Surfing Helmet?
Noticed this ad in an old magazine:
Odd. With years of surfing experience under my belt I’ve never personally seen anyone wearing a surfing helmet, much less one shaped like this. Perhaps the manufacturer intended for the user to wear this Kaiser helmet while surfing the Internet? But the publication date of this magazine is from the 60′s, and from what I know of history the Internet wasn’t around then, so that shoots that theory out of the water.
Another thought is that this helmet provided protection while channel surfing, but how many channels did they have in the 60′s? This is pre-cable, so…what? Ten channels? Fifteen? Did people need cranium protection while walking back and forth between the couch and the television to change the channel?
And so the question remains. What exactly was this “surfing helmet” used for, and how much protection could a three dollar piece of plastic provide? Certainly this wasn’t DOT approved?
