#HELMETS
SmartPak Monday Morning Feed: How To Shop for a Helmet
If you’ve ever struggled with how to buy a helmet online, SmartPak is here to help. This video offers great tips on fit and how to take into account hair texture and head shape. (more…)
Best Helmets for Western Riders
Here at Horse Nation, we’re committed to reminding our readers to mind their melons. So it’s only fair that we offer a review to help you make an informed decision when you go about buying your next — or your first! — helmet.
Weekend Wellness: Mind Your Melon
Here’s Evention TV to help remind you to take care of your brain and wear a helmet!
The Helmet You’ll Forget You’re Wearing
“I still didn’t always wear a helmet, especially when camping or trail riding or ‘on a trusty solid horse.’ Yes, I know what happened to Courtney King Dye, but that wouldn’t happen to me. Until it did.”
An Ode to the Helmet That Just Didn’t Fit Me
Rest in peace to the memories we never made.
Why Don’t They Make Riding Helmets Like These?
A photoessay starring friend of Horse Nation, Jamie Massey Jennings.
2016 Best of HN #18: 9 Things Western Riders Who Wear Helmets Are Tired of Hearing
I’m not sure why my personal choice to wear a helmet has got you so upset, but seriously, people … chill out.
6 HN Readers/Western Riders Who Aren’t Afraid to Rock a Helmet
The times they are a-changin’ as more and more western riders trade in their cowboy hats for helmets. Exhibit A: HN’s own readers. (more…)
Cowgirl Up: How ‘Helmet Girl’ is Challenging the Rodeo Scene
In the barrel racing world, it takes a brave cowgirl to stand up against tradition — and still set world records while doing so. Meet Nicole Aichele, also known as “Helmet Girl.” (more…)
Eventing Nation: December PSA – Is it time to replace your helmet?
Erin Critz reminds us that helmets have lifespans and we need to respect them. (more…)
10 Times I Was Glad I Wore My Helmet
Karlie Mitchell reflects on a few occasions when her helmet saved the day. (more…)
Airheads: Inflatable helmets?
With the exploding popularity of air vests for riders, it’s only a matter of time. Shara gets the scoop on the world’s first “invisible helmet.” (more…)
Charles Owen to discontinue hunt cap sales in 2013
Horse Nation dropkicks a beautiful, seal-grey Ascot hunt cap that we paid a lot of money for really, really hard in a show of support. (more…)