 Poster: A snowHead
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I've been reading all the debates about helmets and definitely don't want to start a new one - so this is just a question about style and er... vanity  I went with my daughter to Snow and Rock yesterday and tried on a few helmets, and she suggested I look less of a dork in the ones with peaks. So... does anyone know if the peaks offer any purpose other than just being a different style, and is it a style aimed perhaps at boarders or the park or something?? I've seen some on eBay here which seem quite cheap and might be worth a try...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I may be wrong, but I've always imagined that if you fall wrong in a helmet with a peak then the peak could dig in and keep your head stationary whilst the rest of your body continues onwards.
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glowman, that's more of a problem with jaw guards.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I'd say the main benefit is they look less dorky like mountain bike helmets introduced peaks some years ago to distinguish users from their roadie cousins. Plus they probably add £20 to RRP for a piece of plastic costing say 20 cents so are great from a manufacturer perspective.
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a style statement only IMO
not that there's anything wrong with that
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comprex, Ah a flaw in my advice - I'd wrongly assumed by peak the OP was referring to a visor. Those with moulded peaks do of course look dorky,
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fatbob,  I think I might be forced to reconsider also.
After all, with a bit of silver paint and a wire face guard, one can wear the above next Halloween as a Cromwell-era dragoon?
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They make you look like you should be on a sled/mx bike
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They remind me of the sort of motorcycle helmet which middle aged ladies used to wear to go shopping on their Honda 90s (all topics on which I am something of an expert. ) They were always white.
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the peak helps stop the top of your goggles filling up with snow when its dumping, but you look like a gimp in it.
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I would have thought the peak would be quite dangerous in a face plant type fall. It could cause significant twisting force on the neck if it catches in teh snow.
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You know it makes sense.
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Interesting to see the negative views on them. The one I'm looking at has less of a peak than comprex's 'baseball hat' picture, which agreed does look dorky.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Basil Short_trousers, i think it would take a freak accident for a peak like that to be an issue
the problem you will have is putting your goggles up on your helmet when you don't want them covering your eyes
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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In the event of a collision with another person a rigid peak will do a lot more damage to them than a flat area (much greater pressure). Very unlikely, but why risk it?
Personally, I would have thought the wind resistance from the peak would be enough to put me off one of these. It would pull the helmet up, wouldn't it?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Had one, was a pain in the ass when i wanted to slide my goggles up off my face.
Couldn't just rest it on the front of my helmet like one without a visor.
Ended up selling it and getting a regular no peak helmet, much better!!
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Personally I'm not a fan of peaks. Plus all the helmets I tried on with peaks didn't fit once I put my goggles on, the peak tended to push the goggles down/helmet up.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I wear a Bern helmet. It's called 'Baker', and it's certainly warm. It has a little peak thing. I've never particularly considered the merits or otherwise of this so, because of this thread, I took a look at the company website where it states:
" .... the Baker has captured the attention of all serious action sports athletes. The world's first functional visor lid."
What it doesn't tell me, however, is what that funtionality might be
Obviously, I look incredibly cool in it ... goes without saying!
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zammo, Got to be better than your stinky hippy hat
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fatbob, heh! I'm off to make some felt trousers out of organic Alpaca wool. When I've done that, I will carve myself a new helmet out of driftwood.
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I have a Sweet Trooper, keeps the sun out nicely and makes me look like a badass.
As for taking a fall and the peak sticking into the snow, the peak is designed to snap off.
I have snapped the peak off several times on my Sweet Rocker, the Kayak version, with no problems other than having to get a new peak.
Couldn't recommend Sweet helmets more, they are the shizniz.
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You're missing the point. You're daughter told you you look better in the peaked version, so you look better in the peaked version, whether you believe it to be true or not.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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It would pull the helmet up, wouldn't it?
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or, if you were looking down a bit, push it down. As you switched from up to down (or down to up) your neck would get a little jerk. Then you'd be matching. 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| el nombre wrote: |
| You're missing the point. You're daughter told you you look better in the peaked version, so she can pay for her own blasted ski holiday |
Fixed. 
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you lot are like in the stoneage, the peak should be at the back
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You know it makes sense.
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barry, You're wrong:
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I had a visor but it made my helmet ride up when i was going fast and was really annoying because it stops you sliding your gogs onto your helmet.
When you fly into a tree it hits first, thus saving your nose. They do snap though...
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Poster: A snowHead
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If the wind can force your helmet to ride up, is the helmet prehaps too big?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Its just a helmet, to protect your head! Where one that YOU like
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| ollie_morrell wrote: |
| Where one that YOU like ;-) |
That is the question, isn't it?
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FAQ
) but my ski buddies that do all have visors and they tell me that they're the coolest cats around 
