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LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN — Skate-boarders are rocketing down the steep and twisting pavement that rolls from Buffalo Bill’s gravesite into Golden this weekend as part of Colorado’s first-ever sanctioned downhill race on a closed road.
“It’s such a relief to be here without any traffic,” said 48-year-old Rick Fitzpatrick, one of 48 athletes racing in the inaugural Buffalo Bill Downhill race on Lookout Mountain Road.
“We can really open it up.”
Swaddled in tattered leather suits and donning Teflon-palmed gloves, the racers screamed down a mile of pavement. They slid their giant, custom-made boards sideways around five hairpin turns and crouched into deep tucks on the few straight sections. They drafted and passed.
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Question: My son loves to skateboard, but he refuses to wear a helmet because, as he says, “none of the other kids wear them.” My husband believes that all of this helmet-wearing is just a “marketing hype” and that it isn’t necessary. He insists that he never wore a helmet when he was growing up, and he is fine. Can you give me some information that might help me to change their minds?
Answer:Â We are getting to the time of year when people engage in skateboarding, bicycling and rollerblading — all activities typically conducted over cement and hard surfaces. Sports-related head injuries lead to more than 750,000 hospitalizations annually, just in the United States. Many of these require a visit to the emergency room or, at least, urgent care. Fortunately, only a few result in death or permanent injury.
In spite of these data, many parents, like your husband, still question the need for helmets. But without head protection…Â Details