Helmets Let’s Talk Melon Protection
Howdy BW,
I have a brand new Pro-Tec helmet I got in Europe and it feels like I have a massive head. I ordered online as it was on sale and it just feels like I have a big green pin on the top of my body.
What brands do you find fit well with your shape of head?
Thinking of selling it and getting a different version.
Had my Sandbox lid for half a season and love it so far. saved me at the Shred from cracking my head harrrrrrd on some ice after stuffing up a jump in the Leichardt park first thing in the morning.
I recently bought a helt-pro beanie helmet. I know its not as protective as a proper helmet but considering I have only ever worn a beanie on the slopes its a step up in protection for me.
my main concern is knocking my head on a box or rail in the park.
Howdy BW,
I have a brand new Pro-Tec helmet I got in Europe and it feels like I have a massive head. I ordered online as it was on sale and it just feels like I have a big green pin on the top of my body.
What brands do you find fit well with your shape of head?
Thinking of selling it and getting a different version.
I had the same feeling with helmets, I had a RED Stereo and then a Smith Holt.
Both made me feel like a bobble head toy while snowboarding. And The RED used to move around (bad fit, first helmet I bought, my fault on that one).
So I then bought a Sandbox. Super light, looks cool, loved it. Except 2 things.
1. The peak is kinda round, and when you really bomb a hill, or get enough speed for a large jump the peak becomes a kite, and makes your helmet try to take flight… while it’s still attached to your head (Basically slides back and then chokes you out with the neck strap). Super annoying. It’s possible with exactly the right shape goggle
2. I don’t care that it’s a hard hat, I’m not racing a motor cycle, i’m riding park, I want to hit my helmet without having to replace it every time. So that’s great. The hard hat foam never dies. But it’s also shaped like a baseball cap. And a flat bar rail got me right in the back of the head under the helmet (any other helmet would have come down far enough).
A metal rail in the back of the head is a kill shot! I got lucky. So I sold the Sandbox.
Then I bought a Bern Hard Hat. Perfect. Love it. Light, looks cool (not quite as cool as a sandbox), and it looks like a baseball cap but protects all of the back of the head. And the peak doesn’t catch the wind and move the helmet around.
I’m still using, and probably will be until it’s completely trashed.
I was looking in a store the other day - was thinking of getting the Giro Shiv II. I have a massive head and it fit quite well (and it was a Large!) but it did make my whole head look masssssive. Good thing was it was light and had vents which I need cause my head gets hot.
Will probably go back and try them all on with my goggles to make sure
I look terrible in helmets!
I have a round face and they just accentuate it!
I have a (more than) 10yo Giro helmet. I would never go without it (I am not a park rat!).
I got a new very girly looking one - took a friend with me. She hated the helmet until I tried on a few others and she agreed it was the best of a bad bunch!
I think of it like this… no one looks hot in a helmet! You are in the majority nowadays with wearing one. Everyone looks the same.
Going back a few years a mate of mine bought a helmet before they were common place. We all gave him a bit of stick. Then on a extremely windy day at Falls the Ruined Castle chair lift he was blown backwards while trying to dismount and he was hit in the back of the head by the chair. Good thing for the helmet. The next season we all had them.
I’ve been rocking a Giro Fuse since then. I love the flexability to close or open up all the vents. I’ve taken a couple of smaller knocks without so much as a headache.
The other year I squeezed in a couple of days boarding in Innsbruck while on my honeymoon. As we were traveling for 6 weeks I didn’t have my helmet. It did feel a bit odd to be out in only a beanie.
There’s no going back now.
I think it might be a process of elimination for me in purchasing a new one.
I don’t want a rail in the back of the head :( owwwee I think i’ll start from the Bern and work back to other brands. Just want some thing snug and doesn’t look like half a bowling ball on my head.
I look terrible in helmets!
I have a round face and they just accentuate it!
I have a (more than) 10yo Giro helmet. I would never go without it (I am not a park rat!).
I got a new very girly looking one - took a friend with me. She hated the helmet until I tried on a few others and she agreed it was the best of a bad bunch!
I think of it like this… no one looks hot in a helmet! You are in the majority nowadays with wearing one. Everyone looks the same.
