Why Do You Ride with Troxel?

I was riding my green horse. . . 5 rides old. . . when someone crept in from a dark hallway and spooked my horse. The horse bolted, and silly me, I was not riding with a saddle. I got off balance and pulled on the reins (horse didn't have a stop yet), and he panicked even more and started to buck. There I went!...

Slipped off a horse during lessons off the saddle but I had my Troxel Helmet on with no head injuries of any but body was sore for a month. At least I kept my head and helmet on and got back on the horse the next week...

It was a cool, gorgeous day in November of this year in the fields of the State University of Long Island, NY, perfect trail riding weather. We were out in a sunny field, a group of six. Wearing my new breeches and in my brand new Troxel Legacy Gold Duratec, I was riding a horse I knew was a few...

In June 2006, at the age of 34, I began pursuing a life-long dream of learning to ride horses. My lessons began with a package deal that included 4 sessions in a class of 6 beginner riders on mild-mannered school horses. On our 4th lesson, the horses spooked. The one I was riding bucked, and I was launched into the...

I had brain surgery in June and wanted to ride the worst, but still had the brain tumor and my Dr. said that I must wear a helmet "IF" I were to continue riding. So, I looked at them, thinking all the time that I did not like them, never had to wear them and wish that I did not...

It was a beautiful sunny summer afternoon about 15 years ago. We were at a BBQ at by bosses home in Oregon. Even though it had been awhile since I had ridden, my love of horses won out and I asked to ride the horse in her field and was given the okay. No one told me he had not...

Several of us went riding the river trail that morning. I was riding a horse that I had never ridden before, a smart, feisty Arab mare. She did not appreciate the mud puddles on the trails we were riding. I lost the battle after several attempts to go through a particularly difficult puddle with a steep bank on one side...

I was 40 ft away when I heard my 13 year old daughter's head hit the ground. It was my worst nightmare. After taking a jump, her stirrup came loose and I helplessly watched her fall followed by a horrible thud. I have no memory of getting to her, but by the time I did, she was back on her...

Last Spring my horse & I took a dump in Rocky River. . . The water was too high and our partnership too new for that challenge; but, we do stupid things. I felt Diamond Girl falling and tried to jump off clear of her. I wound up under water and watching her hooves coming down in front of me...

I always wear a helmet while riding. . . it's a good thing or I probably would be eating gruel right now. Bhen gave one big buck while going up a steep climb. I went flying and in slow motion I hit the ground. My butt hit the hard, frozen ground first then my head whip lashed back, making ful...

I've had two horse wrecks wearing Troxel helmets, and I like to think they saved my life both times. In January of 1996, while cantering a muddy trail, my horse side-stepped to avoid deep mud and then slipped in wet grass. His forehand went down, I was pitched forward on his neck than sailed over his left shoulder...

Windy day, only one other rider outside, and my Haflinger mare spooks at a dust devil. She jumps sideways and as there is no horse under me, I hit the ground, hard. My head and my backside take the brunt of the fall. My helmet (not a Troxel) is cracked near clean around (which is okay by me as I...