Why Sydney Roosters star Angus Crichton is the comeback story of the NRL season [Video]

“You hold a little remote in your hand and it [controls the speed]. It gets up to about 30km/h.

“I was riding to training one day with Jared [Waerea-Hargreaves], who was on his scooter, a car came around the corner and I had to swerve to miss it.

“I went over the two lines in the middle of the road, the skateboard started to wobble, and I knew I was about to go over, so I just had to brace for the fall.

“I tucked my elbows in, rolled into a ball and hit the bitumen.

“All I could hear was Jared laughing. The guy jumped out of his car and asked me if I wanted to see the fall on his dash cam.

“I had grazes on my ribs and my elbow, which was pretty deep.

“I …