In 2011, Long wrote a personal account for Transworld Skateboarding magazine, of a serious burn injury that he had sustained; Long suffered third-degree burns and was required to undergo surgery the day after he presented at a Los Angeles hospital.
In 2011, Tony Hawk published a personal account in Transworld Skateboarding magazine about a serious burn injury he had suffered; he experienced third-degree burns and underwent surgery the day after his visit to a Los Angeles hospital.