Anonymous
Post 11/26/2018 12:42     Subject: Helmet for ice skating
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.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2018 12:32     Subject: Re:Helmet for ice skating
My boys wear their hockey helmets.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2018 12:21     Subject: Re:Helmet for ice skating
For hokey or racing, sure. Just skating? No.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2018 12:20     Subject: Helmet for ice skating
Skiing Helmet - her friends wear bike helmets or get one from the rink.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2018 12:10     Subject: Helmet for ice skating
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
Post 11/26/2018 12:09     Subject: Helmet for ice skating
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
Post 11/26/2018 11:47     Subject: Helmet for ice skating
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
Post 11/26/2018 11:43     Subject: Helmet for ice skating
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
Post 11/26/2018 11:23     Subject: Helmet for ice skating
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
Post 11/26/2018 11:06     Subject: Re:Helmet for ice skating
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
Post 11/26/2018 11:05     Subject: Re:Helmet for ice skating
Would a standard skateboard helmet be ok to use?
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2018 11:02     Subject: Helmet for ice skating
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
Post 11/26/2018 11:01     Subject: Re:Helmet for ice skating
Ice skating definitely seems like a helmet activity to me.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2018 10:55     Subject: Helmet for ice skating
Not unless they are playing hockey.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2018 10:53     Subject: Helmet for ice skating
Do your kids wear helmets for ice skating? If so, what kind?