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Pro-Tec B2 Skateboarding Helmet Review

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Pro-Tec B2 Skateboarding Helmet Review

Pro-Tec Bucky Lasek B2 Skate Helmet

The Bottom Line

The Pro-Tec B2 skateboarding helmet is a fusion of styles and technology. The Pro-Tec B2 skateboarding helmet has the shape of the Classic Pro-Tec helmet, but packed with all of Pro-Tec's latest design and technology improvements. Just like the Pro-Tec Ace helmet, the Pro-Tec B2 skate helmet comes in four styles, each keyed to a pro and including a sticker sheet of that pro's sponsors.
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Pros

  • SXP technology allows you to continue to use the helmet after a crash
  • Fusion of classic style and new technology
  • Pro model - Pro-Tec Ace is worn by Ueda, Hassan, Lasek and Santos

Cons

  • Most skateparks now require you to wear a helmet - that sucks, but at least this one's cool

Description

  • CPSC Certified - Consumer Product Safety Commission
  • Available in four pro sponsored styles
  • Bucky Lasek - gloss black with orange straps
  • Lincoln Ueda - Matte gray with black straps
  • Omar Hassan - Army Green with gray straps
  • Willy Santos - Desert sand with black straps
  • Available in sizes Small, Medium, Large, and Extra Large

Guide Review - Pro-Tec B2 Skateboarding Helmet Review

The Pro-Tec B2 skate helmet is comfortable, safe and stylish.

The comfort of the Pro-Tec B2 skate helmet comes from the changeable padded liner and intuitive shape of the helmet. The Pro-Tec B2 holds onto the head well. The B2 helmet also comes in four sizes - Small, Medium, Large and ExLarge. It's nice to see a helmet company make a helmet dedicated to sizes, and with a true "ExLarge" size. Personally, I have a hard time finding skate helmets that fit, and I like this about the Pro-Tec B2.

The Pro-Tec B2 skate helmet is also safe - CPSC certified, and improved with Pro-Tec's SXP technology. SXP multiple impact technology means that when the helmet suffers from an impact, the foam inside will spring back to its original shape. With regular helmets, the padding inside the helmet absorbs impact and then stays compressed, making the helmet dangerous for future impacts. SXP technology makes Pro-Tec skateboarding helmets safer, and they last longer because they don't need to be replaced as often.

Pro-Tec B2 skateboarding helmets also look cool. The old school rounded style looks great, and the colors available are pretty sick. You should be able to find one that you like, especially with the Pro-Tec B2 helmets being keyed to pros. If you have to wear a helmet, you might as well look cool - try the Pro-Tec B2.

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