I had a terrible crash this summer at mACH speed deep deep in the mountains smashed my helmet and my face into a downed tree wear off the side of the trail… For Christmas my partner got me a TLD stage and I plan to wear it any time I am expecting to go MACH speed, or when trees are around- which is almost all our rides. I’m fully embracing the full face trail mode. On my moto I wear that big stupid road moto helmet to go the gas station for m&m’s. It’s just a proper vibe. When riding wear a proper helmet. Period. We are dads and teachers and people really rely on us to be ALIVe.
One thing to note: I watched a great friend fully head trauma //blood everywhere// majorly damaged with vocal and convulsive expressions once: it changed my experience forever with helmets. And we were just cruising around not really doing any actual riding…. It caught me off guard emotionally to have this man I respect who was very large and smart and strong just turn into a vegetable in front of me. Because helmets. Or in his case, JRA on a spring day.
You can’t pass that experience along very effectively. But I have riding buds that I hope will never know how that feels because I’m not opening that box: I just wear it.
Jan. 12, 2022, 5:44 a.m. - Maximum Radness
I had a terrible crash this summer at mACH speed deep deep in the mountains smashed my helmet and my face into a downed tree wear off the side of the trail… For Christmas my partner got me a TLD stage and I plan to wear it any time I am expecting to go MACH speed, or when trees are around- which is almost all our rides. I’m fully embracing the full face trail mode. On my moto I wear that big stupid road moto helmet to go the gas station for m&m’s. It’s just a proper vibe. When riding wear a proper helmet. Period. We are dads and teachers and people really rely on us to be ALIVe. One thing to note: I watched a great friend fully head trauma //blood everywhere// majorly damaged with vocal and convulsive expressions once: it changed my experience forever with helmets. And we were just cruising around not really doing any actual riding…. It caught me off guard emotionally to have this man I respect who was very large and smart and strong just turn into a vegetable in front of me. Because helmets. Or in his case, JRA on a spring day. You can’t pass that experience along very effectively. But I have riding buds that I hope will never know how that feels because I’m not opening that box: I just wear it.