Bulgaria Ski discussion board

As Pete says, buy one. Don't compromise your child's safety and well-being.

I've always bought my boys' helmets through ebay - search for ski or sknowboard helmet, and then search the shops. You can buy through ebay or contact them direct. They cost about £20 plus £5 delivery and arrive by courier the following day, all boxed up and brand new. Our nearby TKMaxx never had any the right size when I went in, and a store close by that sells them at the full price is too expensive.

You find out the size by putting a tape measure round the child's head, and all the website shope have info which tells you that between 52-55cm is medium, etc. A helmet fits into an average depth suitcase, but make sure it's fairly rigid and pad it for protection. Or you could put it in your carry-on bag, but we pack ours in the checked luggage.

I've got a couple of outgrown ones in the garage - but they'll go in the skip next time I get one. With borrowed or rented helmets you never know how it's been treated before you get it - whether it's been dropped on concrete, hit a tree or pylon, been used as a football, etc. And just think of the sweaty heads that may have been in there! Ewww! Anyway, I wouldn't risk it.