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Skateboarding first started out as “Sidewalk Surfing”. The sport and injury has a rising rate ever since the sport has become more and more popular. Within the 33% of skateboard injuries occur in the first week of learning the sport. The increased demand for “hot and new” tricks is one of the main reasons for the increase in injuries. When skateboarding, there are more than just the normal precautions like helmets and knee pads; there is also the fact that when skateboarding one needs to be in the right mindset and also they need to know how to fall properly if they were to bail on their tricks. Professional skateboarding is a sport that requires constant practicing, raw talent and full concentration; however it is also a dangerous sport that leads to constant injuries and the professional athletes influence kids practice of safety whether they realize it or not. I am going to be a nurse and the fact that skateboarding causes so many injuries is interesting to me. I like to learn about them and how to heal them. Also I love the sport of skateboarding and the whole sport is interesting to me from the names of the tricks to the amount of time the athletes put into it. Also the injuries they are so willing to inflicting on themselves cause they are determined to get better at the sport. The professional athletes are so good at the sport that they do not wear their protective gear and the kids that aspire to be like them then do not wear their safety gear in turn and there are more injuries. I know the athletes are aware of this issue, but how well are they informed about this? Through this paper I will be researching the topic of skateboarding and the relation to injuries and how the influence of professional skateboarders, not purposely, attribute to this issue. Through research, possible interviews of professionals online and other sources of information, I will prove my point that the sport is dangerous and kids should not take the safety issues lightly if they wish to become skateboarders. Are professional athletes aware of their influence on the young skateboarders in relation to the risky tricks they do? What are the athletes doing to possibly help raise awareness about skateboard safety? What are some of the common injuries in the sport of skateboarding? What were the ages that some of the professional skateboarders stopped wearing their safety gear? Do they regret not wearing the gear? What is the financial side of injuries and the cost to fix them/care process? All these questions will be answered in the research paper and I will explain my position as well.