Helmet Poll
 

We have discused parking our cars across the street at EB to give ourselves a little more reaction time and we all fail to do this. I am guilty of it too and I know we will never be able to police the common tourist to obey this rule too. Maybe we should have a mandatory helmet rule, like they do at Crandon Park in Miami.

even tho i am a helmet wearer.. this will always and forever be a personal choice.
no to required helmet.. yes to promoting wearing one and never feeling like you are less of a rider because of it.

even a couple of my friends have seen photos of me and they say "oooo what a cute helmet"....

I'm 35 fu.cking years old bitch. i'm well past being cute. :wink:

i just want to be safe.

-b

Sometimes I wear one, sometimes I don't.

I'm NOT in favor of ANY rules out there.

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I agree, it is up to the park. Right now it is a personal decision but I guarantee you all that it is short lived. Like with the evolution with other sports, with increased head injuries helmets (and other safety gear for that matter) will eventually be mandatory everywhere. I would honestly rather see the park choose to make it mandatory at all of their beaches. I am obviously very passionate about this subject and am opinionated about it.

What I have to say to all you guys is this:

Wouldn't it be cool if St. Petersburg local riders ALL wore helmets and we became pioneers of developing safe kiting guidelines everywhere? We could all feel good about knowing that we saved some lives...

Great poll Chris, a step in the right direction to make a difference!

I agree Tom with the launching in water. Get those feet on some what of a solid non slip surface. I am looking at a purchasing a new helmet today just to protect the noodle from any further injuries.

in those conditions i felt safer launching with the kite in the water.. the launcher had to get wet, but if there was an overpower situation, the rider would get pulled into the water and not into the beach.

either way, landing you are coming in and thats when it gets tricky. we all need to keep an eye out for those coming in and make efforts to walk as far out to catch their kites near the beach line.

for the rider, if you cannot whistle, get one and attach it to your harness or something. you need to be able to get noticed before you are on the beach and asking for a land.

I am lucky to be able to whistle to the point that it has almost got me beat up at sporting events and concerts (i can seriously bust some eardrums is i try.. if i were a part of the x-men i would be "whistler") .. so when i am coming in i can usually get someone's attention from a safe distance.

So YOU'RE that guy whose ass I kicked at the Hanson concert I took my niece to, huh? :P :lol: :P

BTW, I voted in favor of personal choice but meant to pick helmet rule so instead of it being 5 to 3, it should be 4 to 4...

Toby, so your one of the guys who caused the all the problems with the florida voting a few years back :lol:

I put my helmet in my car this morning along with my 10m.....I'm going riding this afternoon! With or without the rain!!!

Taken it to the next level....