Anonymous at Sat, 24 Jun 2023 20:25:31 UTC No. 152973

No money in developing them, no big threats of losing money from lawsuits over their current construction, no one producing better ones to have their mold stolen and reused.

Anonymous at Sat, 24 Jun 2023 20:44:06 UTC No. 152977

>>152973
:(

Anonymous at Sun, 25 Jun 2023 11:24:07 UTC No. 153029

>>152970
Smarter to wear something for your elbows and ankles doing that really. More about what your comfortable with and your expertise/previous experience with this and injuries. If you don't care do it. If you don't think you can get protected

Anonymous at Mon, 26 Jun 2023 02:33:17 UTC No. 153176

>>152970
Does anyone skate with a full face?

Anonymous at Fri, 30 Jun 2023 00:08:33 UTC No. 153913

>>152970
I think they have to be kind of bulky because there needs to be room to decelerate your head in an impact.

Anonymous at Fri, 30 Jun 2023 03:17:52 UTC No. 153943

>>152970
Being concerned about looking cool with a helmet is a fool's errand. I'm sure you'll look real badass when you donk your head on coping and fall on the floor bleeding.

Anyhow, helmets don't feel too bulky for me but good lord the sweat situation sucks if you've got long hair.

Anonymous at Fri, 30 Jun 2023 03:33:50 UTC No. 153948

>>153176
In my youth I did. My older brother had a motorcycle but got married/had kid, sold it & gave me his helmet for shits & giggles. Round that same time, I got into skating for a bit and was like.... Well why the fuck not? It was fucking awesome. Helmet had an AUX port/built in headphones/mic. Honestly have no clue why it's not more popular. I guess it can cramp your style a little but it seems like an easy thing to overcome. But what do I know. I skated for a few years in grade school then gave it up.

Anonymous at Fri, 30 Jun 2023 03:40:30 UTC No. 153949

im too cool for helmet! oh im decerebrate posture gootbye

Anonymous at Mon, 3 Jul 2023 11:44:40 UTC No. 154542

can't you wear a big hat over it?

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Jul 2023 02:00:09 UTC No. 155247

>>153948
>I skated for a few years in grade school then gave it up.
Just as God intended

Anonymous at Sat, 8 Jul 2023 04:17:07 UTC No. 155258

>>154542
put a chinstrap on one of those cowboy hat hardhats

Anonymous at Sun, 9 Jul 2023 14:01:44 UTC No. 155439

>>155247
I started really listening to the older sk8r dudes and the message I got was, unless you're head over heels in love with it, it's not worth it. The cost, the time investment, the injuries, zero guarantee of making money on it, even if you are good, because there will always be preteens that WILL be better than you. To each their own but I want more out of my hobbies than that.

Anonymous at Sun, 9 Jul 2023 21:38:30 UTC No. 155507

>>153176
Some downhill guys, but not really, no. Don't think I've ever seen one in person.

Anonymous at Mon, 10 Jul 2023 03:58:59 UTC No. 155540

>>153913
This is part of the reason where they don’t advance, they’re all using the exact same “big hunk of EPS foam” technology

Anonymous at Mon, 10 Jul 2023 20:18:12 UTC No. 155648

There is a lot of innovation and development in motorcycle helmets.
But something tells me you aren't interested in those and the more cutting edge ones are out of your price range.

Anonymous at Tue, 11 Jul 2023 00:27:17 UTC No. 155676

All I want is a motorcycle helmet with a HUD and night vision, like they have on fighter pilot helmets.

sB at Wed, 12 Jul 2023 19:48:33 UTC No. 155908

>>153943
zoomer
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>>152970
helmets look fucking lame.
part of skating/bmx is a major part in style.
you have to sacrifice one or the other but you can't convince me helmets looking fucking stupid.
i have a bell from Walmart that is thin and fits ok. I'll put it on when I'm gna huck some shit but yeah

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Jul 2023 03:54:43 UTC No. 157702

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyW5S2nvEIo
if wearing helmets everywhere was socially accepted then helmets would be in fashion
it's all perception

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Jul 2023 11:01:09 UTC No. 157728

>>155439
You don't have to be head over heels in love with it. You just have to enjoy developing your coordination and want to have fun today. I can't imagine only doing things if I can get famous for them. That's neurotic.

Anonymous at Sun, 23 Jul 2023 15:38:48 UTC No. 157771

>>153943
>Being concerned about looking cool with a helmet is a fool's errand.
This.
Pic related is one of the most popular helmets in my area, on the rare occasion you see someone wearing a helmet at the skatepark.
It's a thin, flexible shell with some soft foam.
It allows you to avoid the bulky mushroom head / spaceballs look, but will fail to protect your head from anything worse than a stray wiffle ball.

Anonymous at Wed, 9 Aug 2023 23:41:35 UTC No. 160913

>>155676
dont want to make motorcycling any more distracting with a hud but yes it would be cool

Anonymous at Fri, 11 Aug 2023 05:46:04 UTC No. 161086

I only ride my bike consistently but I never got wearing a helmet.

I just accept you lose the skin on your leg. Drove off a cliff once on a bike and my shoes were on backwards. Fell in a thorn bush and it broke the fall. Pussies.

Anonymous at Sat, 12 Aug 2023 00:05:03 UTC No. 161247

Maybe mold some foam around it idk. Skaters are cringe by default, so no worries about looking goofy in a helmet.

Anonymous at Sat, 2 Sep 2023 20:25:34 UTC No. 164843

What >>160913

Anonymous at Sat, 2 Sep 2023 20:39:26 UTC No. 164846

>>152970
wear this

Anonymous at Sat, 2 Sep 2023 20:51:08 UTC No. 164847

There was a guy who made a beanie that had the protection stuff from helmets inside it. I wish I could find the video again, but I thought it was pretty cool.

Anonymous at Thu, 7 Sep 2023 06:55:27 UTC No. 165478

>>152970
sending a 9 stair looks cool enough that it counteracts whatever the helmet is doing to you in that regard.

Anonymous at Thu, 7 Sep 2023 13:13:24 UTC No. 165504

thousand heritage helmets look pretty cool

Anonymous at Mon, 11 Sep 2023 00:51:55 UTC No. 166099

>>152970
I guarantee if the helmet industry ever improved like you want helmets would start looking so unbelievably gay and be 10 times more embarrassing to wear than they are now

Anonymous at Mon, 11 Sep 2023 14:57:24 UTC No. 166171

>>166099
It seems like skate helmets deliberately try to keep a mid 90's to early 00's aesthetic since that's the last time skateboarding was cool. Ski and football helmets have both updated quite a bit both functionally and aesthically.