why wear an helmet??

To bad this pic didn't got POD...but it made a lot of impact, because im shure that a lot of heads, know on will remeber it inside an helmet...

break your helmet not your head! cheers...
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why wear an helmet?? To bad this pic didn't got POD...but it made a lot of impact, because im shure that a lot of heads, know on will remeber it inside an helmet... break your helmet not your head! cheers...
418 Comments
  • 722 13
 this is one of the best pics in the world
  • 386 5
 true it should be POD then it would get the most attention and who knows might save someones head
  • 199 8
 fcking pod man
  • 160 6
 yeah seriously make it pod!
  • 194 4
 wearin a lid is so much better, u get more confidence i think and it makes u look more like a real rider
  • 96 1
 I mean like I've always worn a helmet, but now that you see pro riders wear them, it really makes you look more professional, what's cool is how riders get their own sig helmets, and it seems that a lot of people buy them!
  • 49 17
 WORD!!
  • 141 14
 thats for bmxers!
  • 69 1
 PB please make this POD, it will jus show all the noobs in the world( like Nagelk ^^^ ) that not wearing a lid is just so stupid
  • 35 1
 amen to that!
  • 45 1
 consider yourself lucky then, or a liar cause i doubt you NEVER hit your head, even if it wasnt bad enough to do this, i myself know i havent done anything that can wreck me this bad, but ive slammed my head, and im gonna keep wearing my lid!
  • 32 1
 uhm... full face helmet...? i wish i wore one when i used to bmx not just a skull cap split my lip in half and that SUCKED
  • 29 4
 i do, i see nothing wrong with it, and neither do the people i ride with , none of which wear helmets at all, they think its a good idea, but they still dont wear them... i dont get it :/ its sad but they will learn one day like i did
  • 36 2
 So you think wearing a helmet is stupid? That doesn't make sense to me. You think wearing a seat belt is stupid? That really doesn't make sense to me.
  • 29 2
 ok w.e bash your head and become a veggi for life, see what i care
  • 42 2
 Wearing a helmet doesn't make you look like a faggot.
  • 30 0
 No, it doesn't.
  • 34 0
 nagelk, this photo was pretty much made for people with your point of view. You may think its cooler not to wear a helmet, but its definately not cool needing to be in a wheelchair having nurses clean your adult diaper.
  • 27 1
 haha i love how in nagelks point of view you only look like a faggot wearing a helmet if its on a bmx. Maybe i'll start wearing my full face when i bring out the old pogo stick then.
  • 27 1
 yay were pussie cats (:
  • 35 1
 I am what I eat.
  • 19 0
 I heard that from xt-shredder, nearly pissed my pants.
  • 37 0
 And nagelk, if you don't fall, then you aren't trying hard enough.
  • 20 0
 statler (4 hours ago) (Below Threshold) show comment
And nagelk, if you don't fall, then you aren't trying hard enough.

