Why has no one invented a new type of helmet that isn't garbage? All of them are bulky, sweaty, and make you look like a moron but i'm not jumping off a 9 stair without one
Why has no one invented a new type of helmet that isn't garbage?
Why has no one invented a new type of helmet that isn't garbage? All of them are bulky, sweaty, and make you look like a moron but i'm not jumping off a 9 stair without one
No money in developing them, no big threats of losing money from lawsuits over their current construction, no one producing better ones to have their mold stolen and reused.
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Smarter to wear something for your elbows and ankles doing that really. More about what your comfortable with and your expertise/previous experience with this and injuries. If you don't care do it. If you don't think you can get protected
Does anyone skate with a full face?
In my youth I did. My older brother had a motorcycle but got married/had kid, sold it & gave me his helmet for shits & giggles. Round that same time, I got into skating for a bit and was like.... Well why the frick not? It was fricking awesome. Helmet had an AUX port/built in headphones/mic. Honestly have no clue why it's not more popular. I guess it can cramp your style a little but it seems like an easy thing to overcome. But what do I know. I skated for a few years in grade school then gave it up.
>I skated for a few years in grade school then gave it up.
Just as God intended
I started really listening to the older sk8r dudes and the message I got was, unless you're head over heels in love with it, it's not worth it. The cost, the time investment, the injuries, zero guarantee of making money on it, even if you are good, because there will always be preteens that WILL be better than you. To each their own but I want more out of my hobbies than that.
You don't have to be head over heels in love with it. You just have to enjoy developing your coordination and want to have fun today. I can't imagine only doing things if I can get famous for them. That's neurotic.
Some downhill guys, but not really, no. Don't think I've ever seen one in person.
I think they have to be kind of bulky because there needs to be room to decelerate your head in an impact.
This is part of the reason where they don’t advance, they’re all using the exact same “big hunk of EPS foam” technology
Being concerned about looking cool with a helmet is a fool's errand. I'm sure you'll look real badass when you donk your head on coping and fall on the floor bleeding.
Anyhow, helmets don't feel too bulky for me but good lord the sweat situation sucks if you've got long hair.
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helmets look fricking lame.
part of skating/bmx is a major part in style.
you have to sacrifice one or the other but you can't convince me helmets looking fricking stupid.
i have a bell from Walmart that is thin and fits ok. I'll put it on when I'm gna huck some shit but yeah
>Being concerned about looking cool with a helmet is a fool's errand.
This.
Pic related is one of the most popular helmets in my area, on the rare occasion you see someone wearing a helmet at the skatepark.
It's a thin, flexible shell with some soft foam.
It allows you to avoid the bulky mushroom head / spaceballs look, but will fail to protect your head from anything worse than a stray wiffle ball.
im too cool for helmet! oh im decerebrate posture gootbye
can't you wear a big hat over it?
put a chinstrap on one of those cowboy hat hardhats
There is a lot of innovation and development in motorcycle helmets.
But something tells me you aren't interested in those and the more cutting edge ones are out of your price range.
All I want is a motorcycle helmet with a HUD and night vision, like they have on fighter pilot helmets.
dont want to make motorcycling any more distracting with a hud but yes it would be cool
What
if wearing helmets everywhere was socially accepted then helmets would be in fashion
it's all perception
I only ride my bike consistently but I never got wearing a helmet.
I just accept you lose the skin on your leg. Drove off a cliff once on a bike and my shoes were on backwards. Fell in a thorn bush and it broke the fall. Pussies.
Maybe mold some foam around it idk. Skaters are cringe by default, so no worries about looking goofy in a helmet.
There was a guy who made a beanie that had the protection stuff from helmets inside it. I wish I could find the video again, but I thought it was pretty cool.
sending a 9 stair looks cool enough that it counteracts whatever the helmet is doing to you in that regard.
thousand heritage helmets look pretty cool
I guarantee if the helmet industry ever improved like you want helmets would start looking so unbelievably gay and be 10 times more embarrassing to wear than they are now
It seems like skate helmets deliberately try to keep a mid 90's to early 00's aesthetic since that's the last time skateboarding was cool. Ski and football helmets have both updated quite a bit both functionally and aesthically.