 Poster: A snowHead
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Hello all, newbie here.....
I'd be interested to know what the general concensus was about helmet wearing.
You see... I've spent years & years on motorbikes & only come to snowboarding recently.... I've had it drummed into me about safety, especially with regard to head injuries & I feel pretty exposed if I don't wear it - however - it makes my bum look big and my hair look like a shire horse. What's a girl to do?
I reckon they look ok if you can do all those spinny twirly jumps & things - but I can't, I can't even run without flapping my arms so I'm never gonna be in that league.... should I just stick with a pink hat with a kitten on the front or something?
so.... helmets.... hot or not?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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Honda Kitty, welcome to snowHeads, as saxabar, says there is already a thread on the subject, in the end it comes down to personal choice, however I think that for begginers, children, off piste skiers and those people who want to play in the park they're advisable, for recreational skiers it's up to you
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Honda Kitty, 30+years skiing 2 sprained ankles, I bruised neck and a case of flu, are you accident prone or is it just that boarders fall over more than skiers ? 
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D G Orf, don't you think 30 years is a long time to be on the nursery slope? 
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saxabar, there's a speed trap on part of the Lauberhorn race track where you can test how fast you are
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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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| D G Orf wrote: |
| Honda Kitty, 30+years skiing 2 sprained ankles, I bruised neck and a case of flu, are you accident prone or is it just that boarders fall over more than skiers ? |
dude, you're just going too slow. 
4 years snowboarding, 2 fratured vertebrae, 6 stitches on my chin, 10 stitches in my head and a cold. (1 per year in fact  )
BTW I wear a helmet (once bitten ..). And before you say it, 2 were bad luck, the 6 on my chin was my fault.  |
wow and I thought I was accident prone!
broke 4 ribs first time i went snowboarding in Utah, luckily towards the end of a 10 day trip, then bettered that by breaking my collarbone on the first run of the first morning on a trip to Sauze...I was coming down the mountain in an ambulance as most people were still queuing for the lift.... 
I wear a helmet now after I had a fall on sheet ice in Passo Tonale a couple of years ago, has certainly saved me a couple of times since then in same tricky conditions....
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Actually.... I've been a bit of a liar liar pants on fire....
My Son was reading this thread last night & pointed out that I have broken THREE fingers in the last year... TWO of them were quite horrific - in a car door (nearly severed) - and one was boarding.... he says I am not accident prone but a liability....
I'm working on a new invention for my next trip.... it combines the functionality of an airbag, a spirit level, some twine and pure genius.
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You know it makes sense.
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Yup, you're right. Guinness helps, levels the spirit, gives you wind and leaves you feeling inventive for twine. 
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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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Thanks for the warm welcome everyone.....
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Did you have any Butt Protection then Rich?
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