Skateboard injuries.

Skateboard injuries.

Longboard and skateboard injuries.

INTRODUCTION The causes and events related to skateboarding injuries have been widely documented. However, little is known about longboard-related injuries. With five deaths linked to longboarding in the United States and Canada in 2012, some cities are already considering banning the practice. This study compared the types and causes of longboarding-related injuries to those associated with sk...

Skateboard injuries. American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention.

Efforts to control injury, like those to control disease, are based on epidemiologic evidence that most occurrences are both predictable and preventable. Effective injury control programs depend heavily on evidence generated as a result of a strong research agenda. This policy statement outlines the magnitude of the injury toll and the prevention efforts that have expanded during the past decad...

Skateboard Park Participation: A Means-End Analysis

Skateboarding has become a highly visible and popular activity. However, many negative stereotypes remain associated with the activity and its participants (Jones & Graves, 2000). In contrast to the negative stereotypes, skateboarding seems to provide many individuals, and youth in particular, with an important outlet for physical activity, leisure, and personal development. The purpose of this...

Downhill Motion of the Skater-Skateboard System

The lateral instabilities of vehicles are well-known phenomena, see for example, the shimmy motions of bikes, motorbikes or the steered wheels of cars. Another interesting phenomenon is the snaking motion of the skateboard-skater system that is analyzed in this study. A mechanical model of the downhill skateboarding is constructed in order to consider the effect of the slope angle on the stabil...