doggy-style 0 Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 my friend is looking around for a new snowboard helmet... any suggestions.. brands... etc.. thanks Link to post Share on other sites
ivo 0 Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 i think the brand doesn't matter. just look that it has some air holes on the top! otherwise you get a real hot head! Link to post Share on other sites
barok 0 Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 (burton)red's helmetX & giro flint are both solid and stylish (burton)red's skycap is more stylish and less solid that's my 2 cents [This message has been edited by barok (edited 21 January 2002).] Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 I've got a Lavance full face helmet. It fits well as it comes with a set of adjustment pads, and the chin piece is adjustable too. It has some ventilation, but it does keep your head warm. Jan-March, this is a good thing, April not so good. If face plants are something you like to try, a full face helmet offers good protection. Drawbacks of full face helmets include not being able to spit (I learnt that the hard way), and a limited range of compatible goggles (the peak and chin guard mean you need goggles with a clasp - forget Oakleys). Link to post Share on other sites
Blazer 0 Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 Many of the helmets in Japan are OUTRAGEOUSLY expensive. I bought a relatively cheap Pro Tec helmet which has good ventilation and the all important clasp for your goggles! Even this, as one of the cheaper models, is now selling for about 11,000 yen!!! Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted January 22, 2002 Share Posted January 22, 2002 Sounds like you've got the same one as me Blazer. Mine's a silver (not shiny) Protec deal with thickly padded ears. Nice and comfy. No problems with overheating so far, even during a fall and subsequent long wade through waist-deep. Doesn't look particularly stupid either, even on me. As a minor complaint, I wish it were a bit easier to fasten the chin strap with your gloves on, but I might get the hang of that with time. Maybe that's something to think about in the shop. I tested mine before buying with some dragons, so I've no problems with the goggles. My gf's Smith goggles seem to float slightly above my face though. It's not good when 11,000's one of the cheaper ones.... Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 Do you NEED helmets? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted January 24, 2002 Share Posted January 24, 2002 Well, rach, if you need to ask that, I'd say probably not. Link to post Share on other sites
barok 0 Posted January 24, 2002 Share Posted January 24, 2002 Ohhh rach, you neeed helmets allright, When I look at the American Sports stars that get paid millions to get their headz bashed in, I shudder to think that I could share the same fate. A whole lot of these guys have serious central nervous system problems for life in the boxing world Mohammed Ali can't even talk Mike Tyson shouldn't be allowed to talk Evander Holyfield is getting dumber by the day in the football world Packers receiver Sterling Sharpe lost his career to a neck injury Cowboys Quarterback Troy Aikman can't play anymore because he kept getting concussions and those are just the highest profile injuries - the champs who despite rising above all competition had to hang it up due to CNS injury. In the snowboarding world, not a week goes by that I don't read a story about some kid who overshot a landing, hit a tree, or missed a road gap (This most recent edition of Transworld Snow (which featured Japan btw) featured a letter by parents of a kid in Alaska who tried to hit a road gap and died instead) I guess It's alot like the backcountry, you make your bed and you lie in it, but I would rather not become a parapalegic, or get Parkinson's disease, from a broken neck or too many whacks on the ol' mellon. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 24, 2002 Share Posted January 24, 2002 I've been using the K2 Automatic for the last couple of seasons and really like it. Comfortable, good venting (even heat transfer/retention via Outlast system), reasonable price(about 10,500). cheers. Link to post Share on other sites
Blazer 0 Posted January 24, 2002 Share Posted January 24, 2002 NoFakie, I have exactly the same problem trying to do the chin strap up with my gloves on. I think mine is the model down from yours because it doesn't have the ear covers. None the less, it still does a good job for me. And I don't look half as stupid as most of the other ones made me look!! Link to post Share on other sites
ivo 0 Posted January 27, 2002 Share Posted January 27, 2002 Quote: Originally posted by rach: Do you NEED helmets? i was happy to have one!!! i felt on the icy slope and hited my head. fortunately i weared my helmet. i was "away" for about 5 minutes. without melmet i might be in a hospital now!!! Link to post Share on other sites
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