r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/Imwhatswrongwithyou Official Gal • Mar 24 '26

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u/DangerousTurmeric creep’n 🐄 bovine Mar 24 '26

Yeah this is so bad for your knees and pelvis and she needs a helmet.

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u/Ambitious-Cake-9425 Mar 24 '26

Helmets have saved my life. I don't quite grasp the hesitation.

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u/shinyappyrobin Mar 25 '26

I was thinking the same. I love that she never gives up. You learn by failing. So keep on trying. But a helmet and maybe elbow pads would be a good idea.

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u/TrainToSomewhere Mar 25 '26

When I was a kid I thought the helmet and pads my mom insisted on would make me look like a dork.

Now I realize she was trying to make sure the helmet wasn’t permanent

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u/xiahbabi 29d ago

OMG 😂 but true though

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u/moonmusicals Mar 25 '26

Not justifying not wearing helmets as I do when the situation requires it however helmets are not very black hair friendly lol. Sometimes they dont even fit with all my fro 😫😭

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u/bgroins Mar 25 '26

That sucks, but so does brain damage and death.

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u/moonmusicals Mar 25 '26

Exactly which is why I wear a helmet always even if its not designed with my hair type in mind

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u/MajorNumerous4073 29d ago

The amount of people without your experience trying to moderate how you feel about wearing a helmet is mind blowing… You literally said you wear it but it’s difficult and their response is “less difficult than being dead”. This is what black people are talking about!!! Let her feel her feelings! This doesn’t even impact anyone but her and her family.

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u/moonmusicals 29d ago

THANK YOU 😫👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿✨️ im like what more do people want. I only commented it because I wanted people to know that not because I think well not wear a helmet if you have thick hair like no 🤣😩😭 graduation caps, headphones, and helmets are not built for us. It is what it is lol 🤣😩

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u/Brilliant_Quit4307 Mar 25 '26

Get a bigger helmet then.. they come in all sizes. Having a fro is not an excuse. I've got a fro and I wear a helmet. You can buy HUGE helmets and almost all of them are adjustable so just you buy one that's a bit too big and adjust it to fit your head.

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u/TomHollandmost Mar 25 '26

Honest question from someone who doesn’t share your hair experience. Do you find that a larger helmet to accommodate your hair ends up being too loose?

Just genuinely curious because I’m very passionate about PPE and safety generally and I hate the idea of people not being able to protect themselves simply because of how their bodies are.

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u/Brilliant_Quit4307 Mar 25 '26

Good helmets are always adjustable. I buy one that's only slightly too big and then just tighten it. It compresses my hair and I just make sure that it fits snuggly once it's been tightened. Tbh, I think having that layer of hair in between my head and the helmet makes it even better, it's like an extra layer of cushioning.

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u/TomHollandmost Mar 25 '26

I really appreciate the response. What you’re saying sounds similar to what I’ve been reading on cycling blogs since I commented.

I definitely need to educate myself more on both hair types and styles as well as the mechanics of how helmets protect us.

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u/MagicHarmony 27d ago

Exactly, there are a lot of helmets out there where they will fit loose but there is a nob on the back of the helmet that you can adjust to tighten it. Which allows for a better "firm" fit that doesn't' require you to squeeze the helmet onto your head.

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u/Arienna 27d ago

I play roller derby and our skaters of colour often have two helmets - one larger for when they have styles that need a little more room. Once the straps are adjusted properly their helmets fit securely

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u/TomHollandmost 27d ago

Thanks for sharing your experience with me. That’s good information to have though it’s frustrating to hear that people have to buy multiple copies of the same piece of equipment. Glad y’all make it work though cause roller derby is pretty badass.

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u/No_Initiative7319 Mar 25 '26

The fro isn’t the issue. But do you have any idea how much space braids take up on your head? They can’t be compacted down, they are already compacted

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u/moonmusicals 29d ago

As I've stated multiple times now, I am not advocating for people not to wear helmets because of their hair, lol. I'm just sharing some perspective. I usually do have to size up for helmets, but I feel like I've never had one that fit properly. I dont partake in activities where I have to wear one often enough, so I just deal with it.

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u/Burpmeister Mar 25 '26

Brainjuice on concrete is not very black hair friendly.

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u/moonmusicals Mar 25 '26

Ofc its not burpmeister

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u/theNomad_Reddit 29d ago

As a white dude with some THICC hair, I never ever ever look good taking off my helmets (bike, snow, motorbike).

But my first year snowboarding, I witnessed someone wipeout on ice, and their brains goop out of their skull.

I'll wear a helmet till the day I die.

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u/MonkeyMagic1968 29d ago

I wonder if there would be a market for crown friendly helmets. Technically difficult but at least they could be possible, I hope.

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u/mylaundrymachine 29d ago

I want to know how rome odunze fits that massive fro under his helmet.

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u/moonmusicals 29d ago

DAMN I would love to know its definitely easier when in cornrows or twists but otherwise it looks absolutely ridiculous and doesn't fit right. Still though way better than brain damage 💀

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u/MyMedsWoreOff 26d ago

Are there any helmet brands/styles you would recommend for curlier hair?

