Skib
Well-Known Member
Can anyone please report on the comparative hardness of different bps as the landing surface in a fall?
And whether it would be softer or firmer to land on one's back in an inflated air jacket?
My OH in his seventies fell in the school wearing his Racesafe Level 3 bp - Leaving him shocked and his back more painful than mine has ever been.
When I've fallen in a sand school both with and without a bp and it has never hurt me nor prevented me re-mounting.
Any advice please on how one might soften his fall? Is it really softer to fall on Airowear than Racesafe?
Would an air jacket be even firmer on his elderly spine or reduce the impact?
And whether it would be softer or firmer to land on one's back in an inflated air jacket?
My OH in his seventies fell in the school wearing his Racesafe Level 3 bp - Leaving him shocked and his back more painful than mine has ever been.
When I've fallen in a sand school both with and without a bp and it has never hurt me nor prevented me re-mounting.
Any advice please on how one might soften his fall? Is it really softer to fall on Airowear than Racesafe?
Would an air jacket be even firmer on his elderly spine or reduce the impact?