Yeah I totally want it for the safety aspect of using a helmet and might even throw a triple cork 39482390482 with one on…Not 
But it would be nice to have some thing which is a good fit and the kids won’t pick on me on the mountain hehe
I did free riding with out one, would have to be one of the most careless things I have done. Falling backwards on a mountain tomahawking and barely missing rocks.
Going back a few years a mate of mine bought a helmet before they were common place. We all gave him a bit of stick. Then on a extremely windy day at Falls the Ruined Castle chair lift he was blown backwards while trying to dismount and he was hit in the back of the head by the chair. Good thing for the helmet. The next season we all had them.
I’ve been rocking a Giro Fuse since then. I love the flexability to close or open up all the vents. I’ve taken a couple of smaller knocks without so much as a headache.
The other year I squeezed in a couple of days boarding in Innsbruck while on my honeymoon. As we were traveling for 6 weeks I didn’t have my helmet. It did feel a bit odd to be out in only a beanie.
There’s no going back now.
Yeah its funny how it all goes around like that. Lucky he had some thing on that chair lift would have broken his skull. I was talking to a chap when traveling and he had a guy run in to him on ski’s with some speed. Enough to break his jaw and put im in hospital for a while he said the helmet saved him from obtaining an even more serious injury.
The snow/ice in Oz is just so damm hard I feel like im naked and need the protection.
I look terrible in helmets!
I think of it like this… no one looks hot in a helmet! You are in the majority nowadays with wearing one. Everyone looks the same.
I disagree, I think the helt-pro beanie can look pretty hot.
They look so good! Especially the green screen photos they use on the website, hey i’m in the back country with this image behind me. Great idea for a helmet I must admit. Crazy Germans!
HOW SAFE IS HELT-PRO®?
helt-pro® differs from the characteristics and limits EN norms for bicycle helmets, ski helmets and riding helmets.
helt-pro® headgear doesn’t comply with any standards for protective headgear like helmets.
helt-pro® is not a substitute to a helmet.
It does not give the same level of protection as a helmet - in case of falling or collision with a car.
To satisfy the EN standard a helmet requires a thick buffer layer, which buffers shocks at a height of 150 cm (flat base) (EN1078 and EN1078) / resp. 106 cm (kerbside) (EN1078) at a maximum acceleration of 250 g. But this damping layer (usually EPA, colloquially styrofoam) also makes a bulky appearance and due of the hardness it can hardly guarantee wearing comfort.
helt-pro® absorbs shocks by about 50-70% compared to normal sport helmets (75 cm of the required 106 cm (EN1077 / EN1078), resp. 150 cm (EN1078)).
helt-pro® satisfies all other test criteria of EN1078 and EN1078: field of view, construction, retention system strength and ease of opening, effectiveness and penetration resistance (EN1077).
I have the one in the 2nd pic.
as I already stated, I know they wont provide as much protection as a helmet, but if you have to remain stylish while protecting your head its a step in the right direction
Any recommend the helmets with built in speakers/headphones?
Any recommend the helmets with built in speakers/headphones?
I have headphones fitted to my Giro Fuse. They produce an ok sound. These are getting on a bit so I’m sure there are better options now.
Prior to that I used a set of Bang and Olufsen earphones. I still use them for the gym and cycling. They are the best set of earphones I’ve ever heard. Not cheap but the sound reward is amazing. They are adjustable in all directions so it is very easy to get the best listening position. Plus they don’t fall out.
Any recommend the helmets with built in speakers/headphones?
They break. They ALL break.
The best one I had was a Skull Candy upgrade wear the pulg in point was cable to cable (not cable that plugs into a socket in the helmet, these break the fastest). It lasted the longest… but still broke.
I have broken about 6 pairs of helmet speakers.
Now I found the best thing to do is
1. Buy a helmet u like.
2. Remove the ear flaps and enough padding that u can wear a fitted beanie under the helmet.
3. Use standard iPhone ear buds! You can get them for $2 on ebay cause there are so many in the world.
Plus the iPhone buds come with a volume/call button on it that also lets you flick though tracks and has a microphone to make phone calls. They let you do everything u want to without taking your gloves off.
You wouldn’t believe that the simplest and cheapest option is the best. But it is!