Is skateboarding safe

Answer 1

Yes, statistically it's safer than football.

Comparing it to football doesn't really make it sound so safe ;o}

Running in front of a car on a skateboard, bike, barefoot... whatever, either way you end up with the same result, pain and suffering... Be safe by not playing in traffic. If your kid is riding on a mini ramp in your backyard, the worst you could expect is a broken bone, pads are a joke if he has not learned to use them properly, they will hinder movement and not protect unexposed areas or prevent broken bones, and in some cases be responsible for the bone breaking because of the hindered movement. Learning to use the pads correctly will make the difference of getting hurt on a miniramp, to being able to safely bail on a megaramp... I am not saying put them on correctly, I am saying have your kids drop in the ramp on their knees a hundred times to get used to sliding on their knees after they bail. Street skaters have a much shorter shelf life then vert skaters because vert skaters use their pads, street skating you fall... and it hurts... But it makes you tough, and you get over it.