Wakeboard Helmets

Wakeboard Helmets:

One of the newest, perhaps long overdue, things to come about in wakeboarding is the popularity of wakeboard helmets. There are now numerous companies who make and distribute wakeboard helmets giving many different options to pick from. Most people use wakeboard helmets when hitting any kind of rail or wakeboard slider. This is a good choice as falling and hitting your head on a wakeboard slider could severely damage or even kill you if you are not wearing a helmet. The main thing to look for in a wakeboard helmet is how well it will protect your head in the case of a collision. Is the helmet hard? Does it fight tightly and securely to your head or does it allow for some degree of movement?

The best wakeboard helmets will have a snug, secure fit and I thick outer casing that can absorb a lot of impact. The padding within the helmet should also be relatively thick to act as a shock absorber if you were to take a hit to the head. Most wakeboard cable parks or any other places that have wakeboard sliders will require that you wear a wakeboard helmet to ride there. This is to be expected as there is no reason for a wakeboarder to suffer a serious, or life-ending injury just because of not wearing a helmet. Some wakeboarders even choose to wear a wakeboard helmet while riding behind the boat. Bad falls, even on the water, can cause a very severe whiplash effect slamming a rider’s head into the water. Many people believe wearing a wakeboard helmet will help minimize that impact. This is a disputable fact, as some believe that a wakeboard helmet would actually increase the surface area of impact and deliver a harder blow rather than if a rider opted not to wear a helmet. If you are going to hit sliders on a wakeboard, be sure and wear an appropriate wakeboard helmet. While riding the wake alone may be ok without one, you should always wear a wakeboard helmet when hitting rails. There is just too much at risk. Make sure and try on many helmets before settling on one that’s both secure and will hold up to a hard fall. It also might be a good idea not to be cheap when it comes to wakeboard helmets because they are, after all, protecting a very important thing. All in all I would say it would be worth spending an extra few bucks on the good wakeboard helmets when protecting your head!