agreed hes too much of a pussy to try real shit thats why he doesnt fall XD he prolly rides up and down the ramps
  • 23 0
 game of i dont ride bmx anymore cause i got more into downhill racing?
  • 26 0
 ^^ yes . yes you are very lame.
  • 20 0
 yes. yes that was a good one lol
  • 15 0
 hahaha nagelk you are a boner. helmets look sick for one and two they keep you from being pretty jacked. i busted a chinbar off of an mx helmet. shit saved my face.
  • 8 1
 nagelk your a twat and ill give you a game of bike on ma DJ
  • 11 0
 it realy dose matter if other people wear a helmet cos if they crash and die that places get shut down!!!!
  • 15 0
 I don't swing that way pal, sorry. Its okay if you're gay, but don't assume that others are just because you are.
  • 17 0
 No, I'm not licking them. You want me to, but I'm not going to. It's okay if you're gay, nobody is judging you. But you're just making it harder for yourself to come out.
  • 28 0
 what dick?
  • 25 1
 So (Nagelk) ur sayin that because you have not hit ur head in a crash u never will. My friends dad had never been involved in a car crash nd then one day he was killed when someone coming the other way overtook another car on a blind corner. I hope you smash ur head of a coping and get out the gene pool, we dont need or want idiots like u.
  • 14 2
 Well ill see u there cuz ur not gunna be far behind when u smack ur head offa something!!!!
  • 19 0
 Pretty sure having a fully-functional brain isn't being a tool.
  • 7 28
flag springman62 (Nov 1, 2008 at 11:10) (Below Threshold)
 im pretty sure i wasnt being serious
  • 11 1
 Hehe, I just read the whole conversation and you can see how nagelk is just getting more and more angry^^ Really funny, but sorry nagelk....you're an idiot
  • 6 0
 springman62, its pretty hard to tell considing nagelk and a few other people have had similar posts and were completely serious.
  • 8 2
 hey for all you fags saying "its not cool to wear a helmet" "bmx makes me invincable" and crap like that think of stephen murry was that not on a bmx? hmmm i know it was his neck he broke but if he wasnt wearing the helmet well things could of been alot worse
  • 7 0
 if its not cool wear a helmet....why everyone famours in 2 wheels wear,even when they trainee???
i think everyone one else should do the same...
safe first Smile
  • 2 0
 thats what i was saying
  • 7 0
 now they(downhill)starting use the neck protection too Smile
  • 2 0
 flip thats like mental now lol
  • 13 3
 I just wanna say one thing nageldick I will challenge u to a game of bike...any day of the fucking week...and if i win...u have to wear a helmet...or...i hope u get seriously jacked up one day...i dont want u to die tho...i want u to be stuck in a wheel chair so u can still watch everyone else out there riding their bikes and enjoying life while ur stuck in a chair...thank you and good night
  • 13 2
 True said tw3ak, your one cold motherfucker but i'll back you on this any day of the week, son.
  • 2 0
 u would think that nagelk would shut up while hes still got his head
  • 7 0
 POD i have always worn a helmet and i dont care if people say its not cool well i think id rather have my head and wear a helmet than vice versa and helmets make u look like an actual rider have u ever seen a pro rider not wear a helmet
  • 4 1
 yes...every pro bmxer...unless they are in a comp than they have to wear one...watch any bmx vid
  • 6 1
 i duno wat nagelfuck is talking about. ithink full faces look sick on pro bmxers
  • 4 7
 lol nagelk is hilarious. You guys need to realise when someones just having fun with you. Probably made his day.
  • 4 0
 Bump? i like this argument its fun to read Razz
  • 1 2
 lmfao me too haha
  • 3 1
 POD for giving the right message
  • 3 0
 haha nagelk your a fool. I knocked myself out by smashing my head off the floor while biking. I was wearing a full face helmet, if i hadn't then i wouldn't be here now to tell you what an idiot you are. there is nothing 'cool' about not wearing a helmet. nobody thinks any less of you for having something inside your head to protect and if I'm completely honest when i see someone riding without a helmet i think they look stupid...
  • 4 1
 All this talk about helmets really got me wondering. How many people would die with no seat belts, or eaven air bags. ive read most of the comments and see one particular person sunning his mouth about how helmets are gay. A helmet is just like a seat belt, a percausion to keep you safe. i would much rather look weird with a helmet than take the chance of brain damage. in fact it has happened. head first into a tree but because of my helmet i got up and rode to the bike shop ad bought a new one. Helmets save lives and alow you to laugh at the people doing stupid things around you instead of lying in a bed waiting for somone to feed you. pinkbike please make this POD it will show kids that a helmet savves lives and dosnt ruin them
  • 2 0
 no kidding helmets i think can be cooler than wearing nothing.... anyone from downhillers to bmxers whould wear a helmet even if they are just riding down the street because you just never know
  • 18 0
 this wouldn't get POD, hes not wearing a helmet.
  • 2 1
 because hes too cool
  • 5 0
 its protects your brain and proves you have one, thats the way i think of it
  • 2 0
 This is a GOD POD!
  • 1 4
 it doesint show any sort of skill, but the messge is clear.
  • 4 0
 shut the fuck up, just cause you a 12 year old virgin doesnt mean you have to act like a pornstar, get a life and get off pinkbike, we dont need people like you here
  • 2 0
 i smashed my face on the ground at my local skatepark with a helemt and still got a severe concusion, the doctor said if i hadn't been wearing one i would have had permenanent damage for sure. now i always wear a full face when im riding parks, helmet has saved my life
  • 1 3
 "I don't like wearing a helmet it ruins my hair" surely not wearing a helmet ruins hair because of the wind and how fast your going it just goes all over the place?
  • 2 1
 My snowboarding helmet saved my life, ans same thing applies for biking because you just don't know when you're going down.
  • 2 3
 when im going to try some thing new i borrow one of my buddies helmets, but now this picture scared the shit out of me and im defantly investing in a helmet.
  • 5 0
 it cant be pod he aint got a helmet on Wink
  • 1 3
 nagelk- Troll is super effective!
  • 2 1
 I like head.
  • 1 0
 You only have one head, and to me, cost isn't important when buying helmets.. Same as with a neck brace, you only have one neck, therefore, cost is not an option once again. You cannot put a price on safety
  • 1 2
 True you can't put a price on safety..

But If feels better not wearing a helmet sometimes Wink
  • 2 1
 I have to agree with you there bro.. But when you go to a skate park, its a good idea to wear one cause the floor is hard Eek
  • 2 0
 N'.... n'... noo... I dont think you quite caught the jist of what sort of helmet im talking about, And why not wearing one feels better Razz
  • 2 0
 This picture just makes me so angry because there's so many dicks who don't wears lids and say it's not cool or you look stupid. Fucking idiots!
  • 1 0
 I agree with the precept and it's a powerful image, but those figures sound skewed... Sounds more like combined traffic accident numbers rather than specifically cyclists, although I suppose it could depend on what country it's from. I don't think we would make that annual figure for cyclists in the UK. Anyone know what country produced it?
  • 77 0
 yea most retarded excuses i have seen, you look cooler with yer DAMN HELMET ON. it baffles me when i see people ride dirt jumps and shit without them. why? what exactly are you proving by not wearing one?
  • 18 0
 very true
  • 27 3
 yeah aye, i especially hate those bmxers that ride with no helmets cos sometimes theyre riding harder and crazier than us MTBers and they never wear helmets, more of them need to learn the consequenses of not wearing one
  • 6 0
 too many aussies think helmets are gay it pisses me off the main reason they dont is coz they think thier so hard that they break the law and are sick
  • 7 1
 it proves your retarded
  • 5 0
 i reckon not wearing a helmet juz makes you look like a bogan (hope thats not juz an NZ thing)
  • 4 0
 and if it doesnt prove your a retard then it soon may
  • 2 0
 some of us cant be that cool
  • 1 0
 Holy crap thats a lot of comments
  • 64 10
 i think im going 2 buy a helmet now..........
  • 91 1
 shoulda done that a long time ago
  • 2 17
flag cyfa89 (May 25, 2011 at 15:03) (Below Threshold)
 you know its not 100% proven that it can save your life and can in fact sometimes cause more damage than not wearing a helmet
  • 1 0
 it seems theres ups and downs on everything. take a leatt brace for example, it will stop you from breaking your neck but in some instances it will break your collar bone.
  • 1 3
 yeah very true
im not being an un-educated git
its just thatt ive seen studies for and against
and neither really wins Frown

