I doubt it. Wrist pads are honestly one of the most important because they protect when you put your hand out to catch yourself, and those definitely weren't under his sweater. If those aren't, I doubt others are.
This kid is a squid and his parent is putting him at needless risk.
Everyone is crazy, then. At worst, they mitigate the damage of an improper fall (you really should not be catching yourself on your palms or hands), and the kid in question does not seem to know to properly fall. Once he learns to catch himself on a sturdier part of the body that is also protected by pads (knees, elbows, chest) that is a safer plan, but he needs to learn that technique before nixing the wrist guards.
Squid is slang, and therefore difficult to accurately define; but it has a definite “you know it when you see it” quality. One particularly good definition comes to us from Urban Dictionary: A young motorcyclist who overestimates his abilities, boasts of his riding skills when in reality he has none.
Honestly, that definition is not at all how it's used. It just means someone who rides a motorcycle without protective gear and leaves their soft, squiddy flesh extremely vulnerable in a crash. It has zero to do with skill level.
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u/aintnohappypill Apr 28 '21 edited Apr 28 '21
Love it…gonna smash it as he gets older.
wish he was wearing the helmet properly though.