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[*] posted on 8-9-2013 at 12:42 PM
Nasty looking crash..


Wear a helmet ! :)




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[*] posted on 8-9-2013 at 12:45 PM


What more can be said... glad he was prepared...



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[*] posted on 8-9-2013 at 12:51 PM


Definitely ! Personally I'm surprised more people don't wear full face helmets.. But I guess that is personal preference.
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[*] posted on 8-9-2013 at 01:10 PM


I always wear a helmet but don't have a full faced one....this video makes me think I should re-evaluate that decision!



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[*] posted on 8-9-2013 at 02:36 PM


Oh, my mistake, it is a full face helmet, the 661 one ! Couldn't tell until I paused it.
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[*] posted on 8-9-2013 at 10:51 PM


Funny how a full face helmet can help make things better, or in my case almost killed me.
Glad he was able to get back in the bug as qwick as he did.



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[*] posted on 9-9-2013 at 03:27 AM


wow that was a nasty dive.. He should have been in the water for that one. lol

yea, helmets are good.



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[*] posted on 9-9-2013 at 04:11 AM


I would like to know what caused the flip.



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[*] posted on 9-9-2013 at 08:01 AM


I considered the downsides of the full face helmet but chose one after envisioning my chin scraping on the lakebed surface. I'm guessing his kite looped while he was turning and his hips gripped the siderails just long enough to flip the buggy.



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[*] posted on 9-9-2013 at 08:49 AM


This could open a can of worms, but thats the part that brings us back.
If the fact of an OBE can be eliminated, would we need a helmet?



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[*] posted on 9-9-2013 at 01:00 PM


Only if my head was as safe as when I drive my car.



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[*] posted on 9-9-2013 at 01:37 PM


Quote: Originally posted by BeamerBob  
Only if my head was as safe as when I drive my car.

HaHaHa, I've seen you drive, I'd wear a helmet just to ride with you.



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[*] posted on 9-9-2013 at 03:46 PM


Quote: Originally posted by bigkid  
This could open a can of worms, but thats the part that brings us back.
If the fact of an OBE can be eliminated, would we need a helmet?


I would absolutely still wear a helmet. There is always an "X" factor that needs to be accounted for. With my luck, someone would be jumping a buggy and land on my bloody head :lol:



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[*] posted on 10-9-2013 at 08:43 AM


Quote: Originally posted by elfasa  
Wear a helmet ! :)

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How about "Pick a kite size appropriate for the conditions and your abilities!" instead? This will protect not only your head, but the rest of your body and the bodies of those around you. The later is far more important to those who make decisions about where we can kite. They really don't give a rat's ass about kiters smashing themselves up; they care about getting sued for allowing us to kite in the first place when we hurt someone else.
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[*] posted on 10-9-2013 at 11:14 AM


How come it doesn't matter what type of buggy you use...your height...how fast you were going or how big your back axle is....the freakin wheel always hits you in the back of the head.....like it's not enough to crash, but that last pop to push your face down in the mud really doesn't help :lol:....

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