When it comes to protecting your brain matter, it is no joking matter!\u00a0 I know it is April 1st and tricks and jokes rule the Internet, this is not one of them.\u00a0 Think of this as more of a public service announcement from a concerned Dad, Farmer Dad to be exact.<\/p>\n
My daughter loves horses, she gets that from me.\u00a0 But like any Dad I worry.\u00a0 When my kids started ice skating they had helmets on.\u00a0 I was amazed that few if any of the other children wore helmets.\u00a0 That was almost 10 years ago, now almost all the kids wear helmets, I like to think we set the trend.\u00a0 Here we are again hopefully setting the trend, this time horseback riding safety!<\/p>\n
Today everyone is required to wear a helmet if you want to go horseback riding, very different from when I learned, no one wore helmets!\u00a0 Interestingly most people that fall off of a horse don’t hurt their heads, so while helmets are a good precaution for your noggin, they don’t prevent most injuries.\u00a0 Enter the Air-Vest<\/a> or what we call a Hit-Vest here in the USA.\u00a0 The Hit-Vest offers true protection against the most common injuries due to falling from a horse.\u00a0 It protects your neck, spin, ribs and hips using airbag technology.\u00a0 See the video for yourself, it is pretty amazing.<\/p>\n