If you were in any doubt, you should not be. Don’t be like this guy. I wish him and his family the best.

I know this road is fast. I could do 60km/h on my mountainbike without raising a sweat.

Full text of linked article below because stuff pull things:

By NICK CHURCHOUSE

A 22-year-old skateboarder is fighting for his life after an early-morning accident in Wellington.

About 1.30am yesterday, emergency services were called to the accident outside Victoria University in Kelburn Pde, where a Lower Hutt man had suffered severe head injuries.

The man’s family and friends were at his bedside at Wellington Hospital’s intensive care unit yesterday. Police said his injuries were life-threatening.

Sergeant Mike McCarthy said police were conducting a scene examination on the steep hill running through the university and interviewing witnesses.

Karl Truell, a Wellington skater, said the university hill was a popular spot for downhill skating.

He said skaters could go faster than 50km/h on the hill – “at least as fast as a car”, he said.

In six years of skating in Wellington, he knew plenty of skaters who had crashed in the same area but none were seriously hurt.