What is the definition for the k factor for a hydrant or what does the k factor represents?Qk*sqrt(p)thanks!
My personal opinion is that every rider is WELL aware of the dangers of riding, bullriding, bronco events, etc w/out wearing a helmet and the consequences of such an action. Myself, tho not a bullrider by any means, still rides to this day on my own horse without a helmet. I have fallen off several times and each time I do, I always say that I will start wearing one cause all it takes is a fall that you don't have time to prepare for and then you end up like Christopher Reeves or worse. But I never have used a helmet. So my opinion on the matter is that each rider should do and or wear whatever they want. It's their decision on whether they think that having a 1800 lb animal's hoof come down on their skull will do damage or not and if they can be quick enough to get out of the way.
fire is a flame of furry (metaphor) That's all I got sorry I'm not real good with this stuff!
i dont think pbr should make it a rule. one, bull riders know the dangers of the sport, if they werent aware of it and didnt want to take the risk, they would be doing it. Look at Tuff Hedemen, had his face completely smashed in, had to have complete reconstructive surgery, has that changed his views on bull riding..no i think if a man wants to wear a helment, more power to him, he is just protecting himself, but dont force them to do it.
I never rode bulls - but in my youth, I used to do 3-day events. The cross-country course - miles at a full gallop - taking jumps made from telephone poles, stone (real stone) walls and whiskey barrels - is a killer - literally. I have had broken bones, I'm missing teeth and once spent weeks in traction - Horse fell on a jump - and we went tumbling. I was taken to the hospital in a heap - the horse was humanely destroyed. That was 40-odd years ago before body armor, teeth guards and helmet straps that don't break. Yeah. I think bull riding falls into that kind of sport. I like helmets and body armor and teeth guards. It's not un-manly to want to continue walking. My eventing days are over now - and I can still ride - but I stick to quiet trail rides.
My gut reaction is, whatever an adult chooses to do with their head is their own business. MinorsI'm definitely pro-helmets for them as they may not have the thought processes to weigh risked consequences vs. peer pressure or even the maturity to make an EDUCATED decision about it for themselves and they tend to think it can't happen to me anyway. This is going to be just like the seatbelt issue when they first started legislating it. You hardly hear anything about it now because the kids today have grown up using them and now it's the norm. If they require it for minors, in a few years it will be the exception who puts aside the helmet once they're of age. I'm 43 and using a helmet for the first time this year. I always used to say I was making an educated but illogical choice for the freedom of riding without one. Until a friend got hurt this year and will likely not ride much this fall. I'm not willing to give up a season if I don't have to. And I started thinking that being brain-damaged, drooling, unable to speak and move while sitting in my own excrement didn't sound much like freedom to me.
