A gem from today's local rag: Read it and go ouch! 
The event gets a lot of attention in the skateboarding
community, said Branden Bolen, skate buyer for Sun Diego, the
company that puts on the event. That's because of the purse size
and because San Diego and Southern California are home to many
premier skateboarders.
They earned the status in more ways than one. All interviewed
said they've suffered one kind of injury or another – mostly broken
bones.
Nobody competing wore padding or helmets. “It's raw,” said
Mendenhall, who once had to get 28 stitches to heal an injury to
his scrotum. He tried to skateboard down a railing, and his legs
split. And, well, you get the picture.
Have you seen the accidents for street inline skating
This guy did a grinding stune by trying to grind down the
railings.
He fell and did a split on the railing 
