hopper1
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Safety Helmet for Jumping?
Hello,I just bought a 5m Ozone Riot,and Ive been reading post about kite safety and about people getting hurt.
I know I should buy a helmet.Does it matter what kind of helmet I buy?
I found a nice looking Bell BMX Bike helmet that I like,it's matte black,nothing fancy.
Do most of you wear helmets?
Thanks for your time,Dave
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SecondWind
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Dave,
I wore a Fly BMX full coverage for buggying and snow kiting. Worked great and had a visor but is a little warm in the summer.
Lately I've been using a Cascade Whitewater helmet for land & water.
I always liked good ol' ProTecs also: www.protec.net
Foil Kites: Flysurfer 12m Sonic 4, 10m Soul V2, Peak 5s and 5.5m Hybrid
LEIs: 9m Naish Pivot, 12m Naish Phoenix
Land: 16" Dirtsurfer GP
H20: 134 Shinn Monk Chromatic, Slingshot 103cm Hope Craft w/ Axis Spitfire 840
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Bladerunner
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Helmet good Full face better. I make it a rule not to put the kite up without one . Now it's as natural as a seatbelt in a car.
Kites: 2.5m Profoil , Quadrifoil XL kitesurfer, NPW 5 Danger.
Flexifoil: 1.7m Sting, 4.9m Blade 3, 9m Blade 2.
Flysurfer : 19m Speed 2 SA, 7m Pulse
Peter Lynn :18m Phantom, 15m Synergy, 10m Synergy, 1200 Farc, 460 Sarc, 130 Tarc, 5m Peel, 4.2m , 6.4, 8.5 C-Quads, 3.5 LS2 single skin.
Rides: Flexi / P.L. Frankin'Buggy , Shaped + straight skiis, sand skis, Coyote blades. Core 95 ATB. RKB R2 ATB .
Ken (K2)
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acampbell
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Most helmets will have at least a CPSC (Consumer Products Safety Commision) certification, but that is minimal protection. For a few bucks more, get
ANSI certification and even better is SNELL cetification. It's still chaeper than an MRI....
I have mine primarily for the buggy, but the nastiest bonk I ever got on the head was static flying with a 3.5 meter. At that moment, I understood
why cartoonists always draw stars and birdies flying around the head of someone who got bonked.
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KYTE SLINGER
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I agree with spending more for snell approved helmet
what little I have in my brains I still want to protect my investment..
I use to ride with a open face gyro helmet {snowboard type} that had plenty of ventilation for comfort... until I came close to kissing the the dry
lake bed..... full face motocross jaw bone is what I have now less ventilation but more comfortable in knowing "if" I ever kitemare it be worth the
price
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hopper1
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Thanks for all the help and information.I never thought about the different certifications of a helmet.
I was planning on buying an open face helmet for static flying and jumping,but now that I think about it,I want to get a buggy at some point,so I
guess a fullface would be the way to go.
We havent had the winds needed for me to to fly the Riot yet,but i want to be ready when we do.
Im new to powerkites,and I hope the 5m Riot was the right choice of kite for me, I guess time will tell.  |
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