So, do you buckle your helmet when you ride??

[TAV]

Isn't that why they come with the fancy attachment strap???
its a helmet not a fuggin baseball cap, the hemet ain't going to save your peanut if its lying on the ground beside you!!!!!

Agreed.... Always do up your helmet.

 

[Spud]

I watched Extreme Teams DZ2 yesterday and noticed a segment where some dude hit a downhill jump, lost his lid & come out with a migrane headache. Hmmmm.

 

[Highmarker]

Try to most of the time. But usually end up sledding on the weekend with a big hangover so the helmet has to be quick release for ease of barfing. Puked in my helmet a time or two because I could not get the straps off in time.. HAHAHA

 

[H2SNOW]

always !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[FurryCURT]

Yup. most of the time. Can't stand the flapping noise it makes up side my head if its not buckled.

 

[Rixster]

UMM, yeah always, even though its a pain with gloves.
But 2 of the guys I ride with never do. I think they are goofy!!
Although I had a friend get buried in a avalanche 2 years ago, he did NOT have his buckled, when the slide stoped we could see his helmet on the surface, before I took my beacon out we ran over to his helmet and starting pulling snow from under it. He was 8 inches under his hat!!!
I am not rying to say it is safe to rie with out your hat buckled but it sure helped us locate him FAST. He was ok.

 

[speedemon]

i usually always buckle mine, unless im tunin and doin alot of on and off with the helmet and short runs, not doin anything really extreme!

 

[Summertime Blues]

What!! you guys wear helmets????

 

[RMSHA109]

If your helmet stays on with out buckel you are not riding fast enough. HA

 

[sleddin pete]

I always wear my helmet..... in the parking lot,it looks so cool with my beacon and shovel.when it comes time to ride I put all that stuff in the truck ,wouldn't want anything to get scratched would I ? ...Honestly yes,always, brain damage does not sound like a good time to me

 

[mmaxcarver]

Repeat post from last year!!!

 

[Good to Go]

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Repeat post from last year!!!

Winner, winner!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mountain West Motorsports]

Always buckle my helmet. Rode dirt bikes for lots of years and now snowmobiles. If it were all nice fluffy snow and nothing hard underneath it like a stump or rock...then I probably wouldn't.

 

[MARV1]

What helmet?

 

[Gold5th]

On a ride yes, mine is buckled.. If I'm just moving it around the yard or loading I don't wear a helmet.

 

[farmboy84]

every ride

 

[Shifty]

First year I rode hit a drop a little slow went nose heavy to the ground and hit the bars...helmet came back and split lips and caused a nose bleed... Always have it done up now!!!!

 

[Ex-Member]

I can't even believe this is a discussion, honestly... why wear it (or even spend the money on one) if you're not going to wear it right? Once mine goes on, it generally stays on... My head stays nice and warm that way. And you can't see the goofy faces I'm making at you.

Puked in my helmet a time or two because I could not get the straps off in time.. HAHAHA

Picture completely related!

 

[icr]

Nope, I can give you 3-4 legit reasons why I don't but the main one and most accurate is laziness. However, being Polish I was blessed with an abnormally large head and thus my XXL helmet still fits snug to my ears...despite my frequent games of chicken with inanimate objects my helmet has only come off once from wrecking. I dropped the sled upside down on a glacier and as it rolled over the top of me the throttle stuck...the track hit my head and removed my helmet and the sled kept rolling. I sat up with some pain in my ribs and no head injuries. Now I've got a tekvest too, and I even wear it occasionally.

I don't recommend anyone else not strap their helmets...but you asked.

And yes, my parents were fanatical about making me strap my helmet when I was young.

 

[REV414]

Depends, I know a guy that got hit and if it would have been buckled he could have maybe lost his head, instead he got a lot of plastic surgery. I always had it buckled when I was racing, but probably 80% of the time riding now.