Sammy Baptista Support Fund


Tech titan, switch-skating prodigy, and most importantly, great guy, Sammy Baptista was seriously injured and burned on over 40 percent of his body in an accident recently. He was in a medically-induced coma for 16 days. Sammy is facing a long recovery and also his wife just had a newborn baby. His friends and family have started a fund to help out in this difficult time.
Click his GoFundMe here to help support Sammy and his family.

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sammy sw heelSwitch heelflip. 2006  Photo: Broach 


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sammy portJesse Silvey and Sammy Baptista. 2009  Photo: Burnett
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