Skateboarding Skateboarding is a popular activity enjoyed by many young people. However, it's also an activity that causes many unintentional injuries.
Fractures are a frequent type of injury.
Deaths as a result of collisions with motor vehicles and from falls are also reported. Irregular riding surfaces account for more than half of the skateboarding injuries caused by falls. Wrist injury is the number one injury in skateboarding, usually a sprain or a fracture. Skateboarders who have been skating for less than a week suffered one-third of the injuries. Experienced riders generally suffered injuries when they fell because their boards struck rocks and other irregularities in the riding surface.