Importance of helmets

[DVSkid94]

You should always wear a helmet. No matter what anyone says. I am trying to prevent what happened to me from happening to others. When I was on vacation I hit a rock on my longboard and flew face first and hit my head.. I took off half my eyebrow and got a black eye. I fI had a helmet on I would of hit my helmet, not my head. I also could of possibly had a slight concussion. Again If you don't want to end up like me then WEAR A HELMET Please.

[Dookie416]

what is the point of this thread? you hit your head.. welcome to skateboarding.

[China Skate]

Can't stop me.

[Skater/BMX Kid]

Can't stop me.


Can't stop you from what wearing a helmet?

[China Skate]

Ha yes. Think about this. If you do everything wearing a helmet, when you take it off, you'll be pussying out to everything. Seriously, I've been skating for a while, and the only times (rarely) I fall on my head is at a skatepark.

[Skater/BMX Kid]

Oh, lol my bad.

[-stjimmy-]

I wear them everytime I skate, dun u think helmets are cool??

[skaterat]

Granted, alot of skaters don't like wearing them, to each their own but I always wear a helmet. I've seen alot, I mean alot of head injuries in my time and they're not pretty. I don't make my son wear them but when we're skating big stuff, vert/bowls/trannie he wears one on his own. He doesn't wear them when he's skating street though. (fingers crossed)

[Skater/BMX Kid]

Yeah I think I'm ganna wear a helmet... Well actually i don't really mind the head injury, but my mom might freak... Hmmm Confusing situation..

[frontside_slapp]

I wear them and I've not worn them. I've also hung up on frontside grinds and slammed right to flat bottom with my shoulder & noggin taking the brunt of the impact, and fallen back at a cement bowl and smacked my melon. I've seen dudes get pitched on rails trying frontside boardslides. None of it is pretty.

As far as skateparks go, I'd wear a helmet whether it was mandatory or not, but then again, I'm not street skating, either, but rather riding the trannies. For those who chose not to, that's their choice.

To each their own, but I'd rather have a cracked brain bucket than a cracked skull.

[Bakerbum211]

Granted, alot of skaters don't like wearing them, to each their own but I always wear a helmet. I've seen alot, I mean alot of head injuries in my time and they're not pretty. I don't make my son wear them but when we're skating big stuff, vert/bowls/trannie he wears one on his own. He doesn't wear them when he's skating street though. (fingers crossed)


You're a really wise one!

I wear one and im glad, i've hit my head several times, but thank god for that helmet!

[Le_MoNaDe]

just think of it this way... i dont wear a helmet when im walking... and thats the same distance to the ground and well on a skateboard... so yeah... nothings gonna happen.... i hope.... ekkk....

would suck to have brain damage though... or get a blood clot in ya brain....

ekk

[DarkRider13]

I'm really thankful for my helmet now. My parents make me wear one, and I didn't understand why until yesterday. I was trying to ollie up onto a ledge and then down a 2-set (I know it's not that amazing) but when I got up on the ledge I caught in a rock or something and flew down the stairs and just slid about 2ft on my stomach, hands, and helmet. If I hadn't been wearing a helmet, the right side of my face would probably be full of road-rash and I'd probably have a bunch of bruises.

I'm not gonna tell you to wear a helmet, I'm just glad that I do.

[BrandNewSkater]

The only time i probably will wear a helmet will be when i'm either at a skatepark or trying something new that's tuf for me

But helmets for just chillin out skating naaaa
Dont care about pain too much
Hurts but still it's skateboarding
It's a risk i have to take to skate
it's worth it right?

[swayze]

wow i guess more skaters here wear a helmet then i thought. personally i think helmets are annoying and agree with what China Skate said. I only wear them when my friend takes me to an outdoor park because his mom gets all freaked about little scaps on your knees or scabs, bruises, etc. if we're lucky we will only have to wear a helmet at the park. (usually full pads)

[AdioBird52]

I usualy wear one. I don't wear it always doing something a 2nd or third time, but if its a first try, then its definately on.

[McJesus]

Usually if i fall my head automatically dips into my chest and i try to fall on my back and my head therefore doesn't get hit.

[BlackLabeled]

what is the point of this thread? you hit your head.. welcome to skateboarding.Lmao.

Helmets aren't all that important, in my opinion.

[frontside_slapp]

LMAO

Wait until you smack you skull good, and then think again, IF YOU CAN.

[MattC]

You should were a helmet untill your good enough to know what will happen in any situation. After every bailing situation that is. I mean I've never come even close to hitting my head.

[Hov32]

I know it sounds weird but I never hit my head when I fall. it always seems to keep itself up. either way, I only where pads when I try a new trick on bowls and ramps. other wise, I just go for it,

[frontside_slapp]

You should were a helmet untill your good enough to know what will happen in any situation. After every bailing situation that is. I mean I've never come even close to hitting my head.


