What is the best airbag vest for horse riders? I’m asking… I’ll add your comments to the follow up.

So I’m wondering about airbag vests for riding… The kind used for eventing, jumping…

Many of the people who are on the HIP REPLACEMENT FOR HORSE PEOPLE FB page, discuss starting to ride again and wanting an airbag vest, for security.

Now, an airbag vest probably wouldn’t help your new hip… but I think the idea is that some people are less confident after a hip replacement. These people want to ride, but they have a new device that they need to learn to balance and coordinate. Hence, the vest idea if they fall.

I can totally understand this. Not from the hip replacement part because mine feels like my natural hip, but from a lack of confidence part that happened when I am in a heavy Lyme cycle. I lose my coordination and balance when I’m in a Lyme flare, and that ‘out of body’ experience is scary on a horse.

So, I’m asking… “What is the best airbag vest out there and why?”

I’ve seen this one and heard that it is the best, but I have no reference.

This is a Hit Air vest

AIR-VEST dot com.

Click to go to site.

I found this site, Air-Vest.com, and have read many reviews… but this is just one brand. Nothing is as good as hearing first hand and comparing real-life experience. So if you have information, please comment or email me.

Thank you!

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Doesn’t this look like FUN?! Long riding.

Firestone brewery and restaurant are local to us here in Paso Robles, CA. I was wondering if they were serving food yet… and they aren’t. Sad. So instead of being sad, I decided to peruse their website. On it, I found their blog… and on their blog, I found this story:

: Click to go to story… (Isn’t this a great photo?!)

Growing up in the canyons of Southern California, Gillian Larson, developed a passion for exploring the outdoors via the back of a horse.

Over the years, she has pursued this passion with relentless vigor and was able to build up her stamina to ride journeys like the Continental Divide, Pacific Crest Trail, Arizona Trail and the Colorado Trail all on her own, with only the company of her horses.

To date, she has accumulated over 10,000 miles in the backcountry with the same two horses.

When Gillian is not riding her horses and tackling the backcountry on her own, she leads trips through the mountains and canyons or trains horses to be able to take on feats like these.

Back in 2019, a then future client reached out to Gillian and expressed a lifelong dream of riding across the United States. However, he lives in Israel and needs a local to help with the logistics of this ride. As Gillian did not have enough horses for her client and his friend to make the trip, she spent the past year finding, training, and logging miles on three brand new horses: Newt, Shasta and Nico.

One of the training trips she took these horses on took place recently, and she brought along fellow adventurer and Firestone Walker Ambassador, Dylan Gordon, along with to document and lend a hand.

They took the horses to the backcountry of the Santa Ynez Valley, only a few miles from our original brewing facility. They spent the day riding out to a campsite in the Los Padres National Forest. Being that Dylan was involved, they found a spot with a sweet little swimming hole and set up camp.

Though this trip was an overnight strike mission, it helped Gillian to know what she can expect from these horses when it comes to her client’s big trip. She will not be going on the ride but will be on the road with them as a fulltime support crew.

SO I LOOKED UP GILLIAN…

And I found this website that talks about the trails one can take as a long rider – and her adventures. She also teaches a workshop. I thought it was so very cool. I would love to do this, wouldn’t you?!

Click here to read her website.

WOW! This is a dream of mine…