. If you actually want to see the real thing then you should hook of with my homeboy Sieg, he's the real thing and really has wiped-it at speeds in excess of 70 mph. It ain't no fucking laughing matter. At least not if you've actually experienced it either directly or by witness. I've seen the shit live and it's hard to believe that he's still alive. Maybe he's not anymore. He's up in Canada and I ain't heard from him in two weeks.
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On 12/15/1998 chris
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Ben roth - if you really went into a circular saw with 80 mph you probably set a new world record. Second it isn't very likely that you would still be in one piece...
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On 12/14/1998
dexter
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Ben, that is crazy shit, because the other day my Dad was towing our new circualr saw home from the paper mill and some crazy bastard skated right onto it. It must have been you. I hope you are OK and you can read this. By the way my dad says he wants you to pay the bill for sharpening the saw. That is...if it was you?
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On 12/12/1998
ben roth
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I was on my longboard which i have had for 12 years, so i was going down this road, which never seemes to end. at the end when i was nearing 80mph i saw this tractor pulling out. it had this box attached to the back. The box opened yeah, ad there revealed this hugh circular saw. i went straight onto it.
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On 12/12/1998
Ben Roth
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Right, the other day, me and a couple of mates were skating along in this skate park. I went for this transition and made it, and so it told this guy to try it. he totally freaked out but i insisted so he edged up to the edge. He was in the totally wrong frame of mind. He went off the edge and the board slid from under his feat instantly. he slid alog on his arse. he had apparently broke his ankle. so we went home and so did he. he went to hospital but they sent him home. He then proceeded to make up all these stories about how bad it was. YEAH, RIGHT
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On 12/12/1998 Spanky Malone
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Yeah, Dave Z, it's always a good idea to wear pants when longboarding, indecent exposure is a crime in most states. Besides that exposing your "manhood" to severe road rash that way is just plane foolish. I'd hate to live with the fact that a brother longboarder wasn't getting any nooky cause he ground his unit off while crashing on his longboard at high speed with no pants on! Spanky just couldn't stand not responding to this one!
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On 12/11/1998
Dave Z
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Two stories for the kids. First, once my friend got towed in on a moped. He was doing about 40 at the top of a good hiil. At about 50 he started to get the speed wobles and he ate it face first and slid on his stomach for about 40 feet. He got on the moped and booked because neighbors looked on in terror and the cops came soon after we left.
Second. We found this new hill in town on a private drive. The hill looked pretty innocent so we decided to check it out. After about 50 feet you were going about 30 and the hill just keep dipping. I saw the end and almost shit my pants. There was two choices. Take the gravel road or hit the wooden wall. I decided to ride it out on the gravel. I got about ten feet then slid out. At about fifty you slide pretty far. I slid about 15 feet and stopped. I had reopened my sores on my knee that needed skin grafting before from another crash and scraped my hands. If I didn't have pants on it would have been a lot worse.
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On 12/11/1998 Professor Fresh
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-well not very fresh this night, I was leaving a party, and on my way to another one when I got this brilliant idea that a belt tow rope would be the answer to the fun I'd been seeking all night long, so I went back to my place and got a couple belts and latched on to my friends bike. we were riding at a fairly decent speed, between 15 - 20 and I hit this corner when I began to get a little light on the feet. The bike all of a sudden just seemed to rip me off my board when my sectornine-cloudnine hit a deep crack in the road and the rope was wrapped around my hand so I just got ripped from the board and dragged by the bike on my hands and then on to me face and shoulder. Alocohol was not a facter in this crash, but still I suggest this type of fun for the partially sober participant Fun ride, shitty fall- keep it real don't drink and ride cause that shit hurts
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