Did you know? Bell’s Fast Facts Fridays – Oscars

By Bell Sports on March 5th, 2010 / Add a Comment
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The 82^nd Academy Awards are at 8 ET / 5 PT Sunday, March 7, 2010 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood and the glamour will be in full effect. In honor of this year’s Oscars we’d like to recognize those that we consider superstars by setting positive examples of safety by wearing a helmet! This week’s Fast Facts Friday is a collection of photos from around the web of Oscar-related celebs wearing helmets.

Jake Gyllenhaal is best known for his roles in Donnie Darko, Bubble Boy, The Day After Tomorrow, Jarhead, and Brokeback Mountain (in which he was nominated an Oscar for best actor in 2005). He isn’t nominated for an Academy Award this year, but his older sister Maggie Gyllenhaal is nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in Crazy Heart.

We’re not sure if Maggie rides a bike, but Jake sure does. We’re excited to see him staying safe in a Giro helmet when he’s riding the streets.

Photo courtesy JustJared.BuzzNet.com

Matthew Broderick is best known for his role in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. He also starred in the 1999 movie Election which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing. These days he keeps his pant leg rolled up so it won’t get caught in the chain, and wears a Bell helmet for safety.

Photo courtesy Cyclelicio.us

Matt Damon is best known for … ummm, well, he’s been in a TON of popular movies including Good Will Hunting, Saving Private Ryan, Rounders, The Bourne series, The Departed, and 2009’s Invictus. He is actually nominated this year for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in Invictus. We’re definitely glad to see he’s staying safe with a Bell Helmet.

Photo courtesy ShowHype.com

Hugh Jackman is known for his role as the slashing, side-burned X-Man Wolverine. He hosted the 81^st Academy Awards last year to rave reviews. He isn’t nominated for an Oscar this year, and he’s not hosting the awards show either, but when we found photos of him wearing a helmet while riding his mountain bike we had to share.

Photo courtesy DailyMail.co.uk

Carey Mulligan is nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her role in An Education.

Here she is seen sporting a helmet as she rides on the back of a motorcycle with boyfriend Shia LaBeouf, also protecting his valuable head with a helmet.

Photo courtesy DailyMail.co.uk

Have you seen or know of any other celebrities that wear a helmet? Please share with us by leaving a comment below!

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Craig Twigger was wearing this Bell helmet when he took a bad spill, and it saved his life

Craig Twigger: Ontario

I want to say thank you for engineering a great helmet that – according to the emergency room doctor – recently saved my life. I was riding with my son and misjudged the ending of an elevated ramp at a mountain bike park and landed completely on the side of my head and shoulder from about 6 feet off the ground. I could not get my hands in front of me and the helmet took the full force of my crash.

I did not receive a concussion and only bruising and stiffness in my neck and shoulder. The Bell helmet stayed in place over the bumps and was where it was supposed to be when I hit the ground.

The helmet was completely destroyed, but thankfully, it was the helmet and not my skull. Helmets are important and do actually work. I am speaking, in particular, to those of us (40-year-plus) adults who don’t think we need to wear a helmet, since most of us grew up not wearing one.

My two young children and my wife and I are glad that Bell made a great helmet and that it worked to significantly reduce the impact to my skull during my accident.