I hit the back of my head while riding without a helmet, hit a patch of
ice. It hurt lots and made me feel dizzy for the rest of the day.
I've crashed whilst riding my freestyle unicycle on concrete, fallen
off backwards and bashed my head, no helmet cos it was only freestyle
riding.
Riding muni, I've cracked the front of a helmet by falling off into a
tree, I was fine after that, I've fallen off and hit my helmet on the
ground a few times. The only time I've had any problems is once when I
hit hard enough to make me dizzy even through the helmet and needed to
eat loads of sugar in order to get my energy back.
Riding coker I've fallen off and hit my head once, but it didn't hurt
at all, wearing a helmet that time too.
I think the most dangerous thing for head injuries isn't doing trials
and jumpy style muni, it's doing fast xc style muni, because you hit a
rock or a set of roots wrong and you end up flying down a hill at
15mph, whereas if you're taking it controlled and hopping everything,
most falls are low speed.
Joe
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