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Brad Anderson crashed at Hawkstone Park and his Leatt Helmet got totally ripped in pieces. In the picture it looks like he's wearing a helmet without mouth piece... Don't want to throw them under the bus, but head protection is bit to important to not post this and sweep this under the carpet or sand.
MX helmets have a hard job. They have to be forgiving enough to deal with very low speed tip overs, but also handle high speed rag dolls. As well as dealing with blunt object impact i.e. bikes and rocks. I've always wondered if something dynamic like D3O might not have a place in helmet technology.
Edited to add: I hope Mr. Anderson recovers well/quickly. That's a pretty brutal picture.
The Shop
https://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Helmet-Its-a-BIG-deal,13…
And hope Brad is doing ok.
Pit Row
Its not a fast part of the track at all , and is usually very soft on the outside where they went down.
He was down a long time, and stabilised at the side of the track by the medics, who took good care of him.
Until footage emerges of what happened, its not easy to say what the severity of the impact was, but concensus of those that saw it was that it wasnt the outcome you would expect from this crash.
EDIT
Team saying after scans, he has only a broken nose but is very bashed about.
looks like leatts base model helmet, their high end helmets have the same tech as the fly formula
Some crashes, suffice to say, just involve a lot and SOMETIMES you're going to the hospital no matter how much gear you have on.
I too would like to see the crash of this.
Ive seen face parts broken and splintered from a face plant into rock hard dirt, face was fine.
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