Sweet Protection Volata 2Vi Mips Race Helmet x Henrik Kristoffersen

The Sweet Protection Volata 2Vi Mips Race is a FIS-approved hard-shell alpine race helmet — an ABS race shell with 2-Layer Mips, certified to EN 1077 Class A / ASTM F2040 / FIS RH 2013 for FIS hard-shell racing. The shop carries the Henrik Kristoffersen team edition, a signature colorway on the same helmet.

Treat it as race hardware, not a resort lid. The 2Vi platform pairs a stiff, injection-molded ABS outer with revised foam and molded-in shields at the points a racer gets hit, so gate contact and a hard fall get spread out instead of driven into one spot. The FIS RH 2013 mark is what makes it legal to line up in the downhill, super-G and giant slalom events; check that your helmet sits on your federation's current approved list before you compete, because those lists get revised each year.

It fits a narrow brief. Reach for it if you race giant slalom, super-G or downhill and want a homologated hard-shell without stepping up to carbon money. Pass on it for warm, quiet, everyday resort skiing — it runs 720g, vents little and has no audio. Two siblings frame the choice: the Volata Carbon is the pricier, roughly 700g carbon halo model on the identical race platform, while the slalom-shape Trooper 2Vi SL is a soft-ear lid that carries no published FIS homologation and is meant for a different event. Pick the one that matches the discipline you compete in.

A word on what you get: the 2-Layer Mips layered inside manages rotational force and is not a safety guarantee, and no chin guard comes in the box — the toolless port accepts Sweet's slalom guard as a separate purchase. Sizing runs XSS to LXL and skews small, so send us your head circumference and we will get the size right.