Helmets

cezza · Posted: Feb 10, 2005 4:11 pm Post subject: Helmets

I recently bought a pointless helmet for wakeboarding and i looks sick!! ive heard rumours that helmets dont really do much and generally used for sliders. do we need helmets for general wakebording as in like 3's and tantrums etc?? im sure they do help with the shock...what do you rekon??

DunDunDun · Posted: Feb 10, 2005 4:15 pm Post subject:

depends if you hit your head on the board or not Rolling Eyes

matt1808 · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 05 Feb 2004 Posts: 1981

this thread will turn out 50/50. half the people will say it helps and the other half will say it doesn't help. Thats how all the other threads about this have turned out. If you want to see a lot of opinions on this it would help to do a search, I know there have been a few debates about it on here.

Ocean Rider · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 24 Jun 2003 Posts: 1597

I only wear it when I go in contest or hit rails... its an old army helmet I got from a army surplus shop for 10$ its dope

jryoung · Ladies Man Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 7664 City: Man Jose

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Feb 10, 2005 4:47 pm Post subject:

im getting a nice helmet and it is alot like the Pointless helmet just more protective

Enzoborder230 · Posted: Feb 10, 2005 5:28 pm Post subject:

i wuld get it if you hit sliders, for normal riding it doesnt really matter, its not like your going to break yur head on water

Tyler O · Outlaw Joined: 20 Sep 2004 Posts: 150 City: San Diego

BIGMAC · Posted: Feb 11, 2005 1:31 pm Post subject:

I just want to say that the capix helmets are crap and fall apart. Exclamation

NorthwestRider · Posted: Feb 11, 2005 1:55 pm Post subject:

BIGMAC, ya they pretty much suck. I would take your helmet back and get a different one. I hate mine, it falls off a lot and isn't very protective. My friend had his knee go through his forhead. So I ride with a helmet a lot. I use it for normal riding.

sperbet · Outlaw Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 208 City: Truckee

pointless is a good name for that helmet because that is exactly what it is unless you're hitting sliders[/quote]

204Waker · Posted: Feb 11, 2005 2:52 pm Post subject:

It provides me alot of protection

Ocean Rider · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 24 Jun 2003 Posts: 1597

204Waker, do you seriously wear an old Nazi German Army helmet? thats f'in sweet where did you get it?

helmet guy · Newbie Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 14

Do a search and you will find other comments I have made on this subject.

Ocean Rider · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 24 Jun 2003 Posts: 1597

I wear an old US army helmet at comps and when im hitin big rails

msimpson · Posted: May 27, 2005 3:49 am Post subject:

I did get a concussion on an invert gone bad last year. I don't even remember what trick I was trying. Head + Water can= concussion. But so what?

board_boy · Outlaw Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 230 City: blacksburg

at a wakeboard camp i went to last year we were required to wear helmets and i had a few bad falls that woulda normally left my head hurting, but it lessened the impact and didnt hurt at all.

LFADAM · Posted: May 27, 2005 12:53 pm Post subject:

alanp · Criminal Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Posts: 52

i ride with a helmet and most of the guys i ride with use a helmet. i have never had a bad smack to the head with the helmet. but have had plenty without it.

sparkslord · Newbie Joined: 15 May 2005 Posts: 5 City: Bend

My wife got a concussion at Shasta. She did not hit her head on the board. She started passing out that evening and I had to take her to the emergency room in Redding to get a MRI. $3000 dollars later they said take two asprin and call them in the morning.