i wear a helmet when i hit the trails though, which is where i think it counts
  • 2 1
 yeah i wear my half shell every time im doing the big stuff. but usually i dont wear one. i still premote the use of them though.
  • 1 1
 me also but im happy to have the choice
  • 1 2
 This why you buy a motocross helmet. One reason is that they are have higher safety standards.
  • 1 0
 Thats true the standards for motorbike helmets are regulated more extensively. But a motorbike helmet isnt as lightweight as a push bike one.
And they have to have 'higher' standards as there is a lot more variables to take into account.
- The standards arent higher as such, somewhat different. There isnt a definitive standard for mtb helmets i dont think. So it can be hit and miss, one mtb helmet standard can fulfill certain requirements and others can suit other requirements.

Motorbike helmets can still twist and snap a humans neck if caught wrong.
I have seen a new 'skin; thing developed by lazer i think to help prevent this.

And there is more money in motorbike helmets hence better regulated standards.

I try to be not ill informed Big Grin
  • 2 0
 i nearly lost my dad because he didnt wear a helmet on his bike. biggest life lesson ever :s
  • 1 0
 @cyfa89 You say neither really wins. Sure, a helmet can cause more damage than good in some instances, like you said, if it twists your neck. If you look at most injuries where a helmet is involved, they are almost all from an impact and very rarely for an axial twist.

To say neither really wins is completely false. If something is going to save me in 95% of my crashes and cause damage in 5%, I'm sure as hell going to go with the 95% option. You always read stories of 'such and such was saved by their helmet'. It's not because people don't want to give bad press about helmets; if someone died from their helmet, you can bet that the press would have a field day.

As I said, yes, helmets can cause more damage than good, but the chances of it happening are minimal.
  • 1 0
 2008......so who else feels like a pinkbike dinosaur? Proud to say a ride with a helmet everytime! And longer use numbers for words.......Christ thats embarrassing.
  • 40 3
 Now in Lithuania there is a law, that you must wear a helmet if you are younger than 18 years. If you are 18 and more - helmet is only a recommendation.
I have a full face helmet and I wear it when I'm riding on a trail or doing some crazy stuff. Some time ago I used it riding in the city centre. I heard "lol", "dude you suck", "hahahaha" so many times... And I did stop wearing it. I didin't hit my head anywhere from that time. People in my country don't understand why helmets are important and they don't know anything about extreme biking. They think that bike is a transportation tool to go from point A to B and not getting ijured. They think that bike is safer than a car, cuz you are riding a sidewalk. I only saw some street style riders and some xc riders wearing helmets. I thnk that every one SHOULD wear a helmet for their safety. This picture and comments show why... I'd better be called "idiot", than get a brain damage and could not wipe my @$$. From now on 2008-07-06 I promise that I will wear a helmet.
  • 14 2
 you're right 100% props!
  • 1 0
 I get called W@nker all the time when im riding i think you should wear one all the time even if it is just a piss lid to be safe i wear my full face most places Salute
  • 32 0
 Man, serously that picture should be advertised in so many more places. One of the most 'to the point' pictures I have seen.
  • 30 0
 dude helmets are cool and save your life man people who dont were helmets should start!
  • 26 0
 i wear helmets on both heads lol
  • 21 0
 good add!
stuff like this needs to be put out on t.v. adds more often! wear wouldnt you wear a helmet!?? its stupid not too, i mean there is alot of awesome helmets out there!
  • 0 2
 lol the guy above u just sed tht...

but yes, that picture should be advertised in so many more places. One of the most 'to the point' pictures I have seen. this needs to be put out on t.v. adds more often! wear wouldnt you wear a helmet!?? its stupid not too, i mean there is alot of awesome helmets out there!
  • 22 0
 i'm the only rider in my town thats wears a lid, nobody else does because they look stupid...so what if they do, i'd rather not have brain damage.
  • 4 0
 absolute props to you kipper
  • 2 0
 yeah, i used to ride with no helmet, untill i broke my jaw, i dont feel safe without it now, too bad i learnt the hard way
  • 17 0
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  • 14 0
 lol...id be dead or worse, (being spoon fed by some fat bitch at a nursing home who cba to shave her legs or pits...i dont think any lad wants that.) with out my TLD, iv seen riders hit trees, rocks, sign posts, a car, iv seen cracked lids and scratched lids. i think they look cooler a bit scratched up, it shows u; A cant ride and B shows ur determind to nail somthing thats thrown u off once or twice. iv hit a car with out a lid one once...im f*cking lucky to be alive i jsut rolled the bonnet off the windscreen on onto my ass, plus there was to hot girls driving who gave me a fag, lol it f*cked my back a little but im still riding, last summer i broke my first lid in half bailing onto a rock garden as well as fracturing my wrist.
allso my mate once hit a tree so hard the tree snaped, it wasnt very thick but a good 3/5 inches, lol later that nite we sessend a wooden park, at night, int he rain...he didnt were a lid....he cracked his skul, chiped a tooth broken nose and fractured eye soket froma 7ft face plant onto concret... not funny...but yeah any way


think befour u tease death, and ware a lid, its taken us millions of years to become what we are, we dont need to go back in time to the stone ages.

yeah and were a jonny that heads allso important!

