glad it sounds like hes gonna recover, but i gotta say, i cant for the life of me understand the whole no helmet mentality. especially for dudes like aneyerlator who are constantly pushing themselves to do gnarlier shit at a higher level. theres no if, just when as far as ringin the bell. i had a crash that had i not been wearing a helmet, would have been game over. still woke up in a shitty n.j. hospital with 12 hours of my life missing, and years of aftereffects to deal with. granted, a helmet is not a get out of brain injury free card, but what the fuck is the benefit of not wearing one? aside from bullshit like i cant ride right with one, or i dont like how it feels...still feels better than losing control over your bodily functions, talking like a canadian, or being fucking dead.