I have recently come across a product that has made it much easier to protect my kids, not only during higher rick activities like snowboarding and skiing (in which their friends say that helmets aren't "cool") but also in activities for which I'd never have considered wearing a helmet myself (like toboganning and road hockey). The product called Ribcap. They are wool caps (beanies) that are padded with a new technology called d3o and StructUre that is soft in its normal state, but hardens on impact! They come in a ton of different styles, so it was surpisingly easy to find one my teenage son and 11-year old daughter would wear! I think this product is worth mentioning as I believe it could save many kids from serious head injuries as well as ease the minds of many parents struggling with how to convince their kids to wear helmets! Their website is at www.ribcap.ca I hope this helps all of you as well as it helped our family! Cheers! Jeremy Bresciani