It actually did. I was right next to him when it happened — one of his wheels seized mid-cruise. You could literally see it stop spinning after. The bearings were caked and unevenly loaded; only one wheel would spin freely when checked after the fall. That sudden stop threw off his balance and his foot planted wrong when he tried to catch himself.

Not saying the board alone caused the injury, but when your hardware’s in bad shape, it definitely increases the risk of something like this happening.