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He loves it especially with all the padding inside. All the other helmets he tried on didn‚Äôt fit too good","reviewer_name":"christopher e."},{"date":"2021-08-10 05:50:02 UTC","title":"Helmet that saved the season","rating":5,"content":"Ordered this helmet for my nephew who is in GA! With the pandemic this year he had to get his own helmet in order to play. Having just moved there from Texas finding one was hard. Ordered a white helmet to match the teams color. Also had to order a facemask to match. Came quick and was an absolute perfect fit. He said the fit was better than the temp Riddell helmet his coach was letting him use. Got this as it rates high on the VT helmet list. Nephew it barely feels like he is wearing anything on his head. 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Thanks Xenith","reviewer_name":"Jordan QB BEA#VGT"},{"date":"2021-09-01 08:04:05 UTC","title":"cool","rating":5,"content":"cool helmet","reviewer_name":"Blake"},{"date":"11/07/2025","title":"Good helmet","rating":5,"content":"This year was my first year playing tackle football and I trued on a bunch of different helmets and this was the one that was most comfy and fit great also you can bearly feel hits witch is great","reviewer_name":"Parker"},{"date":"12/05/2024","title":"best helmet","rating":5,"content":"My son was useing a Shultz and was getting headaches. Bought him a Xenith and no more headache.  Worth every penny.  Would love to get them for our hole youth team.  Thanks Xenith","reviewer_name":"Jordan QB BEA#VGT"},{"date":"09/01/2021","title":"cool","rating":5,"content":"cool helmet","reviewer_name":"Blake"},{"content":"Ordered this helmet for my nephew who is in GA! With the pandemic this year he had to get his own helmet in order to play. 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