Helmet necessary??

[ramrod]

just out of curiousity......... alot of u guys where the bmx helmets. anyone ever wreck at a high speed with one on...... or come down wrong from a high surf lauch and have the water catch it? i would imagine it would try to rip yer head off or at minimum wrech the crap out of your neck?

I think that would be my biggest fear wearing one. If the water gets a hold of from the inside and twist.....or yank on the neck. But I do understand on the point of wearing one too.

 

[Boris]

I wiped out on a couch doing 70+ with a helmet on and it did act like a parachute.
Hurt like heck for a few days.

With the standups speed isn't much of a factor, it's the ski landing on your head that will hurt you.

 

[sclevela]

With the standups speed isn't much of a factor, .

good point

 

[demolition_x]

when i wear a helmet its my old motocross helmet, so it gets heavy pretty quick.


i notice though when i don't wear it and im playing around, no inverted stuff. that my head hurts that night and my ears ache, so i think a helmet would help with that

 

[Gainera2582]

After a freaky situation this weekend with doing a 180 turn at over 30mph, spun in the air, head just barely missed the ski when landing in the water. Last season I had close calls when jumping waves as the ski was almost flat upside down after jumping wakes(kind of scary until you realize the ski just pushes you down under the water).

For myself, I am going to start wearing a helmet(bell bellistic) as a safety procedure. If im just cruising on the lake doing nothing, then I might not, but wake jumping and freestyle tricks create the necessity for it.

Use your head, duh!!!!

 

[Nick415]

There good for gopro

 

[Sparkplug]

Don't let go, run a good chinpad with the rski bar pad, and no worries.

Surf I wear one. I've had a ski land on my head. Sometimes hitting a wave too late is impossible to hang onto. Although a helmet makes it alot harder to swim. ALOT. So its a safety trade off. I've also almost drowned being pulled in a rip.

Rec riding and cruising I feel helmet is more like to injure the rider. If I practice and know ill be trying fast rotations or tricks at speed, ill wear one. I prefer downhill helmets. Smaller. Lighter. Cheaper.

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[kevbo]

Chinpad??? Most new poles use a piece of carbon with the sharp edge facing the rider. I'm sure there's a fashion victim or two out there.

 

[brapperdoodle]

I pretty much always wear a helmet, not just to keep my noggin safe but the visor allows me to block out the sun most of the time... plus I like wearing goggles with polarized lenses because it is SO bright most of the time. Keeps the sun off my face and ears too.

 

[te4250]

Chinpad??? Most new poles use a piece of carbon with the sharp edge facing the rider. I'm sure there's a fashion victim or two out there.

Yup I’ve had stitches from a chinpad

 

[Citizen]

15 years later...

 

[Baja 252]

If you start out with one then it is part of your riding gear and you would feel comfortable with it on so there is no getting used to it later. If I was just starting out I would get one and get used to wearing it so that when you wanted to start doing giant throws you won't be uncomfortable trying them because of the "new" helmet you are wearing.... I have wore gloves since day one and now can't ride a ski without them I feel like I am naked...

^^^ This

 

[Sparkplug]

Do a jump sub, turn sub, or inverted stan with a helmet, especially a visor type. And get back to me please

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[Sparkplug]

Chinpad??? Most new poles use a piece of carbon with the sharp edge facing the rider. I'm sure there's a fashion victim or two out there.

Thats why my post mentions the rski bar pad. If you manage to bust your face on the pole with this setup, you probably should wear a helmet in everyday life also

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[keith t]

We use these helmets, small moulded peak, self draining, excellent peripheral vision - brand is “Shred Ready”

 

[smokeysevin]

One of the scarier experiences that I have had where I was in no actual danger was the first time I hopped off a ski in a mx helmet and goggles to check an intake grate.

I popped up above the water after dunking my head under the hull and then had to fight the urge to breathe while my helmet and goggles drained... seriously panic inducing until I realized I was an idiot.

Sean

 

[daveo2k6]

I always toss the helmet in the truck when heading out and never end up wearing it... Going to start wearing it after reading these comments