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British freestyle ski champion Richard Taylor has suffered a double fracture to the skull and two broken legs after an in-line skating accident in his home town of Barry, South Wales. He is reported to have hit a concrete lampost while performing a trick. He's currently on a life support machine in the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
Richard Taylor is also the British in-line skating champion - an exceptional double achievement. His ski results have been particularly remarkable since he only took up the sport last year. Not surprisingly he's become a hero to Welsh kids.
These reports from BBC News and ic Wales.
Here's a background report on Richard's ski victory at Les Deux Alpes last March from BBC Sport.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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..........sounds like a helmet may have been a good idea!
Hope he makes a full recovery.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Let's hope he makes a speedy recovery. Puts a lot of things into some sort of perspective, doesn't it?
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Having had a bad accident last season, resulting in temporary blindness, because I'd taken my helmet off, I can well equate to desire to not wear a helment as well as the consequences of not wearing one.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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It pains me to be the one to pass on this news, but this morning Rich died as a result of his injuries.
Please see this artcle - Rich Taylor RIP
A truly sad loss. Rich was the kind of person who brightens up other peoples lives just by being around them. My thoughts are with his family.
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To my embarrassment I'd not heard of Richard Taylor until I picked up on this story. Having done a bit of freestyle skiing and skateboarding in the past, his far-too-short life strikes a chord. This is a huge tragedy and I hope his parents and family can at least draw some comfort from the great things being said about their son.
Heads - and necks - are vulnerable in these sports. The former aerial ski champion Mike Nemesvary broke his neck on a trampoline many moons ago and is paralysed. Heads and concrete are a really scary combination. I remember the photos we used to run in Skateboard! magazine in the late 70s of kids with big hair pulling aerial stunts off empty swimming pools and skate bowls. Maybe we should have insisted on helmets in the photos.
The philosophy certainly needs regular review.
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Richard lived his dream and made many people happy because of it. My sympathies to his family.
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More on this tragedy from BBC News. What a shame he was not wearing a helmet. I hope other skaters will take note of the tragedy and swop their beany hats for decent helmets.
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This is such sad news - and more than a little scarey too.
I got Gregory In-lines for his birthday a few weeks back - Having skateboarded for years without, it never really crossed my mind to get a helmet for him.
He's used to wearing one skiing and takes it for granted: I think he's going to have to get used to one skating too!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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admin, knee and elbow protectors too, perhaps ?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Mentioned elsewhere the accident my daughter Hannah had on Sunday, grass skiing. Thanks goodness for helmets - I've got it on film - she fell deliberately to stop more quickly (the only way in grass skiing if you don't want to ski out of the course) when she realised she was going to miss a gate. Her chin cracked down hard on the earth (chin guard was up to the task fortunately) then goggles/helmet in quick succession. Goggles well and truly smashed up, dented helmet and pride, some blood, foul mood ever since, but she could get up and carry on, and later do the final two runs. (Best two times out of the three runs counted, and she still won the race, but I'm still keeping well out of the way.....)
If she hadn't been wearing a helmet? Who knows.
Back to the original topic, what a terrible tragedy. These are dangerous sports indeed.
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admin, And ALWAYS wrist guards - broken wrists in your teens is a rite of passage, arthritis at 30 is bearable, at 50 it starts becoming a problem. Keep the snotdribler in one piece for as long as possible, he mayeventually thank you for it. 
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Crikey PG-thank goodness for the safety gear.
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