rant over XD
  • 5 0
 this guy just said it PERFECTLY
  • 1 1
 heh heh heh. He forgot one thing... when you get to stick your hand up a nurses dress; as a vegetable, you'll never get the full enjoyment mmuch less any pleasure out of it. I have been through a few lids and thanks to those stupid hideous head coverings, I am here to tell about it and laugh at the stupid mistakes I made while on the trail (never look back in a run) I think this photo should be the staple in which our LBS should have posted. Thank you photography peeps that made this great shot possible...
  • 14 0
 that is sooo tru my mate did a silly thing and did a drop wid out a hemit he is now in a care home he anit getin he cant walk he hit the flor so hard and mashed his brain preety much soo now i dont go any wer wid out 1
  • 1 1
 owwwchhh sorry for u man i no id feel so awful if i lost my buddie to some shit like that
  • 21 5
 THATS RIGHT
  • 17 3
 wat the hells wrong with bmxers who dont wear helmets? their on concrete for godsake
  • 12 0
 hell yea
  • 14 4
 to the guy above...ur a prick but like you sed its ur problem wen you die of a head injury.
  • 7 0
 Ok, lets be honest here.
If you dont want to wear a helmet, fair enough, but
you can garuntee i will piss my pants when I hear you have chosen NOT
to have worn a helmet. and you are now a vegetable in a hospital bed, being fed through a straw
If you want to moan about ugly helmets dont do it here.
If you are, I really think you have mis-understood the meaning of this picture.
  • 11 0
 right on Big Grin
  • 7 1
 i always have mine on, even when mucking around on the driveway, i woulld have killed myself a few times if i didnt wear one, so all you who think helmets suck, i think being spoon fed and having 4 rods sticking out of your shoulders to support your head and being spoon fed sucks more
  • 5 0
 haha its funny cause the smart people who wear helmets often time suffer for the idiots who don't (like nagalk).
a- we lose trail access
b- we lose park access
c- city/county cracks down bikes
d- our tax dollars foot your med bill
  • 6 1
 I road passed a group of Yobs/Chavs and they starting laughing at me because I had my helmet on, All you can see really is that I care about my life and I dont want to have brain damage unlike you twats who dont have no brains to look after

It also makes me feel proud to be a biker when i wear a helmet, dont ask how but it just does! as pedesrians dont wear them so i feel like part of a massive and great community! (if you know what i mean)
  • 5 0
 Awwww did i offend the lil kiddie hahaha, i'm sowwie...

"helmets are for pussys" is what you said, i don't see how thats a choice kid.

Come back when you've:

a. grown up

b. have a relevent comment that is worth the genuine members of this forums precious time

c. ended up a cabbage by smashing that tiny little under developed sponge you call a brain off a nice concrete floor/car/bus/fire truck etc

Ok thanks bye bye.

Ch4v xx
  • 2 5
 you cocksucking fuck asshole tit cunt munch deucebag pickle nip orangotang tiity fucker faggot asswhole.
  • 5 0
 Just as i thought, act your age not your shoe size kid...
  • 2 0
 @jaypicard - I gave you pos. props cause it's the shittiest and the longest insult that i've ever seen hahahahah
Ps: you're and idiot!
  • 5 1
 who ever said its not nescecary to wear a helmet to go to the store to get a soda pop, is a f*cking idiot. hey bud ever hear of cars? you know they have four wheels travel quite fast and cant really stop that fast if morons like you cut infront of them, then when your rolling over the car looking down at the pavement wishing you were wearing a helmet because your heading headfirstto the ground, and ill tell you something pavement isnt soft. so keep dumbass comments like that to yourself.
  • 4 1
 fantastic advert...it makes me laugh people who say theyre not cool...well to be honest...a £300 TLD D2 lid to me is pretty damn cool...certainly cooler than not having the cranial capacity to ride a bike due to a lame ass crash off a kerb and smoothly rolling under the wheels of the local Sainsburys delivery wagon!!! lol
  • 4 0
 its the pros falt i think
some of them dont were em
so people look at theat and say "well if they dont...i cant!"
"Its not kool..."
i think that ALL the pros should were them
so that the AM's that dont look stupid
  • 8 2
 it cant be POD.... hes not wearing a helmet. good picture, definately inspires me to wear mine.
  • 1 0
 lol true
  • 3 0
 NAGLEK "can honestly say in all my years of biking, all my crashes, all my falls and wipeouts, NONE of them have involved my head. Wearing a helmet would have done NOTHING to help me"
the law of averages says that its gonna happen soon then best get a lid while you still can

