Objectives The broad objective of this paper is to inform policy, practice and research regarding the management of head injury risks in competitive skateboarding. The main motivation for the current ...

In celebration of World Head Injury Day, local neurosurgeon Dr Lebo Nchabeleng gave some insight about the dangers of head injuries and how to prevent them.

Bob Burfeind, left, Kirk Gill and Gunnar Erickson skateboard along Kellogg Junior High hill in Rochester, Minn., in this photo that appeared April 22, 1965 in the Rochester Post-Bulletin.

Minors would be required to wear helmets when riding skateboards on public property under two bills that continue to move ...

His sentiment underlines the importance of helmets in preventing head injuries, the most common type of injury in ...