| For average canoeing and kayaking on a lake, it does | | | | head into the shell securely but comfortably. If you are |
| not make sense to wear a helmet. The worst injury | | | | wearing a properly fitted and sized helmet it will cover |
| that could come about is you tip over and get wet. | | | | not just the top of your head but also the ears, temple |
| When it comes time to hit the rapids though, it's a | | | | and back of the head area. It is easy when |
| whole different story. You will need to wear a helmet, | | | | underwater to take a fatal blow to these areas so do |
| and not doing so is a fatal mistake. A helmet protects | | | | not let that happen! Make sure that the helmet you get |
| you from hitting rocks, branches or whatever else is in | | | | fits your head more than anything else though since a |
| the water when you flip upside down in your kayak. | | | | helmet that slides off your head when you need it is |
| They protect your head from a flailing paddle or rocks | | | | no good at all. A well fitted helmet will go on your head |
| that can knock you out. | | | | easily but not wiggle at all if you shake your head back |
| The design on helmets is not rocket science. They | | | | and forth. When the straps are in use their should be |
| have a hard outer shell, a hard foam liner that absorbs | | | | little or no movement of the helmet at all, as well as |
| the shocks and then a medley of straps to hold your | | | | the helmet not restricting your vision at all! |