oh yeah POD
  • 7 0
 Pinkbike, please make this POD
  • 3 0
 definitly deserves POD because so many people die every year because of not wearing helmets and i think it's stupid that all they had to do is put something on their head to save their lives and they didn't. if this was POD it would make the riding community on pinkibke more aware of the wonder of helmets and how they can really help you.
  • 3 0
 if i didnt wear my helmet i would have so many cuts on the top of my head and probably 2 concussions because once when i aired out my front wheel clipped the decking and went head first into concrete i couldnt see for like 15seconds but i thought what of what happened if i didnt wear it
  • 4 1
 isto fazia bem a alguns riders ca de aveiro k teem a mania de andar sem o capacete -.-'
eu ando e as vezes gozam cmg -.-'
e depois tem um cromo que anda com o capacete na rua a caminho do sk8park chegamos ao sk8park e anda sem capacete eu ate fico conas -.-'
esta foto devia ser POD só pela menssagem k transmite mta gente podia aprender mtu com esta imagem!
obrigado pelo post da foto e bons rides []
  • 3 0
 usar capacete tem mais pica e ficas com mais style Wink quem nao usa e porque e estupido ou e para nao estragar o penteado que e para mostrarem as meninas Wink
usa o sempre Smile
keep goin!
  • 4 0
 9 years ago i hit a truck and broke 4 ribs, but luckily i was wearing a full face which saved me from brain damage. The helmet ended up in 3 pieces after that... so wear a god dam helmet!
  • 6 0
 wow... this would make such an amazing commercial..
  • 7 1
 I wear mine and proud of it, I think they look good, full face anyway Smile
  • 4 0
 i dont really undestand the phrase "helmets dont look cool" if you look around theres some pretty damn sweet helmets out there, i just dont undersand
  • 1 0
 exactly . i got in to airbrushing because i wanted a cool helmet
  • 3 0
 Last year i lost a teacher to a rode accident and he was wearing a helmet and i dont want you guys to die so put a F*cking helmet on! ive seen ppl in real life like this. Picture Of the Year!! lol POD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • 2 0
 its a picture that may knock sum sense into alot of people! although this one was from a road accident DH,dirtjumping, can still be AS dangerous,helmets do save lives and i think every1 should wear a helmet even if you think you dont look cool not wearing 1 ! they are sold and manfactured for a reason!!!! WEAR A HELMET!
  • 2 0
 a trail near us got destroyed recently coz some guy not wearing a helmet mashed his face up and tried to sue the landowner so now we dont have a proper downhill track all because of some loser who thought he looked cooler without a helmet on
  • 5 0
 all you street riders on the bmx out there trying to look cool this pic is for you...
  • 7 1
 always wear a helmet they save lives nagelk is an idiot
  • 1 2
 yea i know happy to wake up in the morning and see my helment! then i know im still alive!
  • 3 1
 i fell back when i was trying to jump of steps and hit my head on the steps, i was knocked out for like 20 seconds and threw up and saw stars. i WAS wearing a helmet which was extrememly lucky because if i haddnt been i hate to think what could have happened. WEAR A HELMET! there is no point risking it just because you think u look cooler with out one, that picture is sooo right. PB please make this POD it deserves it!
  • 6 0
 make it pod !!!!!!!
  • 4 2
 you f*ckers!
you don't wear a helmet because it is for fools? It doesn't look cool! Chicks don't like it! IF you really like to ride your bike, you should care about people thinking you look cool or not!
You know what? I look stupid in my helmet!
You know what? It's ugly!
You know what? I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT IT, AS LONG AS I'M SAFE WITH IT!
  • 1 0
 +1!!! Well said
  • 3 0
 dont you mean shouldnt care about looking cool??
  • 1 0
 yes I did, sorry Wink
  • 6 0
 POD POD POD POD POD POD POD !!
  • 6 0
 rather die then be like that
  • 3 0
 this has to be the most inspirational pic ive ever seen. ever since i first saw this pics ive took my piss pot to everywhere ive bin on my bike and ive started wearin my full face more mint
  • 6 0
 if it werent for my helmet i would be dead
  • 4 1
 i was ridng a bleacher to drop off it and i smashed my head on a metal pole and almost cracked my full face in half, shit saved my life i still had a concussion but atleast im not dead
  • 5 0
 No helmet, No pod... Nah joking, helmets make you look like a proper rider.
  • 2 0
 This is good to see things like that but the only ultimate way to make some idiots wear a helmet (and everyone riding without a helmet, especialy in woods, dirtjumps or skateparks is a selfish idiot with lack of self confidence) is to make wearing it cool, and not wearing it totaly ridiculous and stupid. A way for it is to make riding without helmet illegal, just as it is with riding a motorbike.
  • 2 0
 This needs to be POD. I used to think helmets were pretty gay but then one saved me from ruining the rest of my life. I went over a big double on the 4x track in schladming, straight over the bars and my head hit a rock. I was out cold for 5 minutes so imagine the damage if I wasn't wearing a full face.
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 cant be a pod as there isnt a helmet in it Razz

