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SPORT: The Day I Saw Myself Unconscious: Skate Park Stories

Libby and her twin sister Pip talk about the gruesome skateboarding injury that changed the course of their lives.

Libby is an extreme sports fanatic. Growing up in the skateboarding scene, she was used to seeing all kinds of gnarly injuries, but none of these could’ve prepared her for the day she saw her twin sister knocked unconscious with blood pouring from her head during a skate competition. Both Libby and her sister Pip recount the details of that day in a Kirkcaldy skate park that changed both of their lives forever.

This episode was presented by Libby and Pip Penman.

Produced by Paul Carlin, Ross Semple, Kirsty Drain, Paul McFadyen & Ally McCrae,
Exec Producer is Anthony Browne

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