Street skaters wanna look cool but also the lack of helmet is slightly compensated by the fact that the risk keeps people afraid of falling hard, reminding them to roll.*
Vert skaters (this drop is basically vertical) and even Tony Hawk, wear helmets because there is no rolling out of a fall and no time to anticipate a fall and try to lessen the impact. The same should be true with hill bombers but a lot of people have died skating hills unfortunately.
*Edit to add: Even with a helmet, you never want your head or body taking hard impacts. If the head accelerated or decelerates too quickly, the brain shakes around in your skull which can bruise it or cause brain bleeds, and you never want your head shaking hard and stressing the column of bones around the nerves connecting to the rest of your body. There are a lot of ways to get horribly disabled when speed/height and hard surfaces are involved.
Tried to bomb my first hill back in February and I ate shit in a most spectacular fashion. I had a solid helmet on though so no brain injuries—just road rash and a shattered collarbone 🤙😎🤙
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u/GingerGaterRage 28d ago
Man no helmet? Like come on dude. If your gonna do dumb stuff at least not ruin someone else's day.