Americana: Americana, Nov. 14, 1977

Wheel Wham!

There are some 20 million skateboarders careening about the streets and sidewalks of America these days, and their breakneck antics will lead to no fewer than 375,000 injuries this year. About 150,000 of them will require hospital treatment.

The injury total, projected by Washington's Consumer Product Safety Commission, is double last year's and really moves skateboarding high up there on the list of hazardous leisure activities. For the first time, it is expected to result in more injuries than nonprofessional football (370,000) and will rank second only to bicycling accidents (with 90 million cyclists, 1.2 million injuries are...

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