I have a BIG head. At least a size 8 (US), and a "long oval" to boot!
Needless to say, when I've made rafting trips, it's always a pain to try to
find one of the outfitter's helmets that will even come close to fitting.

Are there any helmet manufacturers that carry a line for my problem? Google
searches are practically fruitless, and salesmen at outdoor centers are
useless.

Any ideas? And by the way, I've already heard all the jokes!

Jeff

try predator helmets. i also have an extremly big head
and the fit perfectly, and come with lots of extra outfitting
foam etc.

Jeff Rice wrote:
I have a BIG head. At least a size 8 (US), and a "long oval" to boot!
Needless to say, when I've made rafting trips, it's always a pain to try to
find one of the outfitter's helmets that will even come close to fitting.

Are there any helmet manufacturers that carry a line for my problem? Google
searches are practically fruitless, and salesmen at outdoor centers are
useless.

Any ideas? And by the way, I've already heard all the jokes!

Jeff

Jeff Rice wrote:
I have a BIG head. At least a size 8 (US), and a "long oval" to boot!
Needless to say, when I've made rafting trips, it's always a pain to try to
find one of the outfitter's helmets that will even come close to fitting.

Are there any helmet manufacturers that carry a line for my problem? Google
searches are practically fruitless, and salesmen at outdoor centers are
useless.

Any ideas? And by the way, I've already heard all the jokes!

Jeff, size 8 doesn't help me (being European) get an idea of the size,
but I've got a 25" circumference head and the Grateful Heads "Dropzone"
helmet fit me nicely. If your head is a lot longer than it is wide, it
will be hard.

One of my Slovenian paddling buddies has a head shaped extremely like
that, and he bought a standard composite helmet, cut it in half and
added an extra part in the middle to make it longer (front to back). NB:
That's a lot of work!

If you do fall outside of normal sizes, maybe you can contact a helmet
manufacturer (there are several of them in the U.S., (Grateful heads and
Shred Ready come to mind) and ask if they can make one to size for you?

--
Wilko van den Bergh wilkoa t)dse(d o tnl
Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe
---Look at the possibilities, don't worry about the limitations.---
http://kayaker.nl/

Wilko,

Thanks for the reply. My head cirfumference is about 25.25 inches (64 cm),
so we are close. However, my head is longer than it is wide, so without a
custom-made helmet, or a do-it-yourself modification, I may be out of luck.

Thanks for the post, and I'll keep looking!

Jeff Rice

"Wilko" wrote in message
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Jeff Rice wrote:
I have a BIG head. At least a size 8 (US), and a "long oval" to boot!
Needless to say, when I've made rafting trips, it's always a pain to try
to find one of the outfitter's helmets that will even come close to
fitting.

Are there any helmet manufacturers that carry a line for my problem?
Google searches are practically fruitless, and salesmen at outdoor
centers are useless.

Any ideas? And by the way, I've already heard all the jokes!

Jeff, size 8 doesn't help me (being European) get an idea of the size, but
I've got a 25" circumference head and the Grateful Heads "Dropzone" helmet
fit me nicely. If your head is a lot longer than it is wide, it will be
hard.

One of my Slovenian paddling buddies has a head shaped extremely like
that, and he bought a standard composite helmet, cut it in half and added
an extra part in the middle to make it longer (front to back). NB: That's
a lot of work!

If you do fall outside of normal sizes, maybe you can contact a helmet
manufacturer (there are several of them in the U.S., (Grateful heads and
Shred Ready come to mind) and ask if they can make one to size for you?

--
Wilko van den Bergh wilkoa t)dse(d o tnl
Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe
---Look at the possibilities, don't worry about the limitations.---
http://kayaker.nl/