GIRO snow skiing
2 reports to CPSC, the latest made Nov 6, 2019. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 2reports to CPSC
- Nov 6, 2019the latest report was made
- Feb 26, 2013the earliest
- 1with the company’s comments
- Brand
- GIRO
- Maker
- Bell Sports, Inc.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Snow skiingThe activity, its clothing or equipmentCPSC’s product type: Snow Skiing (Activity, Apparel or Equipment) (code 3283), in Sports and Recreation: Ice & Snow Sports
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| November 2019 | 1 |
| February 2013 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Emergency room 1 CPSC: Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
- No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No one hurt Made Nov 6, 2019, sent to the company Mar 3, 2020, published by CPSC Mar 24, 2020
The product, in the report: Giro NEO JR. MIPS kids ski helmet. Size small, matte white.
I purchased a Giro NEO JR. MIPS helmet, size small, from backcountry.com on 10/30/2019. I received the helmet and in the process of fitting the helmet to my daughter, discovered that Giro has manufactured the helmet with an adult sized chin strap. The way this chinstrap is made, specifically the fact that the chin padding is sewn to the webbing, prevents significant adjustment of the chin strap. The shell of the helmet fits my child perfectly, so it’s not a sizing issue. It’s an issue of the chinstrap that’s fitted to the helmet being incorrect and inappropriate for the helmet size. At full tight adjustment on the chin strap, my daughter could get her entire fist in between her chin, and the chinstrap. I contacted Giro about it, and received an apathetic response from their customer service team. I have almost 30 years experience in extreme sports where helmets are required. I know how a helmet should or shouldn’t fit. Having a loose chin strap on a helmet, is almost as bad as not wearing a helmet at all, in certain types of falls. Severe injury can occur in a fall with a helmet with a loose chinstrap. I’m VERY concerned that a parent, maybe without as much experience with helmeted sports, would buy this helmet, and unwittingly put their child in danger from a fall with this helmet on.
- Model
- NEO JR. MIPS
- Bought from
- backcountry.com, Utah
- Bought
- Oct 30, 2019
- Where
- Draper, Utah: Place of Recreation or Sports
- Who was involved
- Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand Giro, made or sold by Bell Sports, Inc.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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Emergency room Made Feb 26, 2013, sent to the company Mar 7, 2013, published by CPSC Mar 21, 2013
The product, in the report: Ski Helmet, GIRO brand Information from the inside of the helmet. 2009-07 X0042017 G10/S153 2015180 M55.5-59cm 486g
I was skiing while wearing a helmet. I was going slow on the beginner hill. I fell and hit my head. The helmet injured me.
I was knocked unconscious for about 15 minutes. I was taken to the emergency via a ski litter. There I received treatment and was released after tests and after I could remember things. I had a headache and was dazed for about 3 days.
When I inspected the helmet after the injury, I found that the bruise on my skull lined up with some rigid pieces in the helmet. These rigid pieces did not allow my skull in impact the cushioning material of the helmet, but transferred the entire blow thru two rigid plastic pieces to a small area to my skull.
There are two plastic pieces of the helmet were added for aesthetic and comfort reasons. They do not appear to have been tested for safety. The issue is that these two plastic pieces are rigid and prevent the skull form engaging the cushioning material when there is an impact to the back of the helmet.
The first of the two rigid pieces is a plastic edging material over the outside rim of the helmet. This plastic is curved toward the inside of the helmet, which adds more rigidity.
The second of the two rigid pieces is the adjustor disk for the helmet fit. This adjustor is round, the diameter of about a half-dollar coin, with a thickness of approximately 0.5 inches.
These two rigid pieces are directly lined up, and have a server negative impact, when the wearer falls on their back. The two rigid pieces engage and the entire blow to the head is then transferred directly through these pieces to the skull. No cushioning material is engaged. These two rigid pieces actually concentrate the load that was coming from the helmet into the skull making the blow much more severe.
I will no longer wear the helmet as it is more dangerous than going without a helmet.
- Model
- 2009-07, X0042017, G10/
S153, 2015180, M55.5-59cm, 486g - UPC
- cannot identify
- Serial number
- X0042017, G10/
S153, 2015180, M55.5-59cm, 486g - Bought from
- Ski shop in Ketchem, Colorado
- Bought
- Jan 2, 2010
- Where
- Colorado: Place of Recreation or Sports
- Who was involved
- Age 52, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand GIRO, made or sold by Bell Sports, Inc.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
CPSC’s disclaimer
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Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
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