Giro Bad Lieutenant- The Helmet the ushered in the thug era

[SuspiciousFish]

Since we are talking about OG stuff here on NS I wanted to bring up the iconic helmet of years past- the Giro Bad Lieutenant. Back in the early 00s if you wanted a helmet you had to get a lame race or gaper type helmet which sucked. Then Giro came along and made a badass helmet focused on park riders in some really dope designs. IMO this was really the piece of gear that ushered in the 'Thug' era of skiing with its park focus and radical styling. No vents meant it got hot and foggy as hell though. The design also forced you to wear your goggles under the helmet. Anyone here rock these back in the day?

Here are some of the different colors etc-

**This thread was edited on Nov 23rd 2020 at 4:49:27pm

**This thread was edited on Nov 23rd 2020 at 4:50:45pm

 

[Bigruss39]

Oh I took some good headshots wearing this absolute rig when I was 12 years old.

 

[Bended_Toenail]

honestly looks better than 90% of the helmets out there today. I'd totally cop if they came back!

 

[profa_212]

I remember having this one when i was like 10-13ish. Sick helmet. Sold it at the ski swap and saw some kid wearing it till i left for college. Legend has its still out there today

 

[Price_Police]

Remember THall rocking this in X games pipe and it was the sickest thing.

 

[T.L.]

I remember having this one when i was like 10-13ish. Sick helmet. Sold it at the ski swap and saw some kid wearing it till i left for college. Legend has its still out there today

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I competed in that helmet for a few years. I never really wore one outside of comps which I now regret...

 

[iridepc]

I had the camo one, so dope! The built in headphones were a gamechanger back in the day.

 

[GayWolf420]

this helmet changed my life dude.

 

[freestyler540]

I found them ugly as fuck at the start. Looked like a dick head... but then it was the style that really caught on. Giro was the innovator in helmet design

 

[ParkRx]

I found them ugly as fuck at the start. Looked like a dick head... but then it was the style that really caught on. Giro was the innovator in helmet design

I will never be able to unsee this now

 

[little1337]

Truly legendary and still one of the better looking skate style helmets out there

 

[OregonDead]

lol my tete skiing homeboy was still rocking one of these until just a couple years ago when someone finally gave him a new helmet. brim thing doesn’t interface quite right with any goggles

 

[theultimatejerry]

Looks sick as hell. I’d totally cop if they were still around

 

[katrina]

How old do we have to be before this and xxl tall cotton tees become gaper day garb?

 

[OregonDead]

How old do we have to be before this and xxl tall cotton tees become gaper day garb?

I think the bad lt. is already gaper day garb.

Hopefully tall and baggy gear will be every day garb for generations to come

 

[hi_vis360]

this was the sick helmet to have in the mid 2000s for sure

idk if it ushered in the tall t era of skiing though. The early/mid 2000s was an era all on it's own. What really ushered in the tall t era was the outerwear that salomon made, the rise of online edits, and of course tall ts.

 

[JoshWong]

I remember wanting one of these for sure. But really the Bern helmets with the brim on them was what I would have killed for!

 

[270on420out]

Wow I remember wanting one of those really badly when I was like 10 and my dad refused to buy it for me because he thought it was ugly.

 

[VT_scratch]

hated this helmet then, still hate it now.

 

[VT_scratch]

hated this helmet then, still hate it now.

the best helmet of the early 00's was the Giro 9. maybe it came around 2004.

 

[VT_scratch]

hated this helmet then, still hate it now.

 

[SuspiciousFish]

the best helmet of the early 00's was the Giro 9. maybe it came around 2004.

The G10 MX was a sweet helmet too. I still rock mine actually. The Tuneups still work too.

 

[steve0]

Had one, loved it. Looking back can't believe I wore that heavy thing...

 

[buck_nasty]

hell yeah I used to rock one back in the day!

 

[Literature]

What a throwback. Had one, and it never fit well.