International Dealer News IDN 142 April/May 2018 | Page 36
PRO GuIDe eXTRA
Shark 2018 collection
French helmet manufacturer Shark has added Off-
Road helmets to the four market sectors the brand is
already known for - Racing, Pulse, Discovery and
Metro.
Shark says that “the new Off-Road collection has
been conceived to protect and satisfy requirements
specific to outdoor activities such as quads and off-
road motorcycles and sporting pursuits such as
Motocross. The new collection combines all of our
expertise and experience in safety and comfort”.
Photo credit ‘Dingo’ (www.dingophoto.net)
system with even more powerful lighting and
optimised aerodynamics. For 2018 Shark is
promoting ‘SKWAL 2’ in association with the French
‘Switch Riders’ stunt team.
Finally, as the name suggests, Shark’s ‘Metro
Collection’ is aimed at an urban and youth market –
“a universe of elegance closely in sync with the
times, where helmets associate next-gen technology
with novel material compositions”, with inspiration
taken from the “neo-retro culture”.
The existing ‘DRAK’ becomes the ‘X-DRAK’ and is
joined for 2018 by the ‘S-DRAK’ with a carbon skin
EVO-ONE-2
VARIAL
X-DRAK
Team, this year SHARK Helmets has once again
broken new ground with a total of four riders who
lined up for the start of the 2018 Moto GP series:
Jorge Lorenzo, Sam Lowes, Scott Redding and
Johann Zarco, all wearing Shark’s popular RACE-R
PRO.
Shark’s ‘Pulse Collection’ includes best-sellers such
The offerings include the ‘VARIAL’, “a sporting
helmet with a purist design”. There are three
composite fibre shell sizes, and it is equipped with
an “optimised ventilation system”.
The ‘ATV-DRAK’ is said to be the “first helmet in the
world designed to protect while meeting the specific
requirements of ATV users. Safe, robust, fully
ventilated, incredibly simple to maintain, the ‘ATV-
DRAK has four feature-pack options to
shell, an internal visor, an “edgy mask, a streamlined
look, an unconventional style and highest quality
finishes, all of which will win over the hardest to
please”, according to the company.
The ‘X-DRAK’ is a composite fibre shell, positioned
as a crossover model and built to be multi-functional
– aimed especially at scrambler and trail riders.
Promotion for both in 2018 is in association with
ATV-DRAK
S-DRAK
SPARTAN
accommodate all conditions - sunshield, mask and
internal visor, noise protection, insect protection kit”.
The Off-Road collection also now includes Shark’s
existing ‘EXPLORE-R’ helmet.
Shark’s ‘Discovery Collection’ is said to offer “optimal
comfort and safety in a practical and changeable
line”. The EVO-ONE-2 is a revised version of the
company’s popular EVO-ONE, a leading modular
helmet design - features include a new chin guard
locking/unlocking system for greater ergonomics
and flexibility when in use, a stronger closing system
and updated finishes.
Following the 2016 arrival of Spain's three-time
world Champion Jorge Lorenzo on the SHARK Racing
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SKWAL-2
as ‘SPARTAN’, ‘SKWAL’ and the smaller ‘D-SKWAL’,
and for 2018 the ‘SKWAL 2’, an injected shell,
completely reconfigured and restyled with a new
exclusive and "aggressive" design, a new LED
INTERNATIONAL DEALER NEWS - APRIL/MAY 2018
Benoît and Sylvain Moussilmani, professional wind
surfers (of SOSH Freestyle Cup fame).
SHARK S.A.
Marseille, FRANCE
Tel. +33 (0)4 91 18 23 23
[email protected]
www.shark-helmets.com