On 9-Sep-2003, Brian Nystrom wrote:

Funny thing, the ProTec helmet started out as a hockey helmet.

??? - given how crummy they are by comparison to the standard helmets
used by hockey players, that sounds odd. A Protec helmet as sold today
is comparable to a hockey helmet of the '60s, before the hockey standards
were seriously tightened up. I never heard of Protec until I got into paddling
and hockey is practically a religion here in the GWN.

Mike