*New olders is hammer test certified
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I Have the shoei ex-zero. It´s out of production now so you can get some good deals on it here and there. It “only” have the european motorcycle standards that were the standard up till January this year. And then the new standard came. I got this 30% off.
It weighs 1187 grams and are size L.
My TSG pass weighs 1074 grams.
Peripheral vison is the same as my TSG or at least I dont notice any difference. The vertical opening is slightly smaller than the TSG. Again it is not anything I notice when riding.
I also looked at the Nishua Enduro Carbon. Nishua is a house brand of the German motorcycle store Louis, and are significantly cheaper than other brands.
Here´s a short comparison with the tsg by Wojciech Perkowski:
Weight with visors and shield is 1250 unlike declared 1150. With just a polycarbonate visor it’s 1150g - the same as my double visor TSG Pass. Helmet fits nice. FOV is very good. It’s with DD lock which I like. Pinlock was included in the box.
This one should have the newest standard as I remember.
I am sill looking for the perfect overall protection. On short track I favor hard shield and impact protection. When we get over 60 kmt I prefer something that I feel will stay in place if falling with high speed and sliding it off.
In Montrelvel I went full in and wore a second hand leather motorcycle suit that I got for $50. I took out the knee protection, so there were only one layer of leather over the knees, and then wore my tsg DHP knee pads. I still want to be able to slide it out on the knees if i fall in a way where that posible like here: David Bonde on Instagram: "Forget fall and roll: Fall and slide is the way to go."
Over the leather I also had my crash pants that gives me maximum impact protection for my pelvis. Looks like adult diapers though.
I dont think this is perfect yet.
In Motrevel I had two falls. One with 70kmh down the straight where I ost control when trying to break to had before the first corner. I slid around 10 meters lying on my side. But felt nothing. Thank you crash pants and thank you leather. No footage of that.
Second fall was where I lost my wheel. It was in a corner so speed was relatively moderate, but the fall came totally unexpected and with no warning. Thank you crash pants and helmet: David Bonde on Instagram: "This was totally my own fault. I had the wheel off to make some adjustments and “forgot” to tighten the nut properly. I can only blame my self and my stupidity! And thank you pads and helmet.📷: Mr. Pilny"
I think these three falls pretty much sums up the way we can fall.
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this is good helmet topic. 
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I bonked my head pretty good at the long beach race. I was wearing a (fully certified) downhill MTB helmet. If I had been wearing the k6s I currently wear I am almost sure I would have walked away fine.
That is enough for me to never consider something that isn’t as protective as the k6s again. Plus I much prefer how the k6s feels on my head anyways, very comfy and light. It’s just another anecdote but I regret waiting so long to buy the thing that will protect my brain as best as possible. Hopefully this encourages someone to swap out the old helmet they kinda know isn’t the best before it gets put to the test.
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Should I change the title🤣
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if people were interested in preventing concussions mouthguards would be a nice touch. I know they help a lot in hockey.
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I just had a big wipeout at ERL where i got knocked out for a few minutes. I’ve been checked out at the local hospital and they said there’s no major injury, i just need to watch myself for the next week to make sure the sore head and neck fade away.
Big thanks to anyone who helped me offsite, even though i don’t remember those few minutes lol. And extra thanks goes to Smalls for helping get my board back!
That being said, EVERYONE GET ECE RATED MOTO HELMETS OR HIGHER! Mine is the reason why my head and neck got off with just some bruising.
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dayum. glad you’re ok. knocked out is never good.
side note. I thought this was an australian post for a second.
we should really call them Electrify or something else. since the Aussie ERL existed first.
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Thanks! I was already scatterbrained though, so this is just adding to the pile haha
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The worst part of the whole ordeal isn’t the injury, it’s actually that I had to spend the next 8 hours in pants where the fly got ripped open
HWK pants are really shitty don’t buy them
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Oh mannnn I’m glad you’re in one piece. You were killing it in quali, doing incredible work
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Hell yeah thanks dude. I think by the 2nd day i was getting the most i could out of the board, even tho it only goes 25mph. Had a great battle with Josh in the heat race too, 10/10 would sign up again, these people put on a nice event. Only complaint is that the asphalt is too hard lol
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Saw the vid, tough luck dude. Collision from behind is a tough way to fall.
You saw the gap, took advantage, and had a clear exit…until you didn’t. You had a great line, I probably would’ve done exactly the same thing as you in the position(and also ended up on the ground)
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Absolutely, I saw that everyone in front of me overshot the hairpin with an early apex, so I got my turning done early from the outside and accelerated through a late apex.
But that meant everyone in front was pulling inwards from the outside of the track at the same time I was accelerating outwards from the inside. And none of them had visibility on what I was doing, so it was my job to avoid them.
But I made that classic mistake where you don’t want to crash your board into something, so you straighten up your turn to pull your board in towards you, but then you’re just not turning hard enough anymore. This is important experience i guess lol
I’m just glad I didn’t hurt Jeff too bad
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k6s gang!
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My dead helmet was actually a cheaper Bilt model, but I’ll look into that for a replacement 
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Welp looks like esk8con is enforcing DOT rated helmets in pro class
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Why just pro class?
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Perceived higher risk?
That is a good point though because in fairness, the pro riders are much less likely to crash. On the other hand, noobs are not going to want to pay $600 for a helmet to race at an event for the first time.
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