i agree though, make it pod
  • 2 0
 this is a lot like choosing weather or not to wear your seat belt, what people seem to be forgetting though is that you aren't just affecting yourself by not wearing a lid. Think about the guy/girl who may permanently disable you because you didn't choose to protect yourself, or your parents, friends, loved ones... it's more of a responsibility than anything else. You're responsible to not make yourself a liability to society and put your loved ones through the horror of having to endure seeing you all f*cked up.
  • 4 1
 what i do is have a bucket style for just riding around and that but if i start hitting real trails or even DJs I'll have to invest in a fullface
  • 2 1
 I think I know quite a few (loosely used) riders that should be wearing helmets while walking. Then they should have to notify the hospital and staff if they are going to go for a ride. Because it is inevitable that (THEY) are going to get hurt. ugh argh OMFRIGGIN GOD! The guys just need to find a hobby such as RC racing and leave the riding to people that aren't so apt to get hurt while doing this dangerous actSmile
  • 2 1
 WTF !!!! I hate the stupid riders that don't use a helmet it could be a fullface or a midface but the security is the first !!!!!!! this photo has to be POD for the riders learn to use a helmet. And sorry I'm not good with the english !!! haha ...
  • 4 0
 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make this POD make the twat who dont wear a helmate see wat can happen if you dont wear a helmate
  • 4 0
 its a good point, my friend died because he didnt wear a helmet. RIP derek r.
  • 2 0
 yea agreed helmets are a good idea. i saw some douche bag get kicked out of rays mtb be cause he didn't have a helmet. he argued with ray him self about it. he got his ass handed to him.
  • 6 0
 pod
  • 3 1
 one ofthe problems is some helmets look gay so people dont want to wear them and good looking ones are more expensif but i think u look retarded if u dont wear one any way weather its more expensif or not
  • 3 0
 i probaly would have cracked my head open if i didnt were 1 i aired a jump and came flying headfirst into this really hard dirt
  • 4 0
 So many people need to see this! This should be the POD so people realize how important helmets are!
  • 2 1
 YES, MAKE THIS A POD ALREADY! My father is a funeral director I can not tell you how many cyclists and children he has buried over the years because they were not wearing helmets. I also worked in law enforcement for years and if only I had and could post the people that were seriously injured, paralyzed and killed because of not wearing a helmet. PB PLEASE MAKE THIS A POD OR BETTER YET A POW....picture of the week. Leave it up for a few days to let it sink in.
  • 3 5
 Can´t be POD! The guy is not wearing a helmet! bla bla bla bla bla... Shut up about the f*cking helmets all of you!!! If you want wear one, if others don´t, why do you care? f*cking idiots
  • 5 2
 WOW, WHAT A JERKOFF
  • 2 0
 It's personal preference man. Nothing you can do to change that. I don't wear a lid but respect those that do.
  • 1 0
 This is such a powerful image. I have used this image when speaking in classrooms to kids about the use of helmets. I would like to see a more adults wearing lids when riding. I believe its hipocritical when they make their child wear one but feel it is OK to ride without one themselves.
  • 1 0
 I usually always wear a lid, even if i'm just going for a ride around, I used to not wear one sometimes,but now i always do, after reading these comments and seeing this picture, this should be POD it deserves it,to show all you people to wear a helmet.
  • 1 0
 i will always wear my helmet. even when im just pumping around the skate park i do it anyways. my helmet has saved my life and i will always wear it. at the time you dont think that anything bad could happen. you think naw theres no chance that thats gonna happen to me its too rare but you never know.
  • 1 0
 Doesn't matter if you're riding DH, BMX, road, or just getting from A to B. The laws of physics apply on any type of riding, no matter how intense or easy. A $30 lid from a bike shop can save you hundreds in medical bill and your family thousands in buying a coffin. I'd rather be riding with a lid then riding in a car to the cemetery. Enough said.
  • 1 0
 So agreed. I was wearing a DJ helmet and I slammed my face on the ground on a step-up. I got a concussion and don't remember what happened. Wish I was wearing a fullface. Well, I always will be now, and my parents are making me sell my DJFrown Helmets are cool anyway.
  • 1 0
 Is it so hard to put on a helmet that noone thinks it is worth it? NO!!!! Put on your f*cking brain bucket so that you don't end up dead OR WORSE AN INCOMPETENT SHELL OF A PERSON WHO HAS SO MUCH BRAIN DAMAGE THAT THEY CAN'T EAT OR ANYTHING ON THEIR OWN!
  • 5 0
 true pic
  • 5 1
 prop to the pic !! Guy who not waering helmet are soo damn stupid..
  • 1 0
 yea this should be advertised everywhere its straight to the point my mate doesnt wear a helmet and once he fell he got a concusion from landing on his head, he was pretty lucky
  • 2 0
 i no ive done it once before and i hated it i dnt give a shit if i look stupid id rather be perfectly normal. and i hope this picture gets the point across
  • 4 0
 from now on ill wear mine
  • 2 0
 Its the same of watch Scarred on MTV, as pessoas que nao usam capacete se quebram inteiras, depois de quebradas ela falam que deveriam ter usado capacete, Wear a Helmet
  • 3 0
 The first rule of the mountain bikers, says that the biker have to use helmet!
  • 4 0
 just bought my new helmit 2day =)
  • 2 1
 my very first attempt at downhill was at cwmcarn, following my brother down the double black diamond track... bailed hard, thank fcuk i was wearing his old helmet, slammed my head. POD fo sho.
  • 2 0
 i always wear a full face, where ever i go. i even bought a crash helmet for watersports like wakeboarding and kneeboarding, im not taking any chances wear a lid everyone
  • 3 0
 shud be pob. Nurses have better shit to do than help ppl who were to stupid to not wear a helmet
  • 3 0
 simple things can cost your life man fashion over life simple question simple answer
  • 0 0
 hey i respect wat almost everyone is trying to ay like wear a helmet an all. i shure ass hell do. but seriously like others are sayin if they wanna end up brain dead its there choice. let them be stupid. the smart will live on.
  • 2 0
 make it POD god dam it it mite teach them people in this world who think its hard not to wear a lid. even a sive will be better than nothing.
  • 5 0
 make this pod!!!!
  • 4 0
 this should be pod for a week, imo Smile
  • 4 0
 It's the most explicit helmet advert i've ever seen. It's effective.
  • 3 0
 i always wear a helmet and my dad fell of before and smashed his helmet in half
  • 3 0
 KIDS wear helmet
it may dont look nice but it saves ur life

Smile awsome picture
  • 3 0
 too be honest..i dont wear helmets. but after seeing this pic...i think i will now
  • 4 0
 who cares what a helmet looks like, these things save you fucking life.
  • 3 0
 i dont wear my helemt much but now im wearing it all the time when i ride and this should be POD!!
  • 2 0
 ever really do we get P.O.D's with people not wearing helmets. Pinkbike do that to inforce wearing a helmet i dont wear one.. but i have started to .
  • 2 0
 best pic on pink bike.this pic goes to most bmx riders not all them but the ones that think it looks cool not to wear a helmat
  • 2 0
 settle down plenty of people don't wear condoms and they get aids speak for yourself don't push your beliefs on others and worry about your own life
  • 1 0
 No-one in my country would ever listen to this unless it is manditory, to be honest i think it should be the law. That way no-one would feel self-conciouse or non-obliged to wear one!
  • 4 0
 Helmet is safe
Don't use it is stupid Smile
  • 1 0
 through biking i have had concussion 4 times. without my full face it could of been a lot worse. thank god i used my brain. if i didn't i'm not sure what i would have left of it?
  • 2 0
 i wear mine all the time and one week i lost my helmet(its was in my garage on a shelfe)and i was scared to even go on my bike so i used my moms Smile
  • 2 0
 imma go put on my helmet to bed now. i dont wanna look like them. i like my ladies thank you
  • 5 2
 ive always worn a helmet im a good boy Smile
  • 1 1
 This HAS to be POD sometime soon. Seriously.

