Body Armor Recomendation

[tenex198]

I had surgery on my tail bone over the summer, and I have fallen on the damm thing twice in the past couple days skiing. Does anyone have a recomendation on a body armor company.

Cheers

[kidwoo]

dainese


they make a pad for just about anything

[fluffballs]

I wear pro-tec hip pads, they have a tail bone protection too, but you may want something more significant. A football girdle will hold a pretty serious tail bone pad.

[scurry4]

rockgardn stuff is good, mostly bike, dainaise is lighter though.

[72Twenty]

SixSixOne

[beaterdit]

I've got these:


Not really that substantial in the tailbone area but a lot better than nothing. I actually supplement it with a hip pad from some downhill shorts velcro'd in, with the hardshell it's pretty good. I got 'em on sale somewhere for like $45 but they're $60 on the site:
http://www.hillbillydirtgear.com/product/pads.html
Hillbilly Dirt Gear: Impact protection to keep you riding
The advertising's pretty classy too.

[truth]

Aegix...built into the pants. Good stuff.

[Sinecure]

+1 for Dainese. Look for it in motorcycle shops if you can't find it elsewhere. The pro-tec shorts aren't bad either. I have a set of Red shorts that work pretty well. Pro-tec has some out now that basically just have some hip pads and a tailbone pad, rather than padding all the way around like most do. That may be more appealing to you. I noticed them last weekend when I had to replace my daughter's pads.

Do a search on this subject. There have been some good posts on it. 661 has a nice looking set of shorts and an "impact belt" that might work well for you.

[summit]

R.E.D. armor shorts has a foam and plastic tailbone protector... good stuff i wear them almost every inbounds day

[Will]

Here's a link to some decent prices on protective gear. No first hand experience with any of the brands though. They have padded shorts by Sette, Fox, EVS and Crashpads though.

http://www.pricepoint.com/thumb.htm?...sort=styleName

[tenex198]

Thanks guys, I just picked up a pair of RED Impact Shorts. Hopefully this will to the trick until the tail bone heals completely.

Cheers

[summit]

you wont regret those... they are awesome i've had them for 3 years and they've saved my hips from some serious pain. they aren't horrifically expensive either

[Big Blue]

agreed on the REDs, good choice. They have an actual hard plastic pad as opposed to just foam like most others.

[PNWbrit]

Armor? What armor? I just see spots.

[TurxSki]

Altrec have 25% off R.E.D, Burton & Anon stuff until 1/31.
The Impact Shorts look like board-shorts, not Leiderhosen, nowadays, btw

The "BroDeal"
http://www.altrec.com/shop/detail/26427/