I already chosen to buy Fox Proframe helmet and FlatLand3D gloves for electric mountain boarding.
I already got good knee and elbow pads.
I am not sure about hip and tailbone protection. I really want that protection because I already felt on my hip on the street and had trouble walking many days after…
For the shoulders I am looking at Evoc protector Shirt:
Or Evoc Protector Jacket pro:
I do not know much about this protective gears and there are not many reviews… What do you guys think about this?
I know that is a lot of protective gear but I think we are doing a sport that requires that kind of protection. I can not aford getting injured at the moment but I want to ride!
I’m keen to find some hip protection that doesn’t include putting on crash shorts.
I’m willing to bet many here have matching scars on the their leading upper hip bone from rolling out of a crash. I know a few locals that do.
Gotcha, so they protect the lower hip ball. That usually takes a good bashing too along with it makes walking suck for a bit.
I’m going to have to bite the bullet and give in to the fact that proper gear takes a bit of time to put on. Until then and after I’ll hope for an Ironman solution where you dont put on the gear, the gear puts on you.
For shoulders I’ve been really happy with my Knox jacket - also has solid elbows, chest and back. All on/off in one easy step. We’ll ventilated and tough fabric. Has def helped shoulder on big falls, level 2 protection all around shoulder.
For leading hip, I tuck a level 2 back protector into my waist band round onto butt. Again works well in ‘testing’. The snowboard and moto pants don’t have enough coverage up high for me
Looks like it’s been upgraded, I think I have the mark 1 Men’s Urbane Pro® MK3 – Black – Knox. Pricey, but you can get good deals shopping around or in older models
I just crashed the other day, the usual - cute girl, rode right off the edge of the trail. Fortunately I wasn’t going too fast.
I was quite happy with the performance of my cheap motorcycle jacket. I would never use it on a motorcycle, but it performed exceptionally well at esk8 speeds. Also, I did slide on my head for a bit, so props to my bike helmet as well.
On the upside the cute girl also turned out to be a nurse.