Advertisments/Notices like this really need to be spread around more. So more people can see the real consequences.

Now come on. Make it POD.
  • 2 0
 i love wearing a helmet kid from my town hit head and had that foam out of mouth thingFrown
  • 1 0
 the message in this picture is just great, i think its just the kind of message that people need to get in order to pay more attention, and wear a helmet
  • 2 0
 also it puts people off riding if they hear someone died from it so the sport wont progress
  • 2 2
 my best mate had just died cos he was hit by a car and he wasnt wearing a helmet he would of just had a few brocken bones if he was wearing a helmet now i cant go anyware with out a helmet so everyone wear a helmet
  • 3 0
 gets the message across all the stupid people that take it for granted
  • 1 0
 i rather wear a helmet and protect my head rather than smashing it to peices and get brain damage and not be able 2 eat on my own food and not be able 2 wipe my own arse !!!!
  • 2 0
 that needs 2 be pod 2 show those people who dont wear helments wat can happen to them
  • 3 1
 ive been ridin less than a year and a couple of months ago bought a helmet, never felt safer on a bike in my life
  • 3 0
 oh that sucks well serves him right not to were a helmet
  • 3 0
 this will show all the fu*kin chavs that ride without them
  • 3 0
 neeeds to be pod or advertised in some way
  • 2 0
 assess the risk, than decide for yourself whether on not you wanna risk injury by riding with or without one.
  • 3 0
 fuck,ive jst changed my mind about not wearing a helmet
  • 4 1
 future P.O.D. .... THAT´S TRUE ...HELMET EVER
  • 3 0
 that needs to make pod to show wat can happen
  • 3 0
 i gt a helmet after seeing this pic!!
  • 3 0
 me too...mines on the way
  • 3 0
 this is crazy pic makes a grat point
  • 3 0
 this should definitely become POD
  • 3 0
 they really need to make this POD
  • 1 0
 soooo true someone i know had brain surgery this must be Pod so everone can understand the concequences of not wearing a helmet.
  • 1 0
 POD, tbh i look like a twat in a piss pot, so i bought a full face Razz it looks cool, comfortable and has saved my head in about 6 crashes.
  • 1 0
 jaypicard you are a f*cking cocky little shit, your fault if you die, btw is that meant to be an insult to ch4v4I1f3 cos if it is that is the sh*ttest insult ive seen ever!
  • 1 0
 A truely great pic but im not sure it will ever be POD, as you need to be wearing a lid to get pod and those poor chaps, clearly were not.....
  • 1 0
 I first started riding trails with no helmet. A couple hits on trees, and a few more close calls made me change my mind real fast. Won't ride without one now.....
  • 1 0
 nobody looks more stupid then a guy riding downhill without a helmet... saw that a few times and they just look like complete tools...
  • 1 0
 respect man, it shows wearing a helmet always pays off, i think we need more of this kind of thing to make other people see sense too.
  • 2 0
 holy shit,wearing a helmet is very important
  • 2 0
 this deserves pod very very much in my opinion
  • 2 0
 i remember seeing this in grade three it scared the shit out of me
  • 2 0
 helmet surwiwal my live ( its tru )
  • 3 0
 eye opener
  • 3 0
 oh pod
  • 1 0
 Yeah.Thats right.:/ i dont wanna die because of a f***in helmet, i always wear one!
  • 0 1
 i think, if you accept the consequences of not wearin a lid, then fair enough, and good luck to you. but if someone doesn't, and then doesnt wear a lid. thats just plain stupid, and completely hypocritical.
  • 1 0
 if this becomes pod i think head injuries may go down but i really hope it gets pod
  • 3 1
 i agree with freddy, it has to be POD
  • 1 0
 You Should wear a helmet for any riding but a full face is a better choice for FR/DH
  • 0 0
 kiddies wear your full faces. i ripped the side of my face open on sunday, its gonne be an approx 3-6 month recovery time. fuck lids
  • 2 0
 whoops, spelled the idiots name wrong. nagelk
  • 0 0
 i used to never wear a lid when i used to skateboard, and yeah...i took my share of cuncussions and smacks i conside myself lucky. P.S - I love my new fullface!
  • 1 0
 makes me feel part of the *biking Community* when i put my helmet on and ride!
  • 2 0
 kinda reminds me of the movie saw
  • 0 0
 Yeah sure i look like a fool when i use my helmet, but i don't care if somebody laughs at me. I rather save my beautiful face and my high end brain. Big Grin
  • 1 0
 What campain is this? I'd like to put some up at the bike park where I work.
  • 2 0
 i wish you could read the smaller font easier
  • 2 0
 only the facts! amazing picture well worth pod
  • 3 0
 depressingly honest
  • 3 0
 True Story Wink
  • 2 0
 strong message hope it works
  • 3 0
 POD
  • 3 0
 pod!
  • 3 0
 This should get pod.
  • 3 0
 pod
  • 3 1
 MADE ME WEAR MY HELEMET TODAY!
  • 3 0
 pod!
  • 3 0
 Needs to be POD
  • 2 0
 i think it´s need to be POD to...
  • 2 1
 Too bad this can't get POD because no one is wearing a helmet in it. Ironic, no?
  • 2 0
 this needs to be a billboard
  • 2 0
 please make it pod juste to make realized people
  • 2 0
 no helmet no POD!Smile ))))...jokingBig Grin :-j......it should be POD!!!
  • 1 0
 Hey being serious. But what's the diffence with a full face and a lid? Thanks
  • 1 0
 i didnt wear a helmet and i crashed pretty bad 3 stitches and a fractured cheek bone time for a helm
  • 1 0
 please just make this pod. look how many people injur thereselfs not wearing a helmet. PLEASEEEE!
  • 1 0
 My mom said if i get paralized Or get brain damge shes not taking care of me so im fucked if i crash hard
  • 2 0
 This needs to be visible at every skate park !
  • 2 0
 always wear a helmet
  • 2 0
 hard, but true
  • 2 0
 so true
  • 2 0
 i agree pod
  • 2 1
 where did you grab this pic?
  • 2 1
 POD OMG THATS RIGHT !!! GET YOUR HELMET!!!
  • 2 0
 pod!
  • 1 0
 It can't be a pod beacouse They doesn't have helmets Razz
  • 1 0
 it scares.me but its the true..
  • 1 0
 If this is made POD it will open some eyes....
  • 1 1
 this is a great poster, it should be POD, great message i support it all the way!!!!
  • 1 0
 That thing is true, you may become like that if you dont wear helmet.
  • 2 0
 POD!!!!!POD
  • 2 0
 pod
  • 2 0
 This should be POD!!!
  • 3 1
 POD!!!
  • 1 0
 this is so good it makes you want to wear a helmet walking down the street
  • 2 1
 pod, it would save someone head.
  • 1 0
 this pic let`s me without words..i cannot describe
  • 1 0
 POD defenitly it has to, its sets an example
  • 1 0
 the helmets makes me look cool! There is no posing without helmet hahaha
  • 1 0
 Its so sad what happens to some people
  • 4 7
 POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD PODPOD POD POD PODPOD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD PODPOD POD POD PODPOD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD PODPOD POD POD PODPOD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD PODPOD POD POD PODPOD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD POD
  • 1 0
 sol i havn't got the point yet Smile
  • 1 0
 i have done more damage to my head wearing one
  • 1 0
 no pod because no helmet :/ otherwise a great pic!!1 Big Grin
  • 1 0
 Why people dont wear helmets is beyond me. They are life savers
  • 1 1
 wow, im glad i always wear a lid now.
  • 0 1
 40% of these cases could be avoided of you wore a helmet. says right up there ^^^
that's insane.

