Kevlar reinforced soft surf helmet made by Sjø Protection seen from the side with partially transparent background.

The surf helmet you forget is on your head

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The world's first Virginia Tech rated soft surf helmet

Sjø Protection's story

We know the struggle of head injuries in water sports. Four years ago, our founder Thomas sustained his first long-lasting concussion from water sports. He struggled to find a helmet that offered both good protection and was so comfortable that it didn’t feel like a compromise. Since Thomas is a mechanical engineer, he designed and built the Sjø Protection Helmet to meet his needs, which, it turns out, also fulfills the needs of many other water sports lovers.

Forehead stitches from a surfing injury — the inspiration behind Sjo Protection
Surfer wearing Sjo Protection soft surf helmet in the ocean
Wingfoiler in action wearing Sjo Protection soft surf helmet
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The first soft watersports helmet to be tested and rated by Virginia Tech

Sjo Protection soft surf helmet tested and rated by Virginia Tech Virginia Tech helmet rating logo
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Even though our helmet is soft, it protects you from sharp objects

We achieve this by using Kevlar, the same material used in bulletproof vests.

Kevlar helmet

The helmet with Kevlar stops the sharp object.

Non-Kevlar helmet

The helmet without Kevlar gets completely punctured by the sharp object.

Why we use Kevlar

This protects you from sharp rocks, fins, reefs, and foils.

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High performance SAS-Tec impact material

The Sjø Protection helmet uses high-performance viscoelastic impact foam from SAS-Tec. This is the same material used in mountain biking and motorcycling protection.

Image showing the Kevlar and SAS-Tec foam right before assembly. This is the material that makes up the soft surf helmet by Sjø Protection.
Image from SAS-Tec illustrating their body protection for motorcycling. We use this material on our soft surf helmet.

Formable and adjustable

The helmet is so adjustable you can wear it on the outside…

Or on the inside of a wetsuit hood.

You adjust it with these two straps in the back to fit your head perfectly.

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