if your just like skiing its not that bad, but in the park you should deff have one, i got a real bad concussion at momentum last summer, and you feel like such shit for l ike a week after, it like hurts just to look into a light, orhear a loud noise, and that was with a helmet on. and look at whats happening 2 people, like cr. just invest in one that looks good, and there not that bad