P.O.D
  • 1 0
 Respect! Pod!
  • 1 0
 Omg ! fantastic !
  • 1 0
 POD POD POD plz!
  • 0 0
 That gave me the chills. So powerful.
  • 1 0
 Oh!Man!What's this!
  • 1 0
 pod for sure
  • 0 0
 i dont think it matter to wair a fullface unless your doing downhill
  • 1 0
 got that right mic
  • 1 1
 i will buy a fullface for the next season :O
  • 1 1
 nasledno? kr takoj!
  • 0 1
 bom kupu jaBig Grin nasledn let. ne Å¡e zdej hahaBig Grin morm it prvo delat da dobim dnar...
  • 1 1
 ti si dec mislm js sm kupu ff predn sm sploh ornk furu (pod 2m drope)
  • 1 1
 hahahaBig Grin jst bom pa zdej naredu doma en mal bol posten dirt pa si morm glavo mal zascitit xD glavo mas sam eno. ni tko k roka ko ti jo dajo u gibs pa se zaceli Razz
  • 0 1
 se glava tut sam pač mal se pozna pol mene poglej 2m drope nabiju brez čelade dej pa na bjak brez ne sedm k sm enkat z ff u tla udaru sm bil kr vesel da jo mamWink
  • 1 0
 lol its true tho
  • 2 1
 POD! POD!
  • 1 1
 JEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee fincsiBig Grin
  • 1 0
 give to think
  • 0 0
 It, should be POD to everybody who visit pinkbike read it!
  • 0 0
 this is the kinda stuff we need
  • 0 0
 he's alright now so dosnt realy matter does it Smile die trying Wink
  • 0 0
 wannabe riders(chavs) and street riders should consider this
  • 1 0
 Ahem...lol
I have a full face 661 thank you Wink
  • 0 0
 that acctually worked on me
  • 1 0
 POD
  • 2 1
 pod for sure
  • 1 0
 P.O.D.
  • 1 0
 make this pod
  • 1 0
 PPPOOODDD fo sho
  • 1 0
 this should get pod
  • 1 0
 POD PLEASE!!!
  • 1 0
 TRUE.
  • 1 0
 nice idea. It's so true
  • 1 0
 haha soo true
  • 1 0
 609 props?
WTF
  • 1 0
 POD
  • 1 0
 POD
  • 1 1
 thats fucking deep
  • 1 1
 Could'nt agree more
  • 2 2
 Awesome.
  • 2 2
 Thats the truth
  • 0 0
 This is clearest truth.
  • 0 0
 pod
  • 0 1
 where a f8ckin helmet or dont ride at all
  • 0 0
 great pic
  • 0 0
 POD...
  • 0 0
 this haunts me
  • 0 0
 then try wearing yer helmet more often
  • 0 0
 dont worry i wer a helmet but its still scary
  • 0 1
 sick man, its just real wear a helmet if u dnt arseholes
  • 1 1
 POD that shit man
  • 0 0
 that is so true
  • 1 1
 POD without a doubt!
  • 1 2
 damn straight Smile Smile
  • 0 1
 is really
  • 0 1
 rooaaaaast lol
  • 1 4
 POD. hehe
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