Re: [IceHorses] Wear Your Helmet

2007-05-04 Thread Ferne Fedeli
On 5/2/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I second that! It's the best helmet, comfortable, and doesn't make you > look like a bubblehead! > I could buy about 15-20 Troxels for > that! I'm a Troxel fan too. They are way more comfortable for me than the Tipperary. Maybe our hea

RE: [IceHorses] Wear Your Helmet!

2007-05-04 Thread Karen Thomas
>>> For those prices, those helmets should have helicopters built in that activate every time you start to come off your horse! Cary mentioned they should include self-inflating air bags, like a car... :) Karen Thomas, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Ve

Re: [IceHorses] Wear Your Helmet!

2007-05-04 Thread Laree Shulman
On 5/3/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For those of you who have everything and for whom money is no object: > http://www.doversaddlery.com/gpa-highlite-helmet/p/X1-36154/cn/39 > > And if money IS an object, there's this one: > http://www.doversaddlery.com/gpa-speedair-riding-helmet

Re: [IceHorses] Wear Your Helmet!

2007-05-03 Thread Robyn Schulze
People with $150,000 horses might buy those. Suckers!! ;P I want to call Dover saddlery and see how many of those they sell every year. Robyn

RE: [IceHorses] Wear Your Helmet!

2007-05-03 Thread Karen Thomas
>>> Not even going to mention to Rich that there are riding helmets available in carbon fiber...he will have to make do with his baby blue, er, that is, river blue dial-up helmet! Cary has a light blue helmet, but the most recent one we bought is black. Cary never noticed the color on the blue one

Re: [IceHorses] Wear Your Helmet!

2007-05-03 Thread pippa258
Karen Thomas wrote: > Trish, notice that we can get either of these in sizes to fit Rich and Cary. Still coming up for air after seeing those prices... =-O Not even going to mention to Rich that there are riding helmets available in carbon fiber...he will have to make do with his baby blue, er,

RE: [IceHorses] Wear Your Helmet!

2007-05-03 Thread Karen Thomas
For those of you who have everything and for whom money is no object: http://www.doversaddlery.com/gpa-highlite-helmet/p/X1-36154/cn/39 And if money IS an object, there's this one: http://www.doversaddlery.com/gpa-speedair-riding-helmet/p/X1-36144/cn/39 Trish, notice that we can get either of the

RE: [IceHorses] Wear Your Helmet!

2007-05-03 Thread Karen Thomas
>>>I suffered the worst fall I've ever taken on that ride (riding the quietest horse we've ever had, fell prey to a kid with a BB gun). I had a concussion and the dr's said I would have been a vegetable at best if I hadn't had my helmet on. PLEASE wear a helmet. I remember one time when I came A

Re: [IceHorses] Wear Your Helmet!

2007-05-03 Thread Robyn Schulze
Laree--wow, what a story! I've ridden w/o a helmet a few times--don't think I'll do that anymore. I've known of 2 people locally who've had accidents and had helmets on--one would have been injured seriously w/ o hers, and the other *was* injured seriously--she would have been killed if she hadn't

Re: [IceHorses] Wear Your Helmet!

2007-05-03 Thread Laree Shulman
What helmet brand is your favorite? After trying on a multitude of helmets at Equine Affaire I settled on a Tipperary (made by ?). I have a really hard to fit head that is long from front to back and most helmets look like huge bowling balls on my head (and, of course, it's all about looks

Re: [IceHorses] Wear Your Helmet!

2007-05-03 Thread pippa258
Karen Thomas wrote: > > I found a new one large enough for Cary that he likes - and paid only $35 > for it. (He's had several helmets over the years, but only recently have the > extra-large ones become more difficult to find.) I like the ones with the > dial adjustment. I've had a hard tim

Re: [IceHorses] Wear Your Helmet

2007-05-02 Thread Robyn Schulze
They look pretty normal to me, at least the Sportage model. Nancy, I have to agree w/ your friend's horse--I think you were nuts, too for going out in a driving rain! I have a ? model (ie, I can't remember what it is) that's about 15+ years old, very comfortable. But in the winter I ride w/ my sk

[IceHorses] Wear Your Helmet

2007-05-02 Thread Nancy Sturm
As much as I love the Tipperary, I do agree with you Karen that it's a little strange looking. We were all going out for a training ride (endurance riders) in the rain recently. One gal had a navy Tipperary, a black rain jacket and black water repellent full length chaps. We all thought she l

RE: [IceHorses] Wear Your Helmet

2007-05-02 Thread Karen Thomas
>>> I second that! It's the best helmet, comfortable, and doesn't make you look like a bubblehead! I guess we all have different perspectives, but I think the Tipperary helmets are funky looking - there's just something weird about the way the back sweeps up into a point. Sort of reminds me of M

RE: [IceHorses] Wear Your Helmet!

2007-05-02 Thread Lorraine Voog
> What helmet brand is your favorite? > I have a friend that refuses to wear a helmet. I guess she thinks nothing could ever happen to her. It kind of makes me mad. She owns a very spooky horse. I have already fallen on my head. I had a helmet on luckily. Lorraine Happy Southwestern

Re: [IceHorses] Wear Your Helmet

2007-05-02 Thread Lorraine Voog
> > > > > I second that! No more headaches for me. Love my > Tipperary. > > Ann > > > I have never heard of that brand. Where do you get one? Happy Southwestern Trails __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection a

Re: [IceHorses] Wear Your Helmet!

2007-05-02 Thread Lorraine Voog
> What helmet brand is your favorite? > I have been wearing a helmet for almost 17 years. I feel naked without it. Mine is a troxel. Blue. Happy Southwestern Trails __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection aro

RE: [IceHorses] Wear Your Helmet!

2007-05-02 Thread Karen Thomas
What helmet brand is your favorite? Most of the newer styles are very light and comfortable, even the less expensive ones. I have ones made by Aegis, International, Troxel and they are all fine to me. I found a new one large enough for Cary that he likes - and paid only $35 for it. (He's ha

Re: [IceHorses] Wear Your Helmet

2007-05-02 Thread Cherie Mascis
>I love my Tipperary. I know that head shape and helmet >comfort are >individual things, but this is the first helmet I've >ever been able to >wear comfortably. >Nancy I second that! It's the best helmet, comfortable, and doesn't make you look like a bubblehead! Cherie

Re: [IceHorses] Wear Your Helmet

2007-05-02 Thread Ann Cassidy
I love my Tipperary. I know that head shape and helmet comfort are > individual things, but this is the first helmet I've ever been able to wear > comfortably. > > I second that! No more headaches for me. Love my Tipperary. Ann

[IceHorses] Wear Your Helmet

2007-05-02 Thread Nancy Sturm
I love my Tipperary. I know that head shape and helmet comfort are individual things, but this is the first helmet I've ever been able to wear comfortably. Nancy

[IceHorses] Wear Your Helmet!

2007-05-02 Thread Judy Ryder
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=599937 What helmet brand is your favorite? Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com