Guff, are you trying to say that a few lidless kids freeriding around the streets is going to stop the growth of the entire sport of downhill skating? Honestly, I'm down with the helmet argument and all for wearing them, but that's a bit unreal. Not having a helmet =/= end of the world.
that is fucked! wearing a helmet may not have necessarily helped but it wouldn't have hurt either. certainly made me think. considering 90% of the bad falls you have are when your not paying attention to what your doing (ie. cruising along at walking speed on the foot path.) perhaps i will wear my helmet more.
But alsoo... Helmets re assure spectators... No helmet, and were hooligan, doing drugs and stabbing old ladies, with helmet, we can be seen as nice hooligans....