{"id":2994,"date":"2018-01-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hoxyheads.com\/tips-kopen-skihelm\/"},"modified":"2023-10-10T09:45:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T07:45:33","slug":"tips-kopen-skihelm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoxyheads.com\/nl\/tips-kopen-skihelm\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying a ski helmet for kids: tips and advice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What to look for when you go buying a ski helmet for your child(ren)?&nbsp;<span lang=\"en\">We have some tips for you: <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span lang=\"en\">Involve your child in the purchasing process.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span lang=\"en\">Take your child with you to the store and try on ski helmets. <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span lang=\"en\">Check that the helmet is compatible with the goggles. Does your child has a good pair of ski goggles? Take them with you to the store or buy a new pair of ski goggles at the same time.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Get advice from a specialist in a store.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Test whether your child can open and close the helmet closure itself.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pay attention to the&nbsp;weight of the helmet. When a helmet is too heavy, children don&#8217;t like to wear them anymore after a few hours of skiing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span lang=\"en\">Don&#8217;t pay too much attention to the looks of the helmet.&nbsp;The most important factor in a helmet is the fit. It must fit properly and comfortably to protect your brain against injury.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span lang=\"en\">Don&#8217;t buy a larger size ski helmet with the intention to grow into it.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span lang=\"en\">We do not recommend to buy a used ski helmet. Like car safety seats, you don&#8217;t know the helmets history. Ski helmet manufacturers recommend to replace a ski helmet every three to five years and after a significant crash or collision.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span lang=\"en\">Explain to your child why wearing a helmet is important. <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span lang=\"en\">Set a good example for your child(ren)!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What to look for when you go buying a ski helmet for your child(ren)?&nbsp;We have some tips for you:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoxyheads-blog"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hoxyheads.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hoxyheads.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hoxyheads.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoxyheads.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoxyheads.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2994"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoxyheads.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3042,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoxyheads.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2994\/revisions\/3042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoxyheads.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hoxyheads.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoxyheads.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoxyheads.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}