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Skatepark madness - I just don't get it!!!!

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welsh denny:

--- Quote from: sonic-1 on September 01, 2008, 06:22 PM ---my son whos 13 is an inline skater , he s quite good to can do some very mad stuff  but he allways uses his pads n they have lessened some very nasty lobs
but when he go s to local outdoor park the other kids ripp the piss bigstyle till he starts skatin , he s still progressin so bins it quite a bit tryin big stuff , most of the kids dont even try as they get hurt n go home

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a  local inliner from barry island (richard taylor) was pro, competed around the world and was a sound bloke. seen him around the local ramp/street spots around south wales many a time but sadly he died street skating a few years back just down the road from his house. a big fast 180 drop gap went wrong and he hit his head against a lamp post. he never regained conciousness. the new skatepark in the knap, barry is kinda dedicted to him. shows you never know what can happen in life.
R.I.P.

superbikedan:
if you do these sports them pain will happen, this is a strange one for me at the mo, when billy took his slam

a few weeks back, to see him go down as hard as he did was bad enough, knocked himself out and was wearing a bell fullface,

fractured his shoulder and crushed his spleen, when he was laying in his hospital bed, ready for his op, tubes coming out of

him everywhere, looking ill and in a lot of pain,  my mind was racing, i truly didnt want him to ever get back on a bike again,

to look down on my boy and see him like this was too much and he was padded up and wearing a fullface helmet when he took his slam and he still came out

worse, these kids who wear nothing dont get my sympathy when it goes wrong >:(

macky:

The thing is... these kids may fall and really seriously hurt them selves...

then the kid's parents will probably try'n sue the council...


seen many a ramp torn down because some dopey ghetto kid broke an arm on it!!

Bushwacked:
That's sort of my point, I'm new to this and I always thought the same as my mates - it was just larking around on a kids bike - but now having tried it and being caught hook line and sinker, I can see how bloody dangerous this is. It all comes down to calculated risks but these kids don't understand this and if they don't, the parents certainly don't and will raise merry hell when it does go wrong.

You wouldn't let your kids drive a car without a seatbelf and learning to drive and I don't think driving a car is as risky as BMXing. Its like the other day there was a news story about a 15yr old on a moped dying after being chased by police in south london after not stopping when being asked to. Firstly, why didn't he stop? Secondly what was a 15yr old doing on a moped in the first place and lastly where did his folks think he was? And to top it off I bet the Police get sued for causing it!!!  I tell you the state of the country!!!

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Obbie:
I hears ya's , i never ride at all with out shin , knee , elbow , ancle gaurds and me moto7r and not to forget me Vision Street Wear 14000's , most people have that horrible crash the one time they don't wear it . I have always preached the fullface helmet to all my friends , Sam Ward was the first one i converted and we all seen the way that changed his riding , since then i've talked about 6 or 7 people into getting them , most just say i can't see or they just don't like them , i say "better than eatting ya tea through a straw tho or having a metal cage around and screwed to ya head " lol ,  get it together people .....

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