 Poster: A snowHead
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This is more for the jibbers and the freestylers, but is it worth protecting my butt in the park  Whereas a helmet has obvious benefits does cocyx and bum protection offer the same degree or is it just more marketing to make us buy stuff we don't need?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ok, so I have bought butt protection ( the soft Dianese protection pants ). They certainly make your hips look bigger... I have never had the guts to mention this to my wife !
As a Snowboarder, the biggest benefit is the extra insulation when sitting ( yup, in the middle of the piste, specifically to annoy skiers  )
But having caught a number of edges and landed cocyx first I can confirm that they do help... Its not that it doesn't still 'hurt' it just doesn't go on to ache for hours or days afterwards.
I guess the same could be said for helmets - the falls still hurt but you aren't picking up pieces of brain off the slope !
When my wife was learning, they ( plus knee pads and wrist guards ) were invaluable... it made the whole experience slightly less uncomfortable which made for a somewhat happier wife, and less greif for me !( as the Mastercard advert goes 'there are some things money cannot buy' )
Probably the key thing for me is, for the sake of £100 you can be kitted out with some extra gear, which could be the difference between getting in a few days boarding / skiing after a fall or not.... Certainly as I get older, bumps and bruises take longer to get over and I certainly don't want to be laid up in bed for a day. A day of not skiing on holiday has got to be worth over £100 when you think of the expense of flights accom etc.....
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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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| Richie_S wrote: |
When my wife was learning, they ( plus knee pads and wrist guards ) were invaluable... it made the whole experience slightly less uncomfortable which made for a somewhat happier wife, and less greif for me !( as the Mastercard advert goes 'there are some things money cannot buy' )
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Yup, I can relate to that one!!!
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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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I have just bought some dianese protection pants for the coming season. Partner wears them and has persuaded me to get some. My ski//boarding pants are baggy anyway so hopefully won't notice too much of a distance. If it does trhen I ain't wearing them and going back to skiing full time!!
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1st day out last season, my gf had one of those falls.... hit some ice while on heel edge, the board went from under her and slammed straight down on to her cocyx. One of those falls that just watching brings tears to your eyes and makes you cringe. We've all done it, but I could tell even from a distance that this one really hurt.
I thought that she would be off the slopes for a day or two after that. She was very, very sore... but determined not to miss any fun. 1st thing next morning we went and bought some padded shorts (dianese i think) and she was back up on the slopes. Although they won't stop the pain all together, they do actaully work. They even gave her enough confidence with a bruised cocyx, to board the next day and quite happily for the rest of the week... well... except one day... but that was more to do with a hangover. Even watching people descend the mountain from the saftey of a local cafe made her feel seasick. But padded shorts ain't gonn protect you from that. 
I would say yes... they are worth it... I'm getting a pair for this season.
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I do remember a beginner boarder spending each day with a padded envelope stuffed down the back of her trousers... Entertaining for the rest of us at lunchtime when she removed it. Bit cheaper than proper shorts, but probably not as effective.
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Padded envelope eh, someone been dancing 'round a ski pole?
Dianese, any cheap sources?
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saxabar, This  was a week after I drove home from Vallandry on it
Never ridden a board without a butt protector since.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Masque,Please, I've just had me tea. How did you take that picture?.
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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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Frosty the Snowman, Are you sure that you REALLY want Masque, to explain the how, maybe the who, and the why
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| Masque,Please, I've just had me tea. How did you take that picture?. |
He pulled his head out of it long enough to get the shot.
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You know it makes sense.
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Wear The Fox Hat, Ah that explains the lipstick
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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Masque, Thanks for the above post, I was beginning to confuse gender. Can we use this image as an international heath warning? 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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P.S. heath does not mean bush, it is simply a typo!!!
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