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Unpopular opinion: wearing toque/goggles under the helmet is stupid

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SHREDHOUND
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I don’t understand why I see so many people with concussion history wearing toques/goggle straps under their shitty quality, low profile helmet in the park where head injury rates are sky high. All this does is render the helmet less effective at doing its job.

I understand that it’s a style thing and part of the culture but shouldn’t protecting your dome-piece be more important than that?

**This thread was edited on Mar 11th 2019 at 1:27:00pm

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Mar 11 2019 1:24PM
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Dddsz
Posts: 3042 - Karma: 7,324
There is not a single ski helmet with pads that fits my big head. Have to either rip the pads out and wear a thin beanie under it or not wear a helmet at all. No other option.

**This post was edited on Mar 11th 2019 at 1:44:13pm
Mar 11 2019 1:37PM
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Erictennesen
Posts: 21 - Karma: 61
If you wear prescription glasses under your goggles those pads are a pain in the ass
Mar 11 2019 2:05PM
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johnblaze
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Agreed. If you want to look steezy take that block of foam off your head. If you want to protect your dome, get that shit out of there, and let the thing do its job. You can't have your cake and eat it too.

SHREDHOUNDI don’t understand why I see so many people with concussion history wearing toques/goggle straps under their shitty quality, low profile helmet in the park where head injury rates are sky high. All this does is render the helmet less effective at doing its job.

I understand that it’s a style thing and part of the culture but shouldn’t protecting your dome-piece be more important than that?

**This thread was edited on Mar 11th 2019 at 1:27:00pm

**This thread was edited on Mar 11th 2019 at 1:36:29pm

**This thread was edited on Mar 11th 2019 at 1:36:36pm
Mar 12 2019 10:16AM
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_Daan
Posts: 78 - Karma: 223
I wear mine with a beanie under it and the pads still in there, i’m sure just the ear pieces won’t affect the possibility of a concussion that much. Also my line miners fit way better under the helmet.
Mar 12 2019 10:33AM
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shin-bang
Posts: 4100 - Karma: 6,997
yes op, youre probably right.











































but steez is more important
Mar 12 2019 2:12PM
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BrawnTrends
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SHREDHOUNDI don’t understand why I see so many people with concussion history wearing toques/goggle straps under their shitty quality, low profile helmet in the park where head injury rates are sky high. All this does is render the helmet less effective at doing its job.


What's a good ski helmet for you? Full face motorcycle-style?
Mar 13 2019 6:37AM
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Nuno812
Posts: 432 - Karma: 1,792
No offense op but you have no clue. My helmet is damn snug, and fits perfectly fine with my goggles under with no padding removed. Key is to have goggles where the adjusters do not sit under the helmet. No problem with thin masks either but I can’t wear something like a blackstrap weight face mask. If you are fucking with the padding, or have the helmet so loose and unfitted that it shifts around then you are equally retarded. If you have the right fitting gear you can absolutely have your cake and eat it too. And FWIW even the best MIPS helmet won’t prevent a nasty concussion if you fall hard enough. It will help with a skull fracture. I got my only diagnosed concussion from a backwards fall in a giro mips helmet.
Mar 13 2019 4:41PM
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BJ2112
Posts: 130 - Karma: 442
Bet OP wears his with muffs
Mar 13 2019 5:49PM
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Liam_j10
Posts: 510 - Karma: 2,441
*popular opinion*
Mar 13 2019 11:27PM
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SHREDHOUND
Posts: 35 - Karma: 143
Some valid arguments here fellas, but no need to go after my style. I wear a smith vantage which happens to be the choice of a handful of big mountain riders as local badass’ alike. Yes, you can find dads who ski soul 7’s wearing it but that’s mainly because it’s one of the most expensive helmets with the most R & D on the market and said dads care about their domes enough to invest in something that’ll keep them safer than non MIPS helmets.

I tried skiing the low-profile style with a smith Maze for a while (one of the more popular helmets), but just didn’t feel comfortable with that being all that stands between myself and a vegetative state despite the added stress. Quite frankly, it feels like a piece of of junk that cost $10 to make when compared to the higher price point models, and the same goes for many other low-pro helmets which use don’t use MIPS

So no, I don’t rep ruroc
Mar 15 2019 2:24PM
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OhJay
Posts: 323 - Karma: 1,146
A lot of helmets today have some sort of boa/elastic band mechanism that allow you to get a snug fit even while wearing your goggs and beanie under, including my giro ledge. I have yet to find a helmet whose pads dont over heat my head and cause pain on my ears.

I have to say it is cringeworthy to see park rats with baggy ass beanies and goggs sagging under their helmets.
Mar 15 2019 11:48PM
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Chunderface
Posts: 2515 - Karma: 9,869
I wear a Ledge with goggles under it. But I also have the ear pads left in because I have chips in there lol. It works fine. My problem is when I run the goggle strap over the helmet for some reason the goggles get pushed down too far onto my nose.
Mar 19 2019 12:04AM
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GayWolf420
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A lot of people like my used to wear goggles like that because our heads are so damn big and the pads dont usually fit properly with goggles around, but theres newer helmets out now that fit our massive domes, dont bad at all for what its worth, and make you feel overall better. I bought one of those new POC Obex SPIN helmets and its a big improvement.
Mar 19 2019 11:28AM
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Cade2
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Op needs to pull that stick out of his ass
Mar 19 2019 4:13PM
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shin-bang
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I broke my helmet today so had to ski with just goggles the rest of the day so /claim
Mar 19 2019 8:12PM
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Jezza
Posts: 155 - Karma: 592
When I bought my helmet, I watched a video on it and the manufacturer (smith) said that they made the liner removeable giving the user the option to wear goggles underneath. If a big company like smith says it’s ok to wear them underneath, it must not affect safety
Mar 20 2019 11:03AM
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Rusticles
Posts: 2180 - Karma: 1,337
Don't aerialist skiers wear sunglasses? if they're wearing sunglasses then the goggles obviously have no bearing on the safety of the helmet. Also, if they are using them without goggles then I think I can get away without them under.
Mar 20 2019 2:05PM
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