That's wild. One can get hurt doing any activity. Somehow my dad broke his leg walking on the street when he was young. I'll take my chances and pay the ultimate consequences for some quick thrills. That said, multiple bone breaks or serious injuries would make me re-evaluate. Skateboarding (for those with reasonable coordination and not jumping off buildings) isn't any more dangerous than snowboarding, mountain biking, tackle football, etc. You have to get your kicks somehow!
Damn ...One of the best street style of today...Yes on Wes http://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/videos/wes-kremers-crusty-by-nature-part/
....Yes on Wes! Sewa Kroetkov has some good style, but he never seems to go big or particularly fast which would, IMO, put him in the upper echelon.
Some more David Gonzalez epicness...This little dude personifies Gnar http://www.thrashermagazine.com/Emb...cTrq3yyTE3c1GfyHFPQ7ZC7doV&Remote=1&Width=610
Since Youtube and other video services have changed their URLs and format over the years, many of the video links in the first 11 pages of this thread became broken over time. So I just want to chime in real quick to say that I went through every single post in this 130-post thread tonight and rebuilt all the video links to current standards so that each video is now embedded into it's original post as it was originally intended to. Skate on!