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Head First with Vin Crispino

Following a traumatic brain injury in 2012, Vin Crispino advocates for helmets

Originally Published: January 6, 2013
By Matt Brown | XGames.com

Last March, Skavenger rider and Staten Island, N.Y. resident Vin Crispino attempted to icepick a rail for a photo. He had already grinded the rail and pulled it before. On the second try, he landed in a double peg instead of an icepick and crashed on his head. He fractured bones in his face and skull, and suffered bleeding on his brain. To relieve the pressure in his brain, doctors removed part of his skull, and he underwent two brain surgeries. Eventually, Crispino recovered, and he ...

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