I've posted a general-title, straightforward thread to shell out arguments regarding helmets/safety gear. I hope someone stickies it, these threads just get everyone's panties in a bunch.
I overreacted, I admit, which is why I deleted the post (not fast enough to keep someone from quoting me, though, haha). But it's funny you should mention riding my bike to the grocery store - I actually got the worst injury of my life doing just that, I lost control because of some gravel (it was at night and I couldn't see it) and ran headlong into a fence and needed ten stitches in my head, as well as breaking one of my fingers. I had to go to the first day of tenth grade at a new school where I knew nobody, with most of my head shaved and looking like I'd had brain surgery.
It was only like two blocks from my house. Ten years later and I still have a big crease in my hair where the scar is, too.
Whoa dude, that's gnarly. On new years, I was super-drunk (cuz it was new years), and my friend gave me a doobie, so I lit it up and started biking home while smoking. It was all gravy until I came to this turn and stopped paying attention to the road for some reason and i wipe out, f'd up my boots and jeans and broke my bicycle's rear derailure. Only skinned my knee where my jeans got worn through. But I somehow have never hit my head in a fall because it's my basic instinct to protect my head using my arms/legs.
Oh yes, gravel is a total bitch. i was skating at a college campus, and there had been some construction but they cleaned it all up and moved everything off the roads. So I was just cruising along pretty slowly (about 10mph) and my left front wheel hit this small pile of granite dust which slowed by boad down to really fast. I ended up throwing my arm in the air to catch my balance which I did so i didn't fall. But it turns out that by throwing my arm in the air I f'd it up and i had to get surgery yesterday to fix it. so now i'm at home with a f'd up arm and i can't do anything for a while....and the brilliant part is that no ammount of pads or helmets could have prevented it from happening (I guess I could have had a head light or those sunrisers thingys)
how much of a puss are you when someone asks "why do you wear your helmet to class? you don't do anything crazy, it's just riding around"
and you respond: "because I'm afraid of teh pebblez and sand!"
how much of a pussy are you if you put "not looking gay" ahead of staying undamaged. if you're too much of a pussy to defend the practice of wearing a helmet while skating then you're too much of a pussy to skate.
i like to wear my helmet when i'm cruising not just cause i might need it, but also because i don't want to be held back. if i come to a gnarly hill i haven't nailed before, i don't want to go down and risk an asphalt lobotomy. nor do i want to turn back saying "bummer, wish i had my lid". i'll want to kill it. right there. i do crazy ####. i don't do stupid ####.
not many near death accident pertaining to helmet safety get caught on video tape but this one happened to my friend (ive known him all my life and he goes to my church too, and his brother is my best friend)
if you guys are worried about style, then make it into a statement. do that thing said previously in the thread and glue naked ladies to your bucket. or be awesome like chris dahl with some antique army helmet. or a bubble wrap afro. protection doesn't haven't to be in lieu of style, it can become it.
if you guys are worried about style, then make it into a statement. do that thing said previously in the thread and glue naked ladies to your bucket. or be awesome like chris dahl with some antique army helmet. or a bubble wrap afro. protection doesn't haven't to be in lieu of style, it can become it.
they do make some d3o hats that look like regular hats. that would work for low speeds/cruising around
who doesn't use pads or helmets, and why dont you?
i don't wear them because they look gay, and they just dont feel natural, and i definatley dont need them for just cruising around the city..
lets celebrate feeling free and not needing pads to ride, no haters please..
sure some styles of riding require protection, but that includes about 1% of skaters on this board.
I'm sure you meant stupid not gay.
I'm sorry you think you look so stupid and feel so unnatural wearing basic safety equipment.
Imagine how stupid you're gunna look in a hospital gown drooling and soiling yourself everyday. Imagine how unnatural it's gunna feel having a tube shoved in your stomach feeding you everyday.
Imagine how unnatural it'd feel in a casket 6 feet underground
I know this sounds harsh dude, but if you keep the "no helmet" stuff up, you may find yourself in that position.
This is why you pay attention to where you're going, and either avoid those rocks/sand or brace for impact and jump off. I mean really, how much of a puss are you when someone asks "why do you wear your helmet to class? you don't do anything crazy, it's just riding around"
and you respond: "because I'm afraid of teh pebblez and sand!"
lame. There isn't even an "I told you so" if you fall and smash your head (no helmet) from hitting a pebble or patch of sand at low speed....at least the way I see it. Just means you don't pay attention, and in that case, you had it coming... it's akin to walking into a pole and hitting your head.
