I'm now 47. When I skate, I try and wear a helmet all the time, except for flat ground. When the obstacles are more than a manipad, I wear the helmet. I will be retired at 55 and I want to be alive with a good brain when I retire, so a helmet is to help me achieve that. Can you imagine hitting your head very hard and then spend the rest of your life disabled in some way, just because you didn't wear a helmet?
I used to get the worst injuries when I was skating small stuff. I once fell doing a 50 50 on a waxed curb, my body hit the street, my arm fell on the curb in a weird way. I hyper extended my elbow pretty badly. It still hurts 25 years later.
You can't live your life trying to please others in the name of "setting an example" if you want to wear a helmet, do it, if you dont, dont. (but kids listen to and respect your parents)
I have had three head injuries from skateboarding. One of them happened when I was wearing a helmet. I was wearing the strap super low, dangling off my chin, just like I saw all the pros do in all the magazines. The other two times I wasn't wearing a helmet. These injuries occurred back around 2000-2002 and, while they were not traumatic, in the sense of being knocked out or having to be hospitalized, they have definitely made a negative impact on my life cognitively. I realize that Skate culture looks sexier without helmets, especially in videos and magazines (if they still exist), but skateboarding is a young persons' activity and, without sounding too naggy, please be conscious about how the injuries you will inevitably get will affect the rest of your life.
It's the same argument as cycling had years ago. And as someone who has been nocked off a bike, landing on your head even a low speed, I would recommend a helmet.
I wear a helmet whenever I do transition or ledge tricks because I’m nowhere near in control in these situations. I just can’t anticipate what will happen if things go wrong. I always wear wrist guards though.
Mandatory helmets would most likely lead to less people skating. Even advocating for helmets might. This is the results from helmet focus for bicycling. After Australia introduced helmet mandates biking significantly decreased.
I love Session but I'm really disappointed in the way it's going atm. They can make a crappy sewer map for the TMNT movie, but they can't hire an animator long enough to fix the basic animation of jumping on your board? The school map is good but I'm not spending another dime until they fix some sh1t.
I would personally watch a trick explanation video. I grew up playing the THPS series and got into fingerboarding in recent years. I find myself getting confused on most grind variations (feeble vs smith, frontside vs backside, etc) and I’d love to know how more advanced flip tricks look / work like a laser flip, dolphin flip, etc.
obviously everyone should be able to decide for themselves whether or not to wear a helmet, but fact is there is a huge stigma and insentive to not wear one. just ask andy anderson about that. so currently it is not really a free decision, because the scales are tipped much into not wearing one and it takes some balls to still do it. and it's not a style choice or something, people slam on their heads not very often, but when they do, it is literally life threatening. sometimes you can see it in skateboarding content and the stupidity screams to the heavens. they are rather risking to lose the ability to skate forever, among other things than to risk feeling ashamed of wearing a helmet. there is no argument that makes any sense and speaks against helmets. I never wore one for years, fell to my head once and then began to wear one and I never felt a difference while skating. I did however feel a difference in the attitude of others towards me. and much of it was also projection, I was scared that people would see and treat me differently when I wore a helmet. ultimately everyone just takes it and I am doing my thing. do your thing, I won't ask you to wear one, but realize it's not your free decision to wear one, not wearing a helmet is something that was given to you with the culture and you take it as normal without really asking. driving the car we wear our seatbelts and don't question it, because thats how we grew up, its normal and we know it saves lifes. but there used to be a time where it was just everyones decision and when it became mandatory people were screaming "this is an assualt on my freedom" and stupid shit like that, but in the end it doesnt bother anyone anymore and literally saves so many lifes its not even funny. perhaps its time to stop being babies and embrace a healthier way of thinking. why only have kids under 18 wear helmets? adult heads are just as vurnerable. it's just trying to justify something you think is normal, but is in fact stupid. like smoking. I won't ask you to quit, but I will also not say it's just ok to do. mostly I will say nothing but if we have this conversation, we gotta be honest with ourselves.
