Brain injuries... please wear helmets

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Permalink Reply by Bozac on May 8, 2009 at 12:09

I'm just starting out and was gonna skimp and just get a cheaper vert style helmet but after seeing those pics of what can still happen to your melon while wearing one, I'm definitely investing in a full face

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Permalink Reply by Robbo on May 8, 2009 at 13:10

Bozac said:

I'm just starting out and was gonna skimp and just get a cheaper vert style helmet but after seeing those pics of what can still happen to your melon while wearing one, I'm definitely investing in a full face

After a big crash you would pay every cent in your bank acc to avoid the pain of having to come back from a heavy crash

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Permalink Reply by Adrian Alderson on May 9, 2009 at 10:20

Last weekend we had 5 helmets written off at BtB. That would have been 5 very bad head injuries and that was in 1 weekend of free riding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Fitz on May 9, 2009 at 10:54

There's an old saying,
$2 helmet for a $2 head.........What's your head worth to you?

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Permalink Reply by Bowditch on May 9, 2009 at 13:39

there are so many times i have come off and smashed the back of my head or slid on my head really hard. basically that one helmet saved my life each time. bit of dizzyness but apart from that i was fine.

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Permalink Reply by Chris on May 11, 2009 at 16:42

I was free riding last weekend and while contemplating a bike rider passed a point of balance, the board came to a stop like i'd hit a rock and over i went. I flopped like i was doing 'the worm'. The only thing that saved my lower jaw and teeth was that i was still looking up at the bike, and my jaw hit dead flat on the ground. I hit so hard my feet went up over my head, and i had to sit down for 10 minutes for the adrenalin to stop pumping.

Not just helmets i think, I've got an old MX helmet that i use for downhill, this week i'm scoping a lighter MTB helmet for the freeriding... more gear @#$%.... ahhh I love it.

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Dani on May 19, 2009 at 14:22

Not the nicest post I have ever put up but well worth a watch. I know I have been guilty of not wearing helmets in the past and although I try to most of the time I will make sure I do from now on. No helmet, no skating.

Ps. For those who dont know T.B.I stands for Traumatic Brain Injury.

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by leeso on May 20, 2009 at 9:22

need i say anymore??

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Permalink Reply by John Fox Williamson on May 20, 2009 at 12:36

head on slam with another rider in bank slalom racing...
smashed helmets.. mega medical emergency at skatepark
life support machine for 4 days
terminal verdict from doctors
survives, only just !
now - 3 tablets a day to fight TLE for the rest of my life.

Lifetime member and advocate for the 'MY HELMET SAVED MY LIFE' club. 1979 - 2009

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