Bold Helmets, designed for kids of Sikh community is definitely an answer to a problem in local Sikh community in Toronto, Ontario and prime reason for Bold Helmet’s founder Tina Singh, to design such helmets. And now, Bold Helmets have launched in North America to ensure that Sikh kids can ride with proper head protection while wearing the traditional Patka. Singh didn’t launch Bold Helmets as a bike industry veteran or a serial entrepreneur but she founded Bold Helmets as a mother and an Occupational Therapist who wanted to keep her kids safe when they were out riding.

As young Sikh boys, they wear the Patka—a small topknot covered by cloth. And that meant that standard helmets wouldn’t fit. The design has been finalized and approved for riders aged five and above. The proper safety certifications for cycling and skateboarding are in place (the helmets are CPSC, CE, UKCA and ASTM certified) and the first batch of helmets in metallic red, metallic blue and matte black are on the way. “We knew we had to have the CPSC rating, which is the standard across the US and Canada, but we also wanted to get the extra certifications to make sure the helmets would be safe for skateboarding as well,” Tina says. At first, Singh assumed she’d sell a few dozen helmets, but the idea spread quickly, and she had to adapt to the surge of orders pouring in. As for what’s next, it’s not more cycling helmets—as a good Canadian mom, she’s already shifted her focus to the other top sport in Canada: Hockey.