For those who don't wear a helmet skating the local park, or whatever, that's your choice and I say "rip it up." I also will say that eventually, physics will catch up to you. I will NEVER ridicule a skater for wearing a helmet, at the park or any where. FWIW, Mullen was made to wear FULL SAFETY GEAR by his father when doing flatland freestyle, which is what many skaters now call "street skating." I don't suppose anybody here is gonna dare talk smack on his skateboarding abilities, then or now.

[Dookie416]

You should were a helmet untill your good enough to know what will happen in any situation. After every bailing situation that is. I mean I've never come even close to hitting my head.

agreed.

For those who don't wear a helmet skating the local park, or whatever, that's your choice and I say "rip it up." I also will say that eventually, physics will catch up to you. I will NEVER ridicule a skater for wearing a helmet, at the park or any where. FWIW, Mullen was made to wear FULL SAFETY GEAR by his father when doing flatland freestyle, which is what many skaters now call "street skating." I don't suppose anybody here is gonna dare talk smack on his skateboarding abilities, then or now.

disagreed.

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mainly why i choose not to skate big stuff.

[rustyburrito55]

I used to think I never hit my head skating. I thought I could always keep it up in a crash. One day I was riding my freebord and when I went to turn my wheels caught up and I was thrown onto my back and my head whacked the ground pretty good. It happened so fast there was no way I could react to it. Luckily I had a helmet on otherwise I definitely would have had some type of head injury.

[adrianlopezpie]

yaya choice hmm helmets i only wear one during sex

[China Skate]

For those who don't wear a helmet skating the local park, or whatever, that's your choice and I say "rip it up." I also will say that eventually, physics will catch up to you. I will NEVER ridicule a skater for wearing a helmet, at the park or any where. FWIW, Mullen was made to wear FULL SAFETY GEAR by his father when doing flatland freestyle, which is what many skaters now call "street skating." I don't suppose anybody here is gonna dare talk smack on his skateboarding abilities, then or now.
True, but obviously if you don't wear a helmet, you will already have considered the consequences of busting your head open.

[swayze]

i hit my head the other day but not too bad. i choose not to wear a helmet.

[FireFreek]

last year only 1 person died of head trama from skateboarding.

[China Skate]

I'd quit skateboarding to saved someone's life. There is no 'number' on lives.

[frontside_slapp]

True, but obviously if you don't wear a helmet, you will already have considered the consequences of busting your head open.

Rock on, China, I appreciate your posts as well as this one, as you have point there, to a certain degree. I don't want skaters to have to wear a helmet (or even knee pads, for that matter), I just hate seeing new skaters scrub when trying new tricks. The past few weekends at the park, I've seen kids trying to tail in banana peel and shoot their boards out coming too close to noggin smacks.

I like knee pads and my helmet. I typically fall to me knees when bail, although I did get pitched from my board today at the park riding across flat ground going fakie. And yes, I bonked my skull and was wearing a helmet, and I've been skating off and on since 1978.

Rip it up!

[Griptape Flip]

Man, I aint worried if someone wears one or not. It's your choice, 'ya know? I pretty much don't wear one, except at the local park, where the owner will kick you out if you don't have one. =\ It's all good. I've hit my head a few times, had a concussion, blah blah blah. It's all good. =)

[globesk8shoes]

i wear a helmet sometime but i usally have good balance so if i fall off i catch my self the only time i really wear a helmet outside of skate parks is when i try to 50-50 or tail/nose slide

[China Skate]

Rock on, China, I appreciate your posts as well as this one, as you have point there, to a certain degree. I don't want skaters to have to wear a helmet (or even knee pads, for that matter), I just hate seeing new skaters scrub when trying new tricks. The past few weekends at the park, I've seen kids trying to tail in banana peel and shoot their boards out coming too close to noggin smacks.

I like knee pads and my helmet. I typically fall to me knees when bail, although I did get pitched from my board today at the park riding across flat ground going fakie. And yes, I bonked my skull and was wearing a helmet, and I've been skating off and on since 1978.

Rip it up!
Thanks mate.
I do get what you're saying, so I'll requote MattC.

You should were a helmet untill your good enough to know what will happen in any situation. After every bailing situation that is.

[skatesushi]

if im trying something new, say like a set of stairs, i wear a helmet. once i can land the set good, i stop wearing it.

[barefoot_skater]

I used to be really dumb and would never wear a helmet for anything (bmx, mx, snowboarding, skateboarding) but last year my mom got me a helmet for snowboarding and that first day I took a fall onto my head that still makes me cringe to think what may have happened had I not worn a helmet....so my conclusion is I will wear a helmet when skating or snowboarding vert or when snowboarding the park......not when riding street/flatland or cruising through powder.....just my $.02

[dm5matrix]

i only wear helmets for dirtbikes.

but wearing them for skateboarding or bmx or anything else is not a bad idea.

[Ramp]