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Body Armour...am I getting myself at it?

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Steve_W:
After splatting at the weekend, it's knocked my confidence a bit, and since getting back into riding, I desperately want to air the quarter pipe like I used to all the time in my teens (glory days)...but I'm older and less pain resistant, so am I losing the plot by thinking of wearing body armour?  I wanna air, but not hurt myself!  It seems common to hurt your stomach and/or chest if you hang the back wheel, and I wanna get my aerials right before I go back to normal pads...thoughts please!

(I have visions of coming in the skatepark, padding up for 20 minutes with all these kids watching me, expecting a Dave Mirra like performance, then after an hour I get an inch of air!) :idiot2:

zed4130:
it does affect you mate ,i twisted my foot backwards 5 years back  :'( and ive never been the same  :-\  but it does come back just wear all the gear  :daumenhoch: you only get one brain  :daumenhoch: or half in my case  :2funny:

highrisedrifter:
There was another thread on here a few weeks back that morphed into a 'pads or not' debate. The general consensus was pads are a good idea because, as you say, we are older and less pain resistant nowadays.

I'm sure getting some and I don't care if I look a tit wearing them.

Sorry, even more of a tit is what I should have said.  :LolLolLolLol:

HRD

aerostylie:
Try a baggy sized hoody and wear the armour underneath, I've done this at Epic and it wasn't too noticeable, looked like I had a great six pack though!!

I know what you mean though being all padded up when you see kids with no lids, pads airing everywhere, they have no fear the buggers :P  Full face and pads for me all the time :daumenhoch:

Here's the armour I've used but in bright yellow, £40squid off evil bay


Paul :)

Steve_W:
Right, that's it then, body armour me up!  I'll sweat like a paedo in a playground with that lot on under a hoody though!

Still, at least I won't be posting on here asking if anyone wants to donate a pancreas to me after my lever caught on it and yanked the bugger out!

Do you have the link for eBay?  Cheers!

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