OHHHH!!! Pay attention while riding! Damn. Why didn't I think of that before. I'd been riding with my portable dvd player and texting this whole time. Let me tell ya tucking on a 30mph hill while watching the Sopranos is a bit difficult, but totally worth it. Occasionally I just close my eyes while going down steep hills. Well now that you told me to pay attention while I ride my life is changed. I'll be throwing away my helmet. Helmets are for people who are attracted to members of the same sex anyway. How stupid of me, I should have seen the tan sand on the tan side walk.
how much of a pussy are you if you put "not looking gay" ahead of staying undamaged. if you're too much of a pussy to defend the practice of wearing a helmet while skating then you're too much of a pussy to skate.
i like to wear my helmet when i'm cruising not just cause i might need it, but also because i don't want to be held back. if i come to a gnarly hill i haven't nailed before, i don't want to go down and risk an asphalt lobotomy. nor do i want to turn back saying "bummer, wish i had my lid". i'll want to kill it. right there. i do crazy ####. i don't do stupid ####.
Originally Posted by B-$
OHHHH!!! Pay attention while riding! Damn. Why didn't I think of that before. I'd been riding with my portable dvd player and texting this whole time. Let me tell ya tucking on a 30mph hill while watching the Sopranos is a bit difficult, but totally worth it. Occasionally I just close my eyes while going down steep hills. Well now that you told me to pay attention while I ride my life is changed. I'll be throwing away my helmet. Helmets are for people who are attracted to members of the same sex anyway. How stupid of me, I should have seen the tan sand on the tan side walk.
Again, I'm not trying to put anyone down for wearing a helmet all the time. I don't ride without a helmet to be "cool," I ride without one because it's inconvenient and uncomfortable when I want to go for a chill cruise or when I'm going to classes.
I used the term "puss" not to insult anyone, but to express what I feel like when I wear a helmet because I'm afraid of the skateboarding equivalent to tripping over something. I understand horrible injuries and even death can result from casual things - I got a concussion from leaning back on my bed and hitting my head on the headboard. You don't see me wearing a helmet every time I go to sleep.
Well to be fair. I didn't start wearing a helmet until I was 24. One day I woke up and said, "Oh crap, my brain has been expensive. I better start protecting it!" Never looked back since though.
Well to be fair. I didn't start wearing a helmet until I was 24. One day I woke up and said, "Oh crap, my brain has been expensive. I better start protecting it!" Never looked back since though.
crap I wasn't going to respond to this....I've been skating ramp for more than 25 years so rector reek is something I've had for years but I bought a helmet the day I realized I had found the woman I was going to spend the rest of my life with...I was 23 and that was 19 years ago
i remember in elementary school a few years ago, my health teacher was hit in the head with a basketball, it was thrown by a first grader, it hit her in just the right spot, she needed surgery, if it was thrown by someone with a little more power, she would be blind right now, imagine how much worse off she would have been if she fell off a skateboard and hit solid concrete in the same spot, she would be blind, and a vegetable.
i think i would rather look "gay" than risk screwing up my life.
yes, i agree.. basketball is a very dangerous sport, they should really wear helmets, joggers too
maybe you guys are just nerds, seriously, ive never seen anyone wearing a helmet or pads just cruising down a road, unless they were like 6 yrs old and being followed by their mother...... have fun literaly living wrapped up in foam your entire lives.. lol.. more power to you
Skateboarding at its best is an anti-fascist activity that turns the modern industrial wasteland of concrete and pavement into a canvas for individual freedom and self expression.
Seriously, you don't look gay with a helmet and gloves.
No matter what, my bare minimum for skating is a helmet and gloves. And anything <25mph or so, I can almost always catch myself on my hands/shoes and avoid any serious injury. A few minor scrapes here and there, but what else would you expect.
The only times I wear pads at 25mph or less is if it's at a sketchy corner or something.
I'm not tearing anyone down, I'm just saying if you pay enough attention, I don't think the helmet is really necessary at low speeds. I've fallen many, many times going very slow - but not once have I ever blamed anything but my own carelessness.
Neg-rep me all you want, but I think riding intelligently is much more important than any amount of safety gear. By all means, if you want to be that careful about it, wear a helmet. Personally, I think a helmet is crucial for anything that would seem dangerous to the average person - but if not (like just cruising around) I attribute that to carelessness, not lack of skill (the latter being a perfectly good reason to wear a helmet).
I apologize for the misunderstanding - I didn't mean to come down on people who wear helmets going slow, I was simply trying to defend the reasoning of those who don't.
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