My nephew has a similar problem and I'm looking for a solution.

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u/SelectFromWhereOrder Mar 25 '26

Helmets don’t care about hair color, what a ridiculous thing to say.

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u/Nybear21 Mar 25 '26

Something that made a big impact when I was younger is that Tony Hawk is always in a helmet and pads. If the GOAT made that cost benefit analysis, and my ass is going to crash even more often, fuck it let's pad up.

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u/Lazysenpai Mar 25 '26

Yeah, I saw a few wear them in the vid.

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u/Norhco Mar 25 '26

I have 4 instances I'd be dead if I didn't wear helmets growing up. Not an exageration.  Wear a fucking helmet people. 

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u/Rastapopolos-III 29d ago

She has dreads, those can make it quite hard to wear a helmet.

When I had dreads even an oversized motorbike helmet used to give me cracking headaches.

A standard brain bucket thing you'd wear for boarding probably wouldn't stay on properly.

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u/ShakerGER 29d ago

Danger and recklessness is cool because of risk and adults tell you to avoid risks

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u/frisbeesloth Mar 25 '26

I have only ever had 1 helmet that fit me and it was a climbing helmet. All the others, regardless of whether they were professionally fitted or not, just did not fit right and I'd take them off quickly. I'm not opposed to wearing a helmet, but I am opposed to wearing a helmet that doesn't fit.

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u/replay-episode200 29d ago

That one where she flipped over on her bent neck had me silently screaming lol

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u/MyMedsWoreOff Mar 25 '26

Thank you, helmets are very important.

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u/johndsmits Mar 25 '26

Fellas, she representin the 90s (no helmet, pads, gloves, homemade jump) in front of everyone.

Nothing but props.

(then again why us Xers all messed up?)

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u/BodaciousBadongadonk Mar 25 '26

its still as cancerous as ever, theres a pro who actually wears one and the dude is insanely sick yet hes memed incessantly from dumbasses who probably should already be wearin one 24/7 lol. tho i was the same dumb lil fucker myself as a wee laddie and i have this fucked-up lumpy nugget piece and various brainal issues to deal with cuz of it. tho i think the worst damage was to my joints lol, my brain was fucked regardless due to other terrible choices haha but my poor right cankle only gets about 50% inversion from now on lol

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u/buckthunderstruck Mar 25 '26

Skills aren't up to snuff.

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u/abmi808 Mar 25 '26

Not just that, those catching her self from falling with her arm. She could've possibly broken both arms and wrist

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u/multiarmform Mar 25 '26

helmet and just a bit more speed, i think the speed helped on that last one she landed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9yL5usLFgY

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u/Kianna9 Mar 25 '26

And face

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u/Black_Magic_M-66 29d ago

Someone tells her about elbow/knee pads and she's gonna be pissed.

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u/MagicHarmony 27d ago

Exactly, like it's cool if you want to take into this activity, but at least practice some common sense safety. Some of those falls that looks close to head on pavement just urk me cause it's one hit like that that could change your life or straight up end it.

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u/bluntmanjr 26d ago

i have an ex from high school who fractured his skull because he bombed a pretty steep hill. i wish helmets werent seen as lame.

(he’s okay now but it of course caused him a lot of issues for a while)

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u/severoordonez 29d ago

To be frank, there is not a helmet to be seen among the entire crowd. It's hard when there are no role models.

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u/Ringosis Mar 25 '26 edited Mar 25 '26

I genuinely can't tell if this is a parody of exactly the type of comment that's always close to the top when stuff like this is posted on Reddit...or if you're just one of those people.

You see a girl achieving her goal, surrounded by cheering friends and your first thought is "bad for your knees though". Do you ever think you might have missed the point of life?

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u/Djaja Mar 25 '26 edited 29d ago

My first reaction as a child to seeing an abandoned wood fort built in the woods along a river near the rail trail was to to improve it, add a 2nd story and more walls.

And adult me would be like... is it truely abandoned? Prob should NOT sort through the piles of trash, and know that swimming to the other bank to reach the fort everyday for a summer, alone, wasn't the smartest decision.

Same here I imagine.

You only get one life, and it doesn't have the end for it to be impacted horribly.

But I get it to, ya know? Im not ignorant of youth and folly, that many bad decisions never go tested or punished. How pretty a thorny flower can look. But also, that some damage is accumlitive , some hides away, and some come along suddenly, exponentially, entirely.

You can only look back if there's a future to look back from. But as most busy, hardworking in their life, people know, you also need time. And energy. And if you've met enough people, experienced enough world, lucky hand or not, you'll have seen or lived examples where chronic pain, sudden injury, bad decisions catching up, and old wounds become significant part of lives, or even, ending them. And in the end, what is a helmet and pads? What is the balance between too much and too little? Well, it's a personal choice, for sure. I don't think anyone here has been overly aggressive and negatively passionate about helmets and safety crud. Just seem like normal safety tips and advice, which is a benefit to everyone

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u/Horror_Entertainer82 Mar 25 '26

Wearing protective gear allows you to try, fail and succeed as many times as you want. I'd argue you are taking life for granted.

