Bill Tuthill wrote:

peteg wrote:

While I sympathize with the parents on their son's death, I have to question
why a paddler with this much experience and paddling very hard runs like the
ones mentioned above (by the way Jacobs Ladder isn't 5++) was wearing a
Protec helmet. Anyone with any experience should know that there are other
helmets on the market which are more suitable for expert kayaking...


Which helmets are these?

Aside from Mike Fentress design with facemask, now unavailable,
I haven't seen any kayaking helmets that impress me a whole lot.
Many of them look like retro Hell's Angel's motorcycling helmets
with limited coverage.

How about the Grateful Heads Dropzone? I have added a faceguard to mine,
and I like the coverage as well as fit. It covers my forehead, the back
of my skull, as well as my ears, even though I have a (large) size of
head that very few white water helmets fit.

Some pictures:
http://wilko.webzone.ru/soc-04.jpg
http://wilko.webzone.ru/soc-a16.jpg
(Don't laugh, it's not wat it seems! :-))




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Wilko van den Bergh
Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe
Look at the possibilities, don't worry about the limitations.
http://wilko.webzone.ru/