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@vinylvillain
Riding with earphones on the road is dumb - i even see idiots on scooters riding with earphones, if you saw one of them i am pretty sure we would see a thread on here saying "cant believe what i saw today blah blah blah . . "
Off road fine by me, and if you ride em on road thats your choice and i'm not going to stop you, but its as bad if not worse than a car driver using a mobile in my book. Riding with a portable speaker is the way to go if you really need tunes.
I have a Bern Baker which i use for snowboarding, its a great bit of kit, and you can remove the liner in about 2 secs -speaker kit is shite though as are 99% of the ones that come with helmets, and venting aint great. Bizarrely the only time i bother wear a helmet boarding is if i am going to be spending any time on apiste, as the risk of an idiot crashing into you is pretty high these days, whereas i never wear it off piste or in the park where i spend most of my time. There is a similar debate in the wintersports world about listening to music - me i turn it off on a crowded piste and have it on the rest of the time.
A better vented helmet similar to the Bern is the Red Mutiny - it has hidden vents that can be opened and closed - i have one as well, though i prefer the fit of the bern, but thats just beacause it fits me bonce better: