Over the past few years, the fiberglass helmets used by skeleton riders have turned into Winter Olympics art pieces. Over the past few years, the fiberglass helmets used by skeleton riders have turned into Winter Olympics art pieces. A decade ago, most skeleton helmets were plain; in fact, they were not even designed for skeleton. But then, 2010 skeleton gold medalist Jon Montgomery said, the orb-like skeleton helmet was born — created from by a German craftsman in his basement. It’s Romania.’ (Kirill Kudryavtsev/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)Even for a sport named skeleton, some of the helmet designs skew macabre.

Source: Washington Post February 16, 2018 19:00 UTC