Had a friend laugh at me calling me a 'big girls blouse', any way he's now selling all his kit. A pier dock jumped up and hit him, out of now where. Nice hair line fracture in his skull and broke both his legs.
Karma dude!!

icebird wrote:I'm all for wearing helmets while kiting.
But to get the discussion into perspective the standards approved helmets are for kayakers rolling over and hitting a rock, not kiters flying through the air at 50km/t.
So helmets reduce injury, but they are not appropriate for the chosen activity. Bicycle and motorcycle helmets self-destroy on impact, water helmets do not.
culliford wrote:Research on bicycle helmets indicates that those with hard foam cell material were effective in reducing the energy from a blow experienced by the brain. Helmets with soft foam padding were not helpful in reducing brain injuries, only reducing abraisions.
All of the kiteboarding helmets I see use the soft foam material. Are not the same forces at play in kiteboarding?
Is there any reason that the hard foam padding is not used, such as exposure to salt water? Is it a reasonable trade off, safety vs durability or possibly comfort?
Is there any data on brain injuries experienced by kiteboarders vs type of helmet or lack thereof?
I know that other watersport helmets, e.g. kayak, use soft foam but there I don't think that the energy involved is comprable.
Is there any reason not to use a snowboarding helmet, some of which use the hard cell foam lining?
Dave Culliford
I use a black strutter (originally for WW Kayaking). Excellent helmet, low profile, light, customizable, pretty much a baseball cap. I also threw a GoPro mount on the visor and she's GTG. You automatically use the helmet if you want that POV footage.tallakt wrote: ... sweet helmets: Holy Diver and Rooster? http://www.sweet.no/main.html
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