Just like it took me a while to get over my fear of driving after I was injured from getting rear ended while stopped at a red.There's a key difference here in that a brain injury is life changing whereas most other injuries you could get in skateboarding are not. The hard shell on most skateboard helmets holds up under multi impacts.
Mouth gaurd? The crowd hushed as medics rushed out.
If she wasn't wearing a helmet she would be dead.
The nylon straps adjust for a great fit. A helmet is the difference between a fractured skull and death. Mike is a pro skater worth over $10M and is regularly spotted wearing his Triple Eight helmet – one of the best skateboard helmets this year. Sure it's not quite as comfortable as wearing no helmet but people in other sports put up with it, why is skateboarding different? I like the TSG, but it as a double-d ring strap, rather than a standard buckle, which is more of an annoyance than anything. However I think there's only a couple of valid reasons other than "I wouldn't look as cool" which imo is the most poser thing I've ever heard.
I'm in my 30s and I'll quite happily skate around in a helmet holding a selfie stick.
Sure aesthetically Skateboard helmets aren't the best but who cares.I appreciate that but I don't think so. But for some reason you deem skateboarding an acceptable level of risk. In MTB you're actively judged for NOT wearing a helmet whereas in the others it's up to you but most people wear one.Skateboarding is one of the only extreme sports I know about where people judge each other for wearing a helmet or worry about being judged for wearing a helmet.
What to Look For A skateboard helmet softens the impact when the foam inside gives or crushes. I'm very self conscious so I try to ride my skateboard where people won't see me with my helmet. I'm not scoring any cool points as it is. The Rurocs look cool and can double-up as a snow helmet, but I’m not entirely sold on the goggles thing for street skating. Helmets aren’t the ol’ bulky plastic brain buckets of yesteryear. And visibility I would think would be less with that. It's actually pretty convenient sometimes.That being said, I understand not wearing a helmet for some people, especially the ones who grew up never wearing one.
They take getting used to, and I think it's unfair to say that absolutely However, ridiculing people for wearing one should never be acceptable.I don't like the term poser either but if we're going to call anyone a poser it's those who care more about looking good while skateboarding than about safety and progression.Yes they take getting used to but once you are used to them you don't even notice they're there. It's similar to all of those things, it's the kind of elitism and immaturity that honestly makes a laughing stock of skateboarding.If you don't wear a helmet, that's none of my business. Neither do the people I skate with/everyone at the parks I go to. Wearing protective gear is incredibly important while skateboarding.
I only grab it when I plan on doing something where I feel uncomfortable or plan on pushing my speed. This can be a rule at a skatepark, or even a city or state law.If you are a kid, and your parents have their own rule about wearing a helmet, then you should obey them and wear one.Otherwise, it's simply up to you, but here's the truth—you My advice is that any time you have wheels under your feet, you should have a helmet on your head.
I've also seen how brain injuries can mess up people's lives and have changed my perspective.Somebody asked me why I was wearing a helmet at my local skatepark the other day, not maliciously, they just genuienly were curious cause I'm new to the skatepark and wasn't really doing anything "dangerous".I told them about the time I fell over snowboarding on a green run when I caught an edge on a patch of ice and hit my head into a metal pole and fractured my skull in like 4 places. Try letting your kids customize their existing helmet with one of these new peel and stick helmet mohawks. Since then I wear a helmet.I mean sky brown is a pro skateboarder and the other week she got multiple skull fractures from doing something she's done tons of times. But otherwise there really is no excuse. I am an adult, I understand the risks. It's the difference between mild concussion and brain hemorrhage. And I also think that the callous attitude you think a lot of people have towards helmets themselves is completely wrong, while I do think that them being seen as 'uncool' does play a small part in it over all I think it's more a matter of inconvenience and choosing to carry around the least gear, I know a lot of people who use helmets when they're unsure of their ability to land something, but everyday skating for people like me is annoying as hell when you have to lug a bunch of shit around.No one's telling you that you can't or shouldn't wear a helmet, but you don't have to wear one, and no one should be made to do anything they don't want to in skateboardingYour post started with tons of genuine merit but reading through the comments its become extremely apparent you're just out to gatekeep and put others down here.If someone doesn't want to wear a helmet that's their decision and their right. The importance of skateboard helmets. “Acceptable level of risk.” People die in car crashes all the time but everyone casually accepts that risk daily.
Like around half of the skaters there, he wasn't wearing a helmet.
A very unique and stylish helmet with cool graphics and some extra accessories that will make the heads turn.
By wearing a helmet, you can still get the same level enjoyment with significantly less risk.