 helmets helmets programs what are your thoughts on helmets do you use them with your project why or why not how shold we balance the value of some amount of calculated risk involved with skateboarding with the responsibility to make a safe space for kids in the programs we run talia mon 8052019 1213 jenkem article how worried should skaters by about cte by talia on mon 8052019 1220 this 2018 article t alks about head injuries in professional skateboarding helmets by timwardsas on sat 12282019 212 hi just wanted to throw in my two cents about helmets i think if possible they should be worn by the kids in our programs we started doing skate after school with very limited supplies and no insurance and we didn t require helmets because we didn t have many and we weren t required to by insurance when we got insurance we had to require helmets and wrist guards for all of our kids i think that a goal should be to have all of the kids wear helmets but i realize that s not possible for everyone but as i said it should be a goal we have had a few instances where kids have hit their heads skateboarding and thankfully they were wearing helmets we can t completely prevent this from happening but at least when it does happen we know that we have done as much as we can helmets to prevent serious injury re helmets by rhianon on mon 12302019 1334 hi tim thanks for the input and skate after school perspective i think the insurance provider requirement is one very important reason lots of programs will require helmets especially for participants under age 18 but skateistan has also found it to be very reassuring for parents who worry about their kids being injured while learning to skate since many of us work with beginnerlevel skaters i think helmets make a lot of sense since 33 of skateboarding injuries happen to people who ve been skating for less than a week here are two infographics with a few more stats  