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hi folks:

thanks for all the emails, and here's my additional 2 cents worth. I got
interested and surfed all over looking for data, which I won't really
try to sum up here (WAY too much of it) except to say, all the people
who said the sports should stick to their specific helmets appear to be
right. unless maybe you go whole hog & wear a motocycle helmet for
everything :)

oh yes, and make sure your horse helmet has at least an ASTM F-1163 2002
rating.

if you're interested (and it really is quite informative reading),
there's great bike helmet info, and a nod to horse & other types as well
at

www.bhsi.org

and the only horse helmet study I could find was done in england. info
at

www.mdirf.co.uk

their conclusion was that a lot of horse helmets, including many of the
expensive ones for jumping (the GPA among them!) do not measure up in
terms of safety. nobody made a 4-star rating; among the 3-star
contenders were jockey helmets (no vents, but they cover well down on
your head) and almost the entire lightweight Troxel line. go figure ...

lisa in santa fe
(I wasn't too happy about the troxel thing because they just don't make
one that fits my pin-head properly. oh well)


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