Better and Safer Helmets – S1 Helmets has been making quality skate helmets since 1999. In 2011, they set out to design a better and safer helmet and the result was the S1 Lifer Helmet. The S1 Lifer Helmet fits nice, low on the dome, and has multiple impact and high impact certifications. “We noticed that a lot of longboarders (downhill skateboarders) were wearing the non-certified helmets and that was scary. The non-certified helmets will not protect your head adequately in a downhill slam. So we wanted to spread the word about the added safety of the S1 Lifer Helmet.”
Who wears the S1 Lifer Helmet? Over the last few years a lot of skaters have switched to the S1 Lifer Helmet. The S1 Lifer Helmet is the halfshell of choice by the following riders: Pete Eubank, Dustin Hampton, Dane Webber, Nic Escamilla, Ari Chamasmany, Amanda Powell, Pat Schep, Alex Ameen, Norman Plante, Ian McSherry , Cooper Mauro and Chad Gibson.
This video shows that the S1 Lifer Helmet is a true multiple impact helmet and the soft foam helmets will not protect your brain in the case of a slam.
What are dudes saying about the S1 Lifer Helmet?
“The Lifer is certified for multiple impacts and high impacts. I am stoked on that. And it fits awesome!” says Nic Escamilla
“The Lifer fits like a dream.” – Pete Eubank
“Cause apart from it’s rad fit, it’s CPSC certified, which means I can ride knowing it’s gonna keep my dome piece, in one piece, if I crash.” – Ari Chamasmany
“The Lifer is plain and simple everything I want out of a half shell. It looks rad, it fits well, and its got nice beefy hard foam to save my brain! The hard foam really stands up even to a lot of full face foams out there which is why I use The Lifer in all of my Aerolids.” -Alex Ameen