I know it has been done for a while, but why do people wear their helmet covers tilted up the way they do now? It is more than some kinda trend?
Good question. I normally like a visor shadowing my eyes but CO wearers always have it up.
So you look like you’re going fast, duh. :winkgrin:
Or, at least that’s what I was always told. But, honestly, I think the brims pointing down looks a little dorky. Like white socks with dress shoes.
See I alawys thought it looked dorky having the brim pointed up. Kind of like wearing a baseball hat with the brim skewed off to the side.
Because when you do go fast (which is what eventers ?do), the flap pushes up against your helmet, rather than down over your eyes (which is REALLY dorky).
Also, the Brits think it’s safer in falls than having a straight visor. Little chance of the visor hitting first and breaking a neck.
It is all about a style… sort of like butt cracks and pants falling down :lol:
The reason it looks dorky with the brim down is the same reason high-waisted pants look dorky… it’s all about the current fashion.
I always thought it came from race jockeys, whose body/head position is more horizontal and thus the brim would impede vision if it were “down.”
[QUOTE=Huntin’ Pony;7719877]
I always thought it came from race jockeys, whose body/head position is more horizontal and thus the brim would impede vision if it were “down.”[/QUOTE]
Perhaps we are trying to emulate the race jockeys but it is more of a recent fashion in eventing. BTW, where did all the pom poms go?
It drives me slightly crazy when I can see the brim? That’s my reason anyways.
Honestly, my covers just do that automatically because of the way they stretch over the helmet. I use a fat helmet rubber band to hold my “silky” nylon cover in place and it doesn’t flip up as much. But I do think it looks jaunty when they tip up…
I’ve always heard the excuse that it is because the rider doesn’t want the brim in their sightline. But… I ride with mine normal (%$&# trendy! :lol:) and can’t see the brim in my sight line so I call BS. Mine also doesn’t naturally flip up at speed like some say it does. Mine is just the regular CO cover that came with the helmet, so it shouldn’t be any different than others I’ve seen, but maybe mine is somehow more stiff? (Though I’m on my second one and it is the same as my first). I really think it is just a trend thing…
Now, I AM all for bringing the pompom back… 
Do I have to explain everything??
When the brim is down it impedes the proper tilting of a beer bottle.
Geez louise. Amateurs. . . .:rolleyes:
2 Likes
[QUOTE=ACMEeventing;7720091]
Do I have to explain everything??
When the brim is down it impedes the proper tilting of a beer bottle.
Geez louise. Amateurs. . . .:rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
Well now, I hadn’t thought of THAT. Sure explains all of the kids with tilted brims running around BN swaying to and fro in front of the fences like drunkin’ sailors… :lol:
1 Like
So why even have a brim?
[QUOTE=Winding Down;7719874]
It is all about a style… sort of like butt cracks and pants falling down :lol:
The reason it looks dorky with the brim down is the same reason high-waisted pants look dorky… it’s all about the current fashion.[/QUOTE]
Well then, shoudn’t the brim be worn on the back? Skull cap wearers, I dare you.
It is not recent in trend, look back when we all wore Caliente Race Helmets with tie silks, when you tied the silks onto the helmet the faux brims always turned up. The recent group just wears them all with more helmet exposed, they are no longer tied, kinda gangsta style like saggy jeans…kids these days.
:no:
Edit: Here is Denny from awhile ago> http://www.tamarackhill.com/AboutUs/denny2.jpg notice the brim and he would never consider himself trendy 
Trend.
I remember being at a local schooling HT with a friend who was bringing a bunch of students to their first horse show. All her kids were relatively new riders, all wore economical plastic Troxel-style helmets and considered those the norm; none were exposed to eventing, much less eventing fashion. Getting ready for dressage, I put on my crash helmet with black satin cover (brim in the straight forward position, fully covering helmet; this was before the current trend) and noticed one of her kids pulling on her plastic, vented Troxel. Just as I was thinking how the plastic helmet kind of ruined the rest of her look (all borrowed but all clean – ironed show shirt and jacket, polished boots), she turned to me and, with typical pre-teen sass, asked why I wore such a “dorky” helmet.
Funny kid, I was thinking the same thing about you! 
It’s all what’s cool to you. I think the current style looks ridiculous. I see it and I think, “Fat Man in a Little Coat” – fat helmet in a little cover.
Eh - no, I would argue it IS more of a recent trend.
Back in the 80’s and 90’s when I did the bulk of my eventing, you did not see as many people with their helmet covers like THIS that is seen so often today.
Heck - they even advertise helmets with the cover on all wonky now. (CO seems all about making sure that their logo is still visible).
Nope - “back in my day” (hahahaha) most wore their covers like THIS.
And some riders still wear theirs this way - a rubber band helps.
I have honestly never seen a brim flip down over the face - they are pretty short, I can’t picture it happening.
I personally like the old school way, I think the extremely flipped up brims (cover partially off) look odd - but to each their own.
Nobody’s mentioned yet that it’s what they do in England, and therefore it must be a trend to be followed… I think it actually started with racing jockeys, since they are the ones who use silks and are switching them between races.
Also since these “brims” are just hat covers, there is no concern about them impeding (or not) a fall. It is all just fashion.
