INTERVIEW
Kali Protectives Talk Helmet Design From working as an aerospace engineer to founding Kali, we sit down with Brad
Walrdron, CEO and Founder of Kali Protectives, to discuss design, composite fusion and working with Oxford Products.
With a background in aerospace engineering, how did that translate into creating safer bicycle helmets, and what did you see in the bike industry in 2008 that became the catalyst for launching Kali? I was extremely lucky in aerospace to be part of a composite materials R&D group. Every part of the aircraft had to be built, tested, and broken to make sure the test results and the theoretical numbers matched. That was a big part of my job, make it and break it. We were also challenged to look for more parts to
(Above centre) Brad Waldron, Kali founder and CEO
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convert to carbon. The mentality was ‘why not’; it was an exciting time to be a young engineer. I try to keep that mentality at Kali. Keep experimenting, never be satisfied. ‘Just try’.
Many brands focus on helmets being lightweight or aerodynamic. Would it be fair to say Kali leads with protection? Can you define the core mission that drives your R&D, and the choice to focus on the
physics of energy dissipation? We always start with safety before weight. On our Shiva MX helmet, we added an additional 150 grams to the chin bar,
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