Behind the Design: Coalition Spherical with Emmy Lan and Rhys Verner

Rhys Verner and Emmy Lan of Forbidden Synthesis are two of the fastest enduro racers on the planet. In 2023, Rhys won his first World Cup at Leogang and Emmy won the U21 overall title, with first place finishes in five of her seven UCI EDR races.


Before the 2024 season got underway, we invited them to take a break from the Vancouver winter and visit Giro HQ in Irvine, CA to learn a little more about the Coalition Spherical. Industrial Designer Garrett Tollette, himself a former enduro racer, gave them the deep dive on the helmet, including a look inside the patent-pending Halo System chinbar. And then all three riders hit the local trails in Laguna.


Giro’s mission is to design the equipment that helps world-class athletes like Emmy and Rhys succeed on the toughest terrain. It’s inspiring to share our design rationale and engineering innovations and hear first-hand which course they think Coalition is perfect for. And it’s pretty motivating to try and hang with them on our backyard trails.