A pioneer among its peers: the first climbing helmet featuring the patented MIPS technology, the Wall Rider MIPS offers maximum safety and protection from impacts caused by tumbling rocks or falls.

When the Wall Rider MIPS helmet is subjected to an angled impact, the low friction layer allows the helmet to slide relative to the head. This means that some portion of the rotational forces and energies acting on the head at impact are redirected and absorbed thanks to the large low-friction layer, rather than being transferred to the brain. Safety on the mountain with the Wall Rider MIPS.

Features:

• EPP core combined with a partial Hard Shell
• Ergonomic interior with comfortable padding
• Large ventilation openings for good air circulation and heat discharge
• Ultra-lightweight, minimalist adjustment system
• All-round, fully adjustable chin strap for optimum fit
• 2 clips on front and rubber loop on back for fixing a headlamp
• EN 12492 standard

MIPS works by installing a thin (0.5–0.7 mm), ventilated, custom cut low-friction layer inside the helmet liner. The layer is held in place by an assemblage of composite anchors that flex in all directions. These anchors hold the layer in place, around the head, but provide a small movement in response to angled impact. MIPS' small movement (10-15 mm) relative to the helmet at the brief moment of an angled impact (3–10 milliseconds) allows the head to continue in the direction in which it was originally travelling. Thanks to it's thinness, lightness, and integration into the helmet's existing ventilation, it's rarely noticed by the wearer, even over extended periods of use.

MIPS has evolved through study and testing in Sweden since 1996 by some of the world's leading researchers in biomechanics and neuroscience at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.

Available to buy: 19th July 2018

Price: £139.00