The Brownsville Herald from Brownsville, Texas • Page 14

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Emitting Diode SWEENEYCO, AMIGOLAND MAU Palm Blvrj) Mclllen, Vicloiii. Corfu; Chnili. Uli.jndji. li, liltil, Mi Skvlebotirds: Menace Or Marvels? By JEANNE UUM A artier who took to ifataboMd for the mill of A Is device like a miniature aurf- bovd or ikl oo a roUer akate wheel twerabty. One avht Southern Cattonfe UMF Mtlmaln the total akale- boarden in the United at 10 million.

Jamei O'Mahoaey aid he the figure to double by next year. Statistics from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on skateboard accident victims reflect the boom. The CPSC keeps tthe on accident victims treated fa about hospital ernergmcy rooms annually. utt about 2 7 5 2 2 with skateboard-related Injuries were treated in those emergency rooms.

in l75, compared with 3,230 in 1974. Yet O'Mahoney, In a telephone Interview, dented that skateboarding is dangerous "There are 10,000 deaths a year on bicycles. There were only eight on skateboards that we have knowledge of (last year)," he said. "After a bangs himself up a few times, he develops a respect for the sport." O'Mahoney, a skateboarder himself (or 20 of his 30 years, said he is aware of the risks, however, and the need for educating youngsters to the proper use of the equipment. He said his daughter learned to skateboard about six months ago, when she was 3 years old, and his son, Jeff, 8, learned when he was 4.

O'Mahoney is publisher of Skateboard, an annual handbook that be bunched as a quarterly about two years ago. In the current issue, etceens of PEOPLE AND EVENTS ARMY PRIVATE FIRST Class Jose A. Gracia son of Mr. and Mrs. Jose A.

Gratia of 1246 W. Fronton was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Tex. Pfc. Oracla is a 1975 graduate of Homer Hanna High School. phototraphi depict atartxiad ikateboarden gym- nattlci while ihlrtlesi, a barehanded, bareheaded and without knee pMto-fc violation of aU the safety recommended by O'Mahooey and other experts, especially for speed or competitive A safety commission corfir- med a recent report that skateboardinj was only 2S on the agency's danger list, whUe bicycUoc wai first.

He added that the skateboarding figure Is misleading because It covers fiscal ending In June and losing a big part of the boon market. "Of all the (skateboard) injuries In 70 per cent occurred to 5 through 14-year- olds, and M.f per cent were males," he said. Although the safety of skateboards increasingly controversial, parka are being built especially for riders, and the first World Masters Skateboard Invitation! Competition and Exhibition is scheduled for June 11-20 at the Nassau Coliseum, Unbndale, N.Y. Today's boards an sturdy sports equipment, unlike the toys of the IMfe. They oncost aa much as fM or each.

Skilled riders use them for handstands, headstands, tandem riding, barrel jumping, turning handsprings, for example. During the toy phase, local ordinances restricting or banning skateboards were widespread, said a spokesman for the Toy Manufacturers America. "The erase only lasted four to five month; on a national basis," he said, adding manufacturers are largely sports equipment firms. Southern CaHfomla now ban skateboarding In specific a i Growing numbers of other communities across (he can- try either restrict or ban thorn or are discussing the need for regulatory legislation. Opponents say even skateboarding without acrobatics is dangerous, not just to riders, but also to Innocent bystanders.

Apparently few use the rubbe'rUpped poles similar to sU poles. Most rely on body movements to steer and stop the boards. Skateboards have no steering or braking equipment. In Old Lyme, Kenneth Dooley, 43, calls them death traps that should be outlawed. His 16-year-old nephew, Bill Dooley, was killed last April when the youth was struck by a car as he raced his skateboard onto an intersection near his home in Cranston, H.I.

In Hawaii, two pediatricians reported 16 children with skateboard-related injuries were brought to one hospital there within a single three- month period. The toll: seven cerebral concussions, one skull fracture, various broken bones and internal injuries, one serious enough to require removal of the victim's spleen. Besides O'Mahoney, other boosters of skateboards include his wife, Roberta "Bird," 28, and their children, May and Jeff. Jeff is pee-wee king of the skateboard circuit that until now has been almost exclusively in California and Hwaii. They also Include Carl Horn of Whittier and Txia Trefethen, 19, Skateboard's art director.

Miss Trefeten studied dance and gymnastics in high school before taking up hang gliding and skateboarding. 9ie I holds three free-style skateboard titles. Horn, at 39 the chief executive officer of a manufacturer whose product! include skateboard trucks (wheel assemblies), golf clubs, tractor parts and business equipment bases, said participation the sport has taken five years off his age. He talked admiringly and enthusiastically of his company's demonstration team of teen-agers and their director, Russ HoweH, 27. One team member, Desiree Von Essen, 18, is an honor student at Buena Vista High School in Ventura and senior women's world freestyle and slalom champion.

Horn said the RACO National Exhibition Team promotes safe and sane skateboarding with demonstration lours and works with community and police groups Now is the Time To Buy A Roberson Pool 2 miles E. Expwy. 83 Wesloco, Texas Dillarci'j SUMMER BOOK save 1.98 to $1 8 on real family reading fun! 1.17.9 5 originally published to 2.98 to $35 Whether you're silting in Ihe sun by the pool or hiding from the heat in air-conditioned comfort, you can have more fun if you read! To get you started, we're having a great summer book sale, with something for everyone! Listed, representative selection of all the choices! setting up wfe arenas. "We've got to get them off the streets," Horn said, adding that some public parks in California and Hawaii permit skateboarding. O'M a said private skateboard parks are also in Florida and at the base of Ml, Rushmore in South Dakota.

He is planning a park lor San Pedro on Los Angeles barter. Meantime, Horn said, some California skateboarders practice in empty kidney-shaped swimming pools, riding up the sides, and in flood control spillways in the hills of Los Angeles County during the dry season. "Some kids out here prop up garage doors and ride off' them," he added. "They hedge dip, riding on the sidewalk, and dodging in and out among hedges and trees." Speed as well as style is prUed. Last year, GuyGrundy of Huntlngton Beach, set the world speed record of 52.8 miles per hour at the first annual speed run at Signal Hill, Calif.

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