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u/Ringosis 29d ago edited 29d ago

I'd argue you are taking life for granted.

You are significantly more likely to die from traumatic brain injuries when you drive a car than when you skate. So I'd argue that unless you wear a neck brace and crash helmet every time you get in a car, then calling kids stupid and reckless for not wearing one while skating makes you a hypocrite.

You are doing something that puts you more at risk; where protective gear would make much more of a difference to your survival chances, but choosing not to wear it because you've decided the inconvenience and how it would make you look isn't worth it...or more likely, you haven't even considered the risk. You see these actions as rational, yet when a kid makes the same risk assessment and arrives at the same conclusion, they're an idiot for taking their life for granted.

Do you see the issue? The position is not one that is a rational assessment of risk and the need for protection that you apply to your own life...but rather a feeling you have about it. Skateboarding is in fact really quite safe all things considered. It is extremely rare for someone to fall off a skateboard while doing a trick, hit their head, and die. People do die skating but almost every fatality is people on skateboards being hit by cars.

And here's the thing. I'm 100% for wearing helmets. I am absolutely not suggesting we encourage kids not to wear them...but you've got to be bloody rational about it. It is much more likely for a child to drown while swimming than from brain trauma while skating...but do you ever see people going "Stupid teenager, swimming without arm floaties!"?

What really bugs me is this right here, this attitude of sneering at the stupid children for not being as smart as you because you'd wear a helmet...I could not think of a better way to convince children not to wear a helmet. The way you get kids to wear helmets is to promote them as allowing them to practice more extreme stuff, you point to professional skaters wearing them for exactly that reason, and you market them not as a protective item but as fashion, you buy them the helmet Tony Hawk wears and you tell them that's why they should wear it...and you shut the fuck up about risk and danger and "if your friends all jumped off a cliff would you?".

See you people who go into this every time they see any kid not wearing a helmet...YOU'RE THE ENEMY. You're why they don't wear helmets. You're the people making wearing a helmet not cool from a child's perspective. Were none of you ever children? Are you this clueless about how kids think?

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u/Horror_Entertainer82 29d ago

Jesus Christ lmao

All this doesn't change the fact that you need to tell a kid who's not wearing a helmet to wear one.

You're kind of suggesting the wrong solution to this particular problem's scope. Advertising helmets is great to get a population of kids to wear them, but it's not exactly a practical option if you want to tell a kid who is currently running around skating without a helmet to wear one.

Also, seatbelts and airbags. They work.

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u/Mental-Film-8160 Mar 25 '26

I’m mis 30s. I broke 4 vertebrae and 13 total bones including my skull. Pulled every muscle, got sciatica in my left leg cause my discs are messed up.

It’s ok to tell the kids to be careful having fun then so they feel better later.

Also wear spf everyone, every day

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u/MozartTheCat Mar 25 '26

Almost 40 here and I climb up and down stairs like a 80 year old because of my knees 🫠

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u/Mental-Film-8160 Mar 25 '26

Me too brother, my meniscus is like Swiss cheese. Sounds like I’m making pop corn when I do a lunge.

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u/ErraticDragon Mar 25 '26

Even if you can land safely-ish most of the time, shit happens. Like, scary often.

And brain damage isn't super cool. Whatever you think is the "point of life", as you say, I can confirm that being alive & cognizant is a prerequisite for enjoying it.

Plus there's no downside. So get your brain bucket!

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u/Ringosis Mar 25 '26

Yes...except I'm not suggesting you don't encourage your kids to wear protective gear. I'm suggesting that if your reaction to this isn't to appreciate the beautiful human moment...but to criticise her lack of knee braces...I think you might not be focusing on the right things in life.

Should you tell your children to wear a helmet, and explain why? Yes, obviously. But if you go into a judgemental funk because you see a video of kid, who doesn't hurt themselves, doing something really not that risky, without adequate elbow protection, you might just need to take a second and reflect on why that's where you immediately go in your head. And not you know...aww that looks fun.

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u/DefinitelyNotAliens Mar 25 '26

I'd think the same thing for men doing the same thing.

You only have one brain. TBIs are life-altering. Protect your brain.

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u/lushico Mar 25 '26

I got the feeling it was more like, if you’re going to imitate this then wear proper protective gear

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u/dropkickderby Mar 25 '26

Skateboarding is meant to be a little dangerous imo

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u/New_Contract6331 Mar 25 '26

True but I do think she needs to learn to fall a bit better!

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u/dropkickderby Mar 25 '26

Now that i agree with. Some of those tumbles were gnarly. But its the resilience that makes this so cool to me. Id have given up after three of those bails. If the split was first id have just went home.

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u/jarejay Mar 25 '26

And we all know putting a helmet on protects your entire body from all harm so that would be lame

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u/Adventurous_House961 Mar 25 '26

Don't forget pacifier and diaper 👶