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Cricket Manufacturers / Brands => Ayrtek Cricket => Topic started by: Muffin on April 15, 2013, 03:29:34 PM

Title: Revolutionary cricket helmet
Post by: Muffin on April 15, 2013, 03:29:34 PM

Don't suppose this was one of your business ventures prior to Ayrtek? :P

http://www.gizmag.com/go/5232/ (http://www.gizmag.com/go/5232/)

Title: Re: Revolutionary cricket helmet
Post by: ajmw89 on April 15, 2013, 03:35:36 PM

That's a weird lid!

Title: Re: Revolutionary cricket helmet
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on April 15, 2013, 03:38:45 PM

No but this was what I first discovered when searching Google back in 2007 when we first went about forming our own design :)

Title: Re: Revolutionary cricket helmet
Post by: Muffin on April 15, 2013, 04:18:25 PM

I'm sure the Ayrtek has been called odd on many occasions but this is truly an odd lid. Some interesting research shown in the article below though and you can understand what the guy is trying to incorporate in terms of, er...ventilation
I think more bizarre than the actual helmet is the mock up of the guy batting in it http://www.gizmag.com/go/5232/picture/20342/ (http://www.gizmag.com/go/5232/picture/20342/)