I know this is a heated subject out there in shred land.  I don’t quite understand completely why, from a safety perspective, but I respect peoples opinions and wishes.   I’ve not always worn a helmet my whole snowboarding “career” if you will.   When I was younger, and an avid skater, I didn’t like the clunky feeling of helmets, and always felt hot and sweaty in them.   It wasn’t ever really a fashion thing for me, although there are days on the hill now that I want to just wear a beanie, with googles and be done.   However,  I’ve now had several friends take some serious spills, and hit their heads quite hard.    Regardless of fashion sense, or obnoxiousness, I choose to wear a helmet these days, and that choice has been vindicated more than once this past season.

Helmets are probably one of the areas, I get the biggest amount of questions from.   As promised I got a hold of a Smith HOLT helmet in size XL, and quite honestly, first impressions are the helmet is solid!

In my never ending quest to find gear for bigger riders, I’ve come across larger sizes from both Smith, and Bern respectively.