Helmet, what you wear and why?

[El Chupacabra]

Giro Omen, because I like having that bitchin' lightning bolt thing running down the side of my head.

(or perhaps because it was cheap on SAC and I like having switchable vents)

[The Duke of Hurl]

but then I will have to cut eye holes in the back, and I will look like that dude from Fat Albert.

I thought you were that dude from Fat Albert.

[grskier]

Dumb Donald...

fitting

[dumpy]

Giro 9.9MX (visor) with tune ups because Giro helmets (ski and bike) always seem to fit my head right, I like music when I ski and at the time I bought it, only gapers had visors, so it's the perfect lid for me.


Anyone that says you can't hear your surroundings while listening to music is:

A)A belligerent ass
B)Has only ever worn ear buds and/or noise cancelling headphones
C)Miss safety soccer mom
D)All of the above

The audio kits in helmets do really allow a lot of ambient sound to enter as long as you don't crank your tunes to 11.

[Fritz]

I stole one of these from the retard that I rode the short bus with when i was a kid. Works good.

[Roo]

Simpson Bandit with black chrome visor.

[tex1230]

Simpson Bandit with black chrome visor.

Roo = The Stig

I knew it

[Spartacus087]

T.H.E. One fullface helmet. Spent around 8k on new teeth in the past year. had enough.

[Todds]

I've had the Giro fuse for a few years. If I were buying one now I think I would get one with a visor.

It is comfy, light and has lots of vents.

No audio.

[ey_allen]

Smith Variant Brim.

Fits good, looks alright, is warm, comfortable, and doesnt get wet like a beanie when its snowing hard. Oh, and I can listen to music if I am doing laps alone.

[JayPowHound]

Heads are kind of like feet... they're not all shaped the same. Go to a shop with a good selection and try some stuff on to see what fits you the best. After that you can look into extras like audio, etc. Personally I like a visor because I can lower my head and smash through low hanging branches without doing so much damage to my goggles and and my face!

[XXX-er]

T.H.E. One fullface helmet. Spent around 8k on new teeth in the past year. had enough.

At X-mas time I used to sell alot of fullface helmets to parents at the bike store telling them it was cheap insurance for the 6 or 8 K they spent on juniors orthodontics ...they always went for it


since we are finally starting to talk specifics in this thread ,I got a boeri XXL for my big head and they also come in XXXL

btw for a better fit you can alter the foam shell a bit with with a rotary file chucked in your drill ,even tho mine was XXL I had to shave a little foam

its probably not a recommended thing if you asked boeri

[Meadow Skipper]

I think I'll just go back to wearing a beanie without hippy ear flaps. No one does that anymore.

Uh, I do. That should make you think twice.

BTW, a foot of fresh on the local upper mountain yesterday afternoon.

And to speak to the thread, if I wear a helmet, it's some kind of Giro because that's what's I got a while back because it fit.

[macd152]

Giro Encore 2, good price, safe, comfortable, and holds googles good.

[ACH]

Smith Variant Brim - No audio - most of the time
Giro Fuse for Spring/warm weather.

[Fritz]

Ok if we're being serious I highly recommend Sweet Protection (if you're Scandinavian, otherwise it might not fit right). Trooper half-cut and trooper fullface are both money IMO.

[Falling]

Uvex Wing fits perfectly with my Uvex Racer eyeball mittens

[powder weasel]

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Try the asshat. Place colored bandannas in the pockets to display your sexual preference while on the slopes.

[dk_alaskan]

Ok if we're being serious I highly recommend Sweet Protection (if you're Scandinavian, otherwise it might not fit right). Trooper half-cut and trooper fullface are both money IMO.

how come it only feets right if you're Scandihoovian?

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

Day to day I wear this one. Its super lightweight and different from anyone elses.

[jrbd]

Helmets are especially useful when you slip and fall on ice with skis over your shoulder. I think I would have partially decapitated myself without my helmet.

[mtaylor]

Giro 10 MX. It fits me, and was the first one I tried on in the store that did.

[DarthMarkus]

Smith Premise (they don't make it anymore) fits well, goggles integrate with it as well, and I've got tunes in my earflaps (good for hearing what's going on around me while skiing in-bounds). Giro Remedy S Carbon with Scullcandy Asyms, for charging, dropping, or doing anything that might mess my face up.

[Jer]

helmets are cheaper than hospital bills

Not in Canada.

Pretty soon not in the US either! As soon as this Free Healthcare stuff kicks in I'm gonna start skiin' with a stick of dynamite duct taped to my dome.


Sweet Trooper. Fits (I'm arayan). Doesn't look all big like many other helmets.

[jgb@etree]

Leedom had a demo day at Jay Peak about 10-12 years ago, and my ski companion was raving about the comfort and confidence boost that it gave him. So I dumped my hat, grabbed a demo, and hit the trees. It took about 1/2 a run to figure out that I could charge harder in the trees and duck limbs with worrying about getting knocked the fuck out by a low hanging branch. I managed to put my mark on the helmet by ducking a few limbs that I had no business getting udner. The dude at the demo table asked me 'WTF did you do? Drag it behind you?'. I offered him a $20 and he accepted. Been wearing the same lid ever since. It can get a litte too warm in the spring, but overall I love it.

It smells worse than the socks that I wash once a year (if they need it or not) but it's a must if you llike skiing the trees, IMO.