Nope requiring helmets is worse than mocking helmets. Helmets should be kept as a personal choice. Street skating has incredibly low risk of head injuries. I believe the over emphasis on helmets. Like with the Gordon Ramsay thing. Yeah a helmet can save you but in the us 0.095% of people will be in any type of reported accident, is why there is so much helmet hate. If you ride park yes you should wear a helmet there is serious risk of head injury but making it mandatory is still ridiculous. Shouldn't hate or force helmets
Nothing wrong with the helmet, you will have to take it off if you want to be a core hesh skater. Even mike v switched to the helmet, nothing wrong with making skateboarding (which in all reality extremely dangerous and athletic) more safe & being able to skate for longer with extended lifespan
Whenever I'm learning a new trick I do, but I totally get why pros don't. Like it's pretty easy to not land on your head if you're experienced enough. With that being said Andy Anderson's philosophy on helmets totally makes sense and his helmets are cool as hell. *This doesn't apply to vert or big downhill btw, if I were doing that it would be full pads all the time lol
Downhill longboarding wearing helmets is culture, typically also slide-gloves, and depending on speed padded jackets/trousers or full leather suits. I ATGATT on hills. As you get older one's bones become more brittle too, so most skaters i know 50+ also wear a helmet, for any skate discipline (street, LDP, freeride, etc). Parks, dance and freestyle seem uncommon, but then people are typically going slow speeds, without cars etc nearby.
I started wearing one after spending some time working in a lab studying brain injuries. Seeing stories of patients who became physically disabled, experience chronic pain, or lost the ability to regulate their emotions from one bad hit to the head, hardly seems worth it not to wear one.
I'm a firm believer of, If you're doing ANYTHING extreme, you've gotta protect yourself as necessary. If you play on sending yourself doing a staircase at running speed or higher, and there's a chance you aren't gonna land on your feet, that's your sign that you need to protect your dome. Tony Hawk wears a helmet, and he's a professional. Dudes playing full contact football on tv? They wear helmets too. Take it waaaaaay back to the ages of swords and dynasties..... Those guys wore helmets, or as they'd say, “don a helm of protection“. And hey, if you're just starting to learn, just rolling on a board is already pretty extreme and you've got a chance of wiping right out. So you can wear a helmet a keep from hurting yourself before you've learned even the basics. But there will always be something you'll do while riding that'll require some discretion about wearing a helmet
But there's a risk you can hit any part of your body, so by that logic, you better wear a body cast, no? In which case you can't skate so problem solved - don't skate haha. U gotta draw the line somewhere.
@@destructionman1I don't think most other bodily injuries carry the same risk as head injuries though. You can recover from most sprains, broken bones, or whatever. Not as easy to recover from a traumatic brain injury or a bad concussion, which can lead to all kinds of issues.
Don’t forget knee pads, elbow pads, wrist guards, shin guards, and it might help if you tape pillows all over your body and skate in a padded room with a board made of Nerf styrofoam.
Just to also mention the elephant in the room.. because of the lack of animations Goofy stance does not exist in the game. It is a big big problem, and it messed up my reallife skating because my tricks started looking switch
session is a ton of fun, it is what it is what we want is more spots over "grab tricks" or bug fixes. anderson isn't enjoyable to watch with insufferable fans I've never heard of "Ally oop" over a bench...? either fs 180 or bs 180. ally oop is when you carve one way up and spin the other. and forcing an individual safety option onto someone else is the lamest thing you could do. and yes this applies to seatbelts or any other nonsense. (no hate just throwing my belligerent commentary RR)
Back when I was in my teens and early 20s I never wore a helmet when I skateboarded. It just never crossed our minds to wear them. There wasn’t till we started seeing Tony Hawk wearing his helmet a lot more that we started to see other kids wearing them. It’s always a better practice to be safe and I would never tell someone not to be.
