I started skiing and snowboarding at a time when you rarely saw helmets on groomed slopes. And besides, my descents would never be described as “adventurous” anyway. Luckily, though, society evolves and if there’s something you can do to keep yourself safer, then by all means. I just wanted to avoid massive headgear that made me look like one of the Peanuts kids. That’s why I chose the Electric Mashman, a low-profile helmet “inspired by the counterculture period of the 1960s”. It’s an added bit of protection that makes me feel like Peter Fonda as I easy-ride down the mountain.