To: CEO: Richard M. Brooks Jr.
Petition for Longboard & Skateboard Safety and Promoting the Wearing of Helmets
We, the undersigned, strongly encourage retailers (Zumiez, et al) of skateboards and longboards to promote the sales of helmets with every complete they sell, and offer a discount on a helmet to someone buying a complete set-up. We further vow that we will set an example by wearing our helmets when we skate and pressure our friends to wear their helmets when they skate with us.
Why is this important?
With the rise and popularity of longboarding and skateboarding in our culture we have also seen a rise in fatalities and permanent brain injury that could have been necessarily avoided by the wearing of helmets. Unfortunately retailers and their associates have historically ignored this problem because it has been viewed as unpopular. We would like to reverse this trend and work to save lives.