For the millionth time, helmets do NOT necessarily equal more safety. Yes it protects your SKULL, which is admittedly pretty important, but that is one of the LEAST LIKELY AREAS for you to ever potentially fall onto when street skating. You are MUCH more likely to injure your ankle or wrist or knee or hip. So if wearing a helmet AT ALL impacts your ability to skate optimally then it is much more likely you're actually INCREASING your chances of injury by putting on a helmet (if you're someone that doesn't always wear one)
Jake Phelps could still be alive if he wore a helmet. Gordon Ramsey said his helm safed his life when he got into a bike accident. Just then most recent examples that came to my mind. As always Thx for your content, Mr Chad Rat
Honestly yes, because one slip might be fatal, even though it makes you look like a tool. Have been out of the game for almost 20 years now but I think more should consider it.
Skateboarding is often the speed of walking, jogging, rarely running and human foot powered. After helmets are mandatory for walking THEN they can be mandatory for skating. There are studies that helmets are not effective at cycling speeds and have a net negative effect. The LAST thing we need is less people getting outside, less people getting fitter, and less people using carbon neutral transport.
@@Rayuzx Between walking, jogging and running, and playing sport etc (all on feet only) maybee 7x, skated for decades and NEVER hit head, cycling hit head once as a child hen went over bars. That said any individual is irrelevant and different which is why one size DOES NOT fit all and the nannies that don't do it can get bent but do whatever THEY want with THEIR body. MY BODY, MY CHOICE
Okay so I don't think helmets should be required either but you DEFINITELY have a higher chance of a head injury when skateboarding than you do just walking. Especially if you're doing anything that isn't flat ground.
@@dustinhawley1896 Definitely is not a term you ban use without proof. It is like pads in motorcycle gear basically being useless because any accident even in 1st gear is beyond the tolerance of the (standard) pads and can stop clean breaks. With bicycles alone helmets might not be good: More research is needed and preferably research that looks to specific questions and claims we currently base our lives around and enforce on others and ourselves. If you legitimately go through a lot of this it does seem evident that it is ineffective at best, or possibly a contributing factor to rotational related injuries at worst. Further gathering that rotational related injuries are often more severe or fatal than several other common injury types that helmets are effective at protecting. Definitely MORE peer reviewed and specific work needs be done especially if helmets are contributing to less activity and thus common health issues in buckets for tiny gains in a limited and uncommon injury type. Funny thing is as a skateboarder apart from VERY new skaters doing things they lack the reaction time and fall-sense to handle (basically bombing things before they have balance or even leg strength) I have seen A LOT of falls and none I have ever seen end in head trauma wrists are the place to reinforce. I always found that surprising (and TOTALLY anecdotal). Skateboarders have always been exempted worldwide from the helmet thing seeing skateboards basically go at walking to sprinting speed so it would be like mandating helmet use for pedestrians just because the odd numnuts sprints down hills with trip hazzards and falls, parkours over gaps, and tries to run downstairs while doing twirls. Check the references it is fascinating how misplaced unfulfilled maternal instinct has warped adults' one day to day hobbies to be a hassle or constrictive and encouraged obesity. (some people struggle to get out of bed and get outside never mind get protective gear and plan ahead for storage and stowage) www.cyclehelmets.org/1012.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0OkKV-27-YyBHVUMxUZTWaR7tBihPeNbdcqLjZBmzDtuS5w2FexQ1bXsA_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw#:~:text=There%20is%20no%20direct%20evidence,reduce%20injuries%20to%20the%20head
Making helmets mandatory at skate parks is the equivalent of going to a water park and making everyone wear life vests. Skate and swim at your own risk.
at this point it's been over 10 years of trying to drink myself to death. I skated with no protective gear since i was a wee lad. I still skate with no protective gear. I've smoked cigs since i was 13, and a bunch of dope too. I was promised this shit would kill me. WHY AM I STILL ALIVE
"The airplane disaster killed hundreds of people on board with only a few lucky survivors. What? Survivors? I thought plane crashes were supposed to be dangerous?!"
@@freyav.5500 Are plane crashed self inflicted? Gee, I never knew that. Thanks for equating my pathetic self destructive habits to a plane crash..... moron
