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Adjustable snowboard helmets use a rear dial or ratchet system to fine-tune fit in seconds, without taking the helmet off. It is the difference between a helmet that fits properly over a beanie on a cold morning and the same helmet fitting properly bare-headed in spring slush — and a helmet only protects you when it fits.
Frequently Asked Questions
It is a helmet with a dial or ratchet at the back that drives a cradle tightening around the occipital bone at the base of your skull. Turning it in pulls the cradle snug, backing it off releases it. You are fine tuning how the helmet grips your head, not changing the helmet's size.
Head circumference is not the only variable. You will ride with a beanie some days and without one on others, and helmet liners pack down over a season, so a helmet that fit perfectly in June can be loose by September. A helmet that moves independently of your head in a crash is not doing its job.
No. Adjustment refines fit, it does not rescue the wrong size. The helmet should sit level, cover your forehead, and stay put when you shake your head with the strap undone. If it rocks front to back, it is too big.
Measure the circumference of your head about a centimetre above your eyebrows, then match that to the manufacturer's size chart.
EN1077, the European snow sport standard, or ASTM F2040, the US equivalent. Many helmets carry both. MIPS is a separate system that sits inside the helmet as a low friction layer to reduce rotational forces in an angled impact.
Anon, Giro, ProTec, K2, Oakley and Blak. Come into our Richmond store and we will fit you properly with your own goggles.




























