Helmet Lab puts snow sport helmets to the test

We're in Helmet Lab about to release our SN2 scored comment ratings. Our initial release includes 35 comments that we chose to represent a variety of cost brands and anti rotation technology. There's a standard which specifies whether or not a 100 safe to be sold. But that's just talking about catastrophic injury. This program tells people which how much safer than the other helmet so they can make informed decisions when purchasing home it. The first thing we needed to do is figure out how skiers and snowboarders hit their heads. So we work with us in snow, and it's a video of people falling during aerial events. We did advanced computer analysis to quantify impact conditions, figure out how hard they hit their head, where they hit their head. And then we took that information and we simulated in the laboratory. One of the most important elements of our test protocol is simulating that impact surface, surface frictions are really important variable. So we have to worry about them putting snow and ice which has lower friction. Sometimes it's not compacted, sometimes it's really compacted. So we took all that into account as you develop the test method. We didn't see a strong correlation. Right arm and some of the best Thomas, the top rated comments had similar price points as some of the comments in the bottom half the readings. The top rated helminths, that a really good job at limiting rotation of the head and its performance decrease. We saw more and more rotation, but the linear forces rose to, when we get to the bottom of the list that was homeless had sharp edges and maybe more higher friction surfaces that increased irritation to the head and that's showing readings.