I know a lot of people find the helmet either embarassing or hot but I would highly recomend wearing one for the first couple of months
I put a couple of dents in mine while I was learning and Clive did the same although we don't wear them now I would still wear one if I was trying anything new on hard ground or near any hard objects
I didn't think I needed wristies when I started
(nice Xrays to prove it
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One thought we all make mistakes and you can't bock if your a vegetable
Jason