Here are my 5 cents worth. Like you,
I absolutely hated helmets, and I have been, like you, on horses since I was
tiny. The only time you’d find me with a helmet was at an endurance
ride, and I hated every minute of it (wearing the helmet that is).
Witnessing Michel Bloch’s fall this past December at Death Valley
Encounter and how unexpected and “unnecessarily” it happened, it
was a wake-up call. His helmet saved his life – and that is the god’s
truth. I realized that this could happen to me during my training rides,
and the fact that I ride 90% of the time by myself, I got to thinking.
Well, I bought my helmet thru Equine Performance Products as well – Steve
Elliot. And I bought the LAS helmet like you. I LOVE that
helmet. It’s good looking, but most of all, you literally forget
that you actually are wearing a helmet. It’s light weight, it
adjust PERFECTLY to any size head, no matter how egg-shaped it may be, and it
doesn’t leave your head dripping of sweat. Hey, just had to throw
that one out there since you talked about helmets. I’m also one
that was turned into a believer once I wore that helmet. www.equineperformanceproducts.com
is the web-site and I think he’s got four different colors available.
Catfish
DBL Realtors
-----Original Message----- From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim & Drin Becker Sent:Thursday, June
03, 20046:24 AM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] Helmets
" This sort of thing is why it is
ALWAYS a good idea to wear a =
helmet!!! "
As some of you know I am not a big fan of helmets , I
have been riding since I could walk , horse shows , rodeo and than endurance .
I have been doing endurance since 1982 and have never ever once made it through
a ride wearing my helmet the entire time , mostly because of the heat .
Well last year at an Idaho ride a gal was seriously injured when
she went off her horse , had severe head injuries and went into a coma
where they had to life flight her out to a hospital , at the same ride my horse
spooked at the photographer and went to her knees almost somersaulting with me
So that got me to thinking more seriously about wearing my helmet .At
convention last winter a friend and I each bought the new style LAS helmets
from Steve Elliot at Equine Performance Products . I had told a couple of my
riding buddies about it and that I was going to give it a try this riding
season , so when we saddled up for a training ride the first time this spring
together Heidi and Louie both looked at me and said " we are not leaving
until you put your helmet on :-) I went back to my trailer put the helmet on
and rode the entire time with it which in itself is a miracle ! Since then I
did a 50 miler in WY and again wore the helmet the entire time , this helmet is
cooler than my baseball cap even when I soak the cap . It really did sell me on
wearing my helmet , now I know the safety reasons but that just does not help
when you can't stand the heat build up on your head . So if anyone is looking
for a cooler helmet please check this one out , it does do what it says
