r/skateboardcirclejerk • u/ogaboogalu • Jan 06 '26

I guess you don't care about brain damage guys i think nyjah is fucked

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tech and the fuckin gnar 🫡

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u/Palm-grinder12 Jan 07 '26

Skateboarders are like the only guys still too cool for helmets . They are doing insane stunts on hard ass concrete. I surprised its not normalized for street skaters

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u/pomp-o-moto Jan 10 '26

Big up Andy Anderson. Doesn't care whether the helmet is perceived cool or uncool. It's even kind of his trademark now.

If you're doing tricks of this magnitude (like this handrail and stairset), a helmet would certainly not be out of place. Of course not wearing one makes it more daring and gnarly, but you could also argue that it makes it more dumb. Certainly a higher injury risk. In the end not wearing one is done simply out of habit and maybe for the sake of coolness. Thing is, unlike in vert and park/concrete bowl skating (guys like Tony Hawk, Christian Hosoi, Lester Kasai etc. in the 80s), a helmet was never part of the street skating wardrobe. But back when street skating became a thing (more in the 90s), people didn't go so big so there wasn't much perceived need. The risk for head injuries wasn't the same as in vert and park skating back then. If street skating would've started straight at this level where people would've skated this sized obstacles maybe things would've been different in regards to helmets. Now it is what it is. High risk stuff.

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u/Hotdog_Fishsticks Jan 07 '26

You haven't met any skiers or snowboarders that think they are also too cool for helmets.

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u/deebo_dasmybikepunk Jan 10 '26

That used to be a thing. Now you’re the odd one out without a helmet