Welcome to the third episode of The Champion Safety Series, a Horse & Hound Podcast Advertising Series, in which our regular host Pippa Roome talks to the British Horse Society and British Riding Clubs’ Rachael Hollely-Thompson and Champion’s Helen Riley about why body protectors are important for riders of all levels and how they work […]
What’s in The Champion Safety Series podcast: episode two
Max Strandwitz is the CEO of Mips, the multi-directional impact protection system developed to help redirect the energy that causes the dangerous rotational motion of the brain typically experienced by riders when they have a fall from their horse.
Max explains: “Mips is a low friction layer located inside a helmet… that redirects the energy which is normally absorbed by your head [in a fall]. To explain how that works, normally when… you fall off a horse you fall to the ground at an angle. When [you hit the ground] wearing a traditional helmet the rider’s head gets buried into the EPS foam and gets stuck. Inside your head your brain is floating in water – if I nod my head, my head and my brain normally moves independently from each other by around 10-15mm. Our system [is designed] to avoid the head coming to a sudden stop.
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A Horse & Hound Podcast Advertising Series with Champion
Welcome to the first episode of The Champion Safety Series, a Horse & Hound Podcast Advertising Series, in which our regular host Pippa Roome chats to brain injury survivor Sarah Washington on why helmets matter, plus we learn more about helmet design, testing and standards from Champion production engineer Ben Hanna.
This is the first in a six-part podcast series, produced in partnership with Champion. You can listen online here or via your favourite podcast app. Credit: Ti Media
What’s in The Champion Safety Series podcast: episode one
Rider Sarah Washington, 23, suffered a traumatic brain injury as a result of a fall and is now an active campaigner for helmet safety. Her message to fellow riders is simple: “When you’re on a horse, whatever horse it is, whatever you’re doing, you should always wear a properly fitted helmet and make sure it’s done up.