HeLmEtS?!?!?!

SaddleHappy · 03-16-2006, 06:42 AM

I can't say I'll be exactly PROUD to wear a helmet. Actually I come from the days when no one wore a helmet for any reason... the "helmets are for sissies" days. So I feel really silly and conspicuous wearing a helmet. But from now on, I'm just going to wear my helmet, silly or not. That huge lump on my head was a literal lesson in the school of "hard knocks!"

Limmerick · 03-16-2006, 07:13 AM

i wear a helmet every time...

i'd much rather be able to replace a helmet than not be able to do anything.

I've replaced 5 helmets in the past 6 years...all were busted while riding "bombproof" horses. 3 of those i'm proud to say i was able to walk away from the accident...had i not been wearing a helmet I wouldn't be here.

JumpsxGlory · 03-16-2006, 07:22 AM

When jumping or Eventing, always! When I'm doing Dressage though and my parents aren't around I don't wear my helmet.

cowgurly02 · 03-16-2006, 10:58 AM

I never wear a helmet, I ride western.

Eventer_101 · 03-16-2006, 11:08 AM

I have to wear one, where I board my horse they have an arena and when you are under 18 you must wear a helmet when you ride. Even if I didnt have to, I have those occasional incidents where I happen to slide off my horse lol. I value you my perfectly inflated head =]

LuckyAshley · 03-16-2006, 03:40 PM

This thread is going well. Keep those votes comming. Good for all of you who wear helmets. If you do fall off and hit your head hard enough without a helmet... there is a chance that you may become retarded and not even remember your beloved horses name.. how horrible would that be?!!?!?!?!?!

txcowgrly · 03-16-2006, 04:06 PM

I ride western. I wear a helmet, its as simple as if you want to see your famly again if you take a bad spill. Idk, i could go on forever but I'm sure id start something, this is a touchy subject for me.

Breanne

View Poll Results: Do you wear a helmet?
No, I do not wear a helmet at any time.	10	13.70%
Occasionally, I will wear a helmet.	8	10.96%
Yes, I proudly wear a helmet every time I ride.	55	75.34%
Voters: 73. You may not vote on this poll

03-16-2006, 07:22 AM	#23
JumpsxGlory Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 9,406 Images: 1130 Blog Entries: 2	When jumping or Eventing, always! When I'm doing Dressage though and my parents aren't around I don't wear my helmet. __________________ "Success will only come to the dressage rider who wins the friendship of his/her four-legged partner and turns him into a ally"~Alois Podhajsky 100% D-R-E-S-S-A-G-E Carpe Diem (Ollie) Dressage Gelding

03-16-2006, 10:58 AM	#24
cowgurly02 Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 10,973 Images: 237 Blog Entries: 450	I never wear a helmet, I ride western. __________________ When I hear somebody talk about a horse or cow being stupid, I figure its a sure sign that the animal has outfoxed them. ~Tom Dorrance

03-16-2006, 11:08 AM	#25
Eventer_101 Full Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Flushing, Michigan Posts: 115 Images: 3 Blog Entries: 1	I have to wear one, where I board my horse they have an arena and when you are under 18 you must wear a helmet when you ride. Even if I didnt have to, I have those occasional incidents where I happen to slide off my horse lol. I value you my perfectly inflated head =] __________________ I need a good signature, seriously now. Eventer_101, future olympian right here, Maria and Thunder Thunder, May 18th 2003 I <3 Him!

03-16-2006, 03:40 PM	#26
LuckyAshley Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: MN Posts: 4,222 Images: 1084	This thread is going well. Keep those votes comming. Good for all of you who wear helmets. If you do fall off and hit your head hard enough without a helmet... there is a chance that you may become retarded and not even remember your beloved horses name.. how horrible would that be?!!?!?!?!?! __________________ SexybyChristmasChallenge-r!! Lbs lost: 5

03-16-2006, 06:42 AM	#21
SaddleHappy Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: GA Posts: 1,021 Images: 41	I can't say I'll be exactly PROUD to wear a helmet. Actually I come from the days when no one wore a helmet for any reason... the "helmets are for sissies" days. So I feel really silly and conspicuous wearing a helmet. But from now on, I'm just going to wear my helmet, silly or not. That huge lump on my head was a literal lesson in the school of "hard knocks!"

03-16-2006, 07:13 AM	#22
Limmerick Senior Member+ Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: On The Side Of A Hill Posts: 594	i wear a helmet every time... i'd much rather be able to replace a helmet than not be able to do anything. I've replaced 5 helmets in the past 6 years...all were busted while riding "bombproof" horses. 3 of those i'm proud to say i was able to walk away from the accident...had i not been wearing a helmet I wouldn't be here.

03-16-2006, 04:06 PM	#27
txcowgrly Full Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Texas ...whoop! Posts: 175 Images: 4	I ride western. I wear a helmet, its as simple as if you want to see your famly again if you take a bad spill. Idk, i could go on forever but I'm sure id start something, this is a touchy subject for me. Breanne __________________ "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." -unknown- "Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail." -Kettering- -Pround Owner of a 2YO spanish mustang - MacLuta, a medicine hat paint

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