I was wrong about helmets...

My full face helmet has saved my jaw and teeth several times. Nowadays there are also many lightweight enduro full face helmets, I think there are few excuses not to wear a full face helmet

Next Remy's video shows fullface helmet benefits.

A decent full face is so light and well ventilated nowadays, I see no reason not to wear one when riding anything even remotely close to what Remy rides ... I don't care how good you are, it's only a matter of time. Might not be so lucky next time, but so long as you understand the risks and make an informed decision, that's all I can ask from anyone. Just like how I think someone is crazy for riding with a half shell, a lot of people think I'm just as crazy for riding what so many of us ride. Just like Remy though, it's a risk vs reward, and that's up to each individual to decide on their own.

Ah no way that’s my helmet at 9:49 ! Glad to see it made it to you guys @specializedbicycles. Sorry for the long note though… I was trying to keep it short lol. That wreck ended my season but I’m back up and riding with another tactic this year. Great video!

I and my buddies have had a few crashes over the years and we would have definitely ended up with serious dental and or jaw injury if we weren't wearing a full face helmet. That's why they're good and that's why many bike park insurance requires them to be worn.

I have always worn full face doing uplift days, open face for the local hill riding. One day at the pumptrack however I managed to slip a pedal while manualling a straight of rollers something I had done a million times, ended up unconscious for 5 minutes with a broken jaw and 2 missing teeth, plenty of cuts on my face aswell. Put me off the bike for a good while and had some concussion related issues alongside a minor brain bleed that kept me in the hospital for close to two weeks. I now wear full face on the pump track because I am genuinely scared of concrete. I'm still wearing the open face in the foods when I'm not going to crazy however. Just goes to show how the riding you are doing has much less of bearing on the severity of a crash to what people normally realise. You are always in a position to get seriously hurt if things go wrong bad enough.

Remy likes a half shell helmet for when he's going slow - probably 1% of his ride. However most of his crashes have been at speed and it's only luck that he's not hit trees or rocks with his head. Please wear a full face Remy so you are able to keep producing great content.

I appreciate your authenticity and that’s what attracts me the most to your content. Being a good rider, but always being up front with where your risk management says no; being a salesman for products, but being factual and genuine in presentation of that. Props.

If only you could’ve known about yesterday’s crash…good to hear it wasn’t very serious. Seeing your bloody face reminded me to wear a proper helmet for the type of trail and riding. Hoping for easy and quick recovery.

Being someone who has always road gravity based styles (dh, freeride and enduro) you should always wear a full face when the terrain calls for it. It doesnt matter how good you are as a rider, one lapse of judgement or mistake riding in a half shelf helmet on terrain that requires a fully and you could be rewarded with a lot of pain and also titanium in your face like i have got. Please be safe out there mtb family ❤

Thanks Remy for the insight and the good explanation about details related to safety and helmets!

I wear full face any time I'm on the trails. It's saved my teeth more than once.

Is that a Soldiers on Singletrack sticker at 9:49?! Hell yea!!!

Great video. I always wondered about the difference between a moto and a bike helmet. Also, I appreciated Remys honest response on his prefering an open helmet while acknowledging the risks involved.

Another excellent video with very relevant info, keep em coming. I’ve invested in a full face for more spicy stuff, but wear a decathlon rockrider half shell for my more xc days. I did a lot of research before buying it and for my budget it was the best option. I’m a massive advocate of making helmets law for cyclists, any type of riding, being informed about what helmets do, and which helmet we should be using for each situation. I do like that you said about not riding with music too, very smart.

My IXS Trigger FF is so light and breeths so well I see no reason to go half shell.

Just bought a Tactic, amazing price and fit for a MIPS helmet, extremely comfy, only thing i would say is I'd like to see a maglock catch, but for the price, i won't complain!

I love my specialized Gambit helmet. I don't ride a specialized bike but their helmets always fit me really well.

Grateful to have been able to travel to Squamish the last 3 years and see some of your lines at Alice Lake. Tons of respect. Thanks also for this video and all the great content. I’m a mountain bike instructor who has had about 700 clients since I’ve started my business. I have about 12 stories of riders of various abilities who wish desperately they would have had a light weight full face on. They say some face protection is always better than none. So glad to hear you will be wearing face protection more often. This same transformation has happened in motocross and football since I was a kid. Wish you the best!!

I prefer the footage you get from a chin bar mounted camera, it has the right balance of trail and handlebars so you can see what the rider is doing to control the bike but unlike chest mounts their arms don't cut off the side of the picture as much.