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| Wouldn't catch me on the slopes without a helmet |
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| I'll wear one when the going gets tough or I need to set an example, but not all the time |
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| Think of me as thix (thixotrophic that is!!). Gel based protection here (or similar) |
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| Beany there and done it - can't beat a warm woolly beany |
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| Real skiers/boarders do it unprotected from the elements - that's me! |
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| I'm thinking about it (while I still have a brain) |
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 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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My point is that I am more likely to suffer a significant head injury in my car than skiing, I choose not to wear a helmet in either place though neither is risk free.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Hurtle, Well, I kind of knew that the request I put in the OP wouldn't be read/remembered 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Cunners, the reduced vision might not be an issue or even noticeable for you; it is for me. The helmet I wear most of the time muffles my hearing by a noticeable amount. Yes, the risk of being skied into is a very real one, but I judge it be be a fairly small risk (I've never been hit, not even a close shave, in the 100+ weeks I've been on snow). I fully accept that your risk assessment is different from mine, and for you buying a helmet and leaving it at home is a foolish thing. But for me there are certain circumstances when it is right to go without it, so calling that decision stupid is wide of the mark.
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rob@rar, I find that the helmet I wear is more comfortable than a hat. I certainly don't experience the disadvantages that you state, but then that is just my helmet and personal experience.
And the two worst ski injuries/crashed I've been involved in is where I've been standing still. (Albeit I was quite little.)
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I might wear a helmet if I saw a giant spiky hedgehog rampaging round the pistes. 
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I wear a helmet for everyone else's safety.
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just bought a helmet, it's a personal preservation issue for me, I want to live to a ripe old age and keep what few brain cells I have in as good condition as I can 
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rob@rar,
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| The helmet I wear most of the time muffles my hearing by a noticeable amount. |
Pardon 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I always wear a helmet while free skiing and teaching.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Would love to go unprotected but with no hair that's not an option so it's a woolly one for me. Can never understand all this health and safety stuff, wear this you might get hurt type of thing, I can understand in certain circumstances that a helmet could be advisable but a little risk is what life is all about.
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Polls should be unbiased. The available answers seem to me to be biased in favour of helmets. I don't wear one but I do not agree with any of the available answers. So I have not voted.
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You know it makes sense.
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Megamum - what have you done ????
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Adrian, Actually, I suspect that the bias is due to those who wear helmets wanting to show off how sensible they are while those who don't just don't care.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Megamum, I think your poll was a good idea, and I like the attempt to make it humorous.
The results does perhaps suggest there are a lot of of snowHeads who are just getting on with using lids without bothering to argue about it on the forum.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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David Murdoch, yip, the silent majority these types of polls never work
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I don't care in the slightest whether other people wear helmets, but since I started it feels entirely natural. I started wearing a helmet for ice climbing but not rock climbing, started mountain bike racing (15years ago) so had to wear one for that - so it became second nature to wear one on a bike - I never ride a bike without now. I started skiing 3 years ago, without a helmet, but when I realised how fast you can go (and how much potential there is for crashing) it seemed sensible to get a helmet. I now also wear a helmet for most rock climbing and via-ferrata-ing. Maybe I'm just getting cautious in my old age (though work colleagues think I'm madly reckless!), but I made positive decisions to wear helmets, not influenced by knee-jerk reactions.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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In terms of the poll accuracy in representing snowHeads I guess you should look at how many have logged on during the running of the poll. From observation of discussions and EOSB photos etc. I would guess on average that snowHeads wear helmets more than average for British skiers. This is fine by me, the only thing that grates slightly is the attitude that those who do not wear helmets are stupid/ignorant.
thefatcontroller,
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I don't know if you have noticed but your car most likely has many airbags, side impact system, oh yeah and seat belts....
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In spite of which people manage to kill themselves in large numbers.
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If it is cold and I would need a hat then I wear my helmet. I am a HOT person and need to expel heat through my bonce and the helmet does not allow for this. I did think that Espace Killy was a dangerous place to ski last week, and that was a very quiet week. Lots of careless, thoughtless, selfish and dangerous people just looking to have an accident.
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Frosty the Snowman, a helmet on my bonce in March/April is hell for me, being of the HOT variety too 
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monster77
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I where a helmet every day
cos I ride a motorbike
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I've never worn one up untill now. Had 1 or 2 bumps on the head on snow last year, so this year I'll be wearing one. I do get a hot head (like Frosty the Snowman, and rayscoops, but I'm hoping that the vents will allow a decent amount of air to get through.
Also, this year we are going with BIL and his 7 year old son - it'll be the little 'uns first time skiing, so he will have a helmet too. I guess another reason to wear mine is to set a good example to him.
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You know it makes sense.
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rayscoops, don't you think the silent majority is more likely to contribute to a poll than a forum discussion?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Hurtle,
I am starting to see your point about my post in the other thread!!
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Poster: A snowHead
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rayscoops, I think keen skiers are more likely to wear helmets. When I go on my holiday to PSV I will see hardly any helmets worn by the French punters. When I go to Hoch Ybrig (locals only) it probably runs at more than 50%.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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brian
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You come out of the airport via the Route Douanieres. Immediately turn right and go through the Ferney-Voltaire border into Switzerland (buy the vignette here if you want to use the Swiss motorway) and follow your nose until you hit the A1. Take direction "Lausanne" for Swiss resorts, "France" for France.
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helmets and hangovers don't mix... apart from that I wear it - but if someone said I had to I wouldn't...
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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rayscoops, no I am saying one week a year holiday makers are not necessarily keen skiers whether they be French or British
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Megamum, as someone who designs questions for a living, you answer categories could be better! I wear my helmet nearly all the time now. I like to go fast and do jumps on and off-piste so I think a helmet is vital for me. Most snowheads I know never do jumps and don't go that fast so they might think they do not need one so much. However as someone who also knows a little about neurology, any sort of brain injury including short term concussions can have long term damaging effects on the brain.
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I always wear one if you dont want to that is your choice after all it is you melon and you can do what you want with it! Its very simple people live and let live
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stoatsbrother, Thank you!!
B.t.w. I don't think the poll is biased in either direction. There are only 2 answers out of 5 that real hard hat wearers can pick. Also, I think the silent majority are voting - there are more votes cast than snowheads who have added to this thread. I would have thought that reverse psycology would apply to the non-helmet wearers and if they read a poll where they were losing that this might encourage them vote - the fact remains that helmet wearing is still the most popular choice amongst Snowheads who have bothered to vote here. That's all the poll shows - a CHOICE, it doesn't imply whether the people making that choice are right wrong or indifferent, it just shows that a lot of snowheads who could be bothered to vote have weighed up things in their own mind and have arrived at the decision to wear a helmet.
In fact 100 so far is a good poll I should think amongst snowheads that post regularly - I didn't expect as many as that to contribute, but then I guess a poll is often seen as a fun thing to contribute to as we don't have that many. Thank you to everyone that has cast a vote and added a comment.
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I can't answer because "Haven't worn one before, but thinking of getting one" isn't there 
All the options are only valid if you eiter have a helmet, or you don't want one.
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