Obviously without looking like an idiot with a helmet etc...
Never ceases to amaze me how safety is "uncool". Why wouldn't you use a helmet?? I don't give a sh!t about what others think... if the helmet is going to increase my chances of survival in the case of an accident, or during a bailout, or a canopy jettison, or a bird strike, or a.... etc etc etc, then I'm going to wear one!!
My kids have grown up always wear helmets on their bikes and seatbelts in cars... no helmet = no bike... no seatbelt = walking!! It's now a reflex for them to grab a helmet or wear a seatbelt, regardless of what others around them are doing.
I wear a helmet when water and snow skiing, and when flying aeros... does that make me an idiot??
And if you want my opinion then you can't go past the kevlar Gentex HGU-55 with ANR - light and comfortable... and you can even get it painted up like MAVERICK!!!!