I didn't actually fall with that kid. There were like 2, 5 year olds walking side by side on the bike path so I slowed down. Then a 3-ish yr old walked straight out from behind them into my path. So I was already slowed and defensive, so I couldn't have been going 10mph when it happened; so I could run out. So the kid missed out on 37lb of skateboard in the face; plus a fuck sight more weight than that whistling past. But it's a tourist area and this shit happens all the time. I'm even more careful now.

I am relatively whole; thanks for asking (apart from a bad back that theoretically should have stopped me from even thinking about taking up e-boarding). I've wrecked a couple of helmets; seriously scuffed up some pads; have had to grow some skin back; and -something I'm secretly pleased about - have scuffs on top of my board. But lucky so far and a firm evangelist of being as padded up as is feasible.