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The Beat Engel firm, located in Switzerland, is known throughout the deapsea diving community for their design and construction of high-end, composite diving helmets, in the speed skiing world for sleek, composite racing helmets, and to an elite level of European speedboard racers for their expensive, custom composite racing helmets. The keen eye will pick out IGSA's World Champion, Martin Siegrist, in various models of Beat Engel helmets. Here's their stuff.: Here are the three models they've got listed, with our guesses as to which is which. Hey, it's a custom helmet: you're gonna have to contact them, anyway! Around:  Main features: -fiberglass/KEVLAR/hand laminated -Wind tunnel tested -Special breathing system -Extremely light and comfortable
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Speed Star:  Main features: -Helmet made of Glassfibre/KEVLAR -Equipped with security Breakaway tail (BREAKAWAY SYSTEM) -Antifog visor -Adjustable interior, quick release clip -Developed in wind tunnel
Speed Monster: Made with shoulder fairings and integral interior helmet in KEVLAR/Fiberglass, equipped with a safety Breakaway system (Aerodynamic shoulder fairing brakes away at impact, helmet stays on head of racer), Antifog breathing system (Breathing through a double bottom avoids fogging of visor.), POLYCARBONATE antifog Visor. All helmets are homologated FIS, FISV, FSSV, and FFSV. Based on Composite-BE Speed skiing helmet. There are more photos and audio, in Luis Lins’ stylin new Flash Video device for the Beat Engel helmets. See it here .
For pricing, availability and any other questions, please contact Beat Engel in care of Luis Lins: luis@fibretec.ch . The website is here.
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