Helmet for ice skating

[Anonymous]

Do your kids wear helmets for ice skating? If so, what kind?

[Anonymous]

Not unless they are playing hockey.

[Anonymous]

Ice skating definitely seems like a helmet activity to me.

[Anonymous]

They absolutely should. I have seen plenty of people fall on the ice and crack their skulls and have to be taken away in an ambulance.

[Anonymous]

Would a standard skateboard helmet be ok to use?

[Anonymous]

we use skiing helmets. they are rounder and not light like bike helmets. i.e. they stay put and really protect the back of the head
that's the dangerous part to hit in a fall and where you are most likely to fall skating on ice.

[Anonymous]

For a teenager- no. If it was a kid under the age of 12 or so, its okay, though I don't think it's really needed. I learned how to skate at the age of 5, spent my life growing up in and around rinks, took some hard falls over the years, and never once used a helmet. I think the use of a helmet to skate is a bit of overkill personally, and seems to have become a trend over the past 10 or so year , along with the whole helicopter parenting thing; most people when they are learning to skate just end up on their rear ends or on their knees if they do fall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For a teenager- no. If it was a kid under the age of 12 or so, its okay, though I don't think it's really needed. I learned how to skate at the age of 5, spent my life growing up in and around rinks, took some hard falls over the years, and never once used a helmet. I think the use of a helmet to skate is a bit of overkill personally, and seems to have become a trend over the past 10 or so year , along with the whole helicopter parenting thing; most people when they are learning to skate just end up on their rear ends or on their knees if they do fall.

I never once wore a helmet skiing growing up. Doesn't mean my teenagers don't wear them now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For a teenager- no. If it was a kid under the age of 12 or so, its okay, though I don't think it's really needed. I learned how to skate at the age of 5, spent my life growing up in and around rinks, took some hard falls over the years, and never once used a helmet. I think the use of a helmet to skate is a bit of overkill personally, and seems to have become a trend over the past 10 or so year , along with the whole helicopter parenting thing; most people when they are learning to skate just end up on their rear ends or on their knees if they do fall.

I never once wore a helmet skiing growing up. Doesn't mean my teenagers don't wear them now.

Damn right. I never wore a bike helmet either. But hey, I didn't really need one. When I went over the handlebars, I usually only tore up my hands and knees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They absolutely should. I have seen plenty of people fall on the ice and crack their skulls and have to be taken away in an ambulance.

Really? Plenty? I have four kids who play hockey and we are at the rink all the time for open skates and I have never seen this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They absolutely should. I have seen plenty of people fall on the ice and crack their skulls and have to be taken away in an ambulance.

Really? Plenty? I have four kids who play hockey and we are at the rink all the time for open skates and I have never seen this.

I should add I have also never seen a teenager wearing a helmet for an open skating session.

[Anonymous]

Skiing Helmet - her friends wear bike helmets or get one from the rink.

[Anonymous]

For hokey or racing, sure. Just skating? No.

[Anonymous]

My boys wear their hockey helmets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They absolutely should. I have seen plenty of people fall on the ice and crack their skulls and have to be taken away in an ambulance.

Really? Plenty? I have four kids who play hockey and we are at the rink all the time for open skates and I have never seen this.

Yes, really. Plenty. Lots of people don't know how to skate.