Charles Owen Kylo Riding Hat Navy Matt/Pewter with MIPS

Charles Owen Kylo Riding Hat Navy Matt/Pewter with MIPS

The Charles Owen Kylo exudes quality, style and comfort with an easy-to-fit precision dial-fit system. Complete with a removable washable headband.

Certified to three international safety standards with MIPS technology available to protect you with the very best in helmet safety.

Available in both navy and black colourways with a high-quality matte or gloss finish.

Standards: ASTM F1163-23, PAS015:2011, BS EN 1384:2023

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• Available in both standard and wide peak in all sizes.
• Dial-adjustable precision fit
• Lightweight
• Flexible peak, in both standard and widepeak.
• Extensive ventilation for the maximum cooling effect
• Fully adjustable, leather-look harness
• Quick release harness buckle
• Machine washable, wicking fabric removable headband
• Optional MIPS Protection
• Navy and Black colourways

MIPS (Multi-Directional Impact Protection System) is an additional brain protection system.

The MIPS system was invented in 1996 in Sweden by Hans von Holst, a neurosurgeon and Peter Halldin, a researcher from the Royal Institute of Technology.

MIPS is designed to add protection against rotational motion (or kinematics) transmitted to the brain from angled impacts to the head, which is how most riders fall.

Rotational motion is a combination of rotational energy (angular velocity) and rotational forces from angular acceleration that both affect the brain and increase the risk for minor and severe brain injuries.

MIPS’ added protection system has been proven to reduce rotational motion when implemented in a helmet by redirecting energies and forces otherwise transmitted to the brain.

How does MIPS work?

MIPS is an additional liner that is incorporated inside the riding helmet.

This low-friction layer enables your head to move 10-15mm in all directions, which has been proven to reduce the rotational movement to the brain and therefore injury (particularly concussion and traumatic brain injury).

The core idea behind MIPS is to simulate and enhance the brain’s own protection system, which uses the same principle of the brain being able to slide a little bit against the skull.