SPENCER'S NEW RIPSTICK

My grandson Spencer had a birthday in September and one of the birthday presents that he wanted was a Razor Ripstick. I don't know if you know what that is but it is a skate board shaped like an hour glass and you can get the sensations of skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding. His dad liked it so much that he bought one and they are using them as bonding tools and go boarding together at the park. Well last Wednesday they went to the park and on the way back Billie (dad) went down a pretty steep hill on the way home, they only live a few blocks from the park. Spencer went to do the same thing and Billie say not too because it was very steep. Before he got the words out of his mouth, Spencer was on his way. This hill went out onto a street and as Spencer approached the street a car was coming. The car saw him and stopped but Spencer got excited and lost control of his ripstick and fell using his arm to cushion the fall. That had is good and bad points because he broke his arm between his elbow and wrist. There are two bones in that section and he broke them both. He went to the doctor and they could not put it in a cast in this little town they live in so he had to wait until Monday to go to Victoria, Texas to see a bone doctor who would put it in a cast, so the poor kid had to have his arm wrapped up in some kind of bandage from Wednesday to Monday and be on pain pills. I don't know if I should blame myself since I sent him part of the money to buy this thing. It probably would have happened no matter who bought it for him. Bad thing is he is left handed and that is the arm that is broke.