 Poster: A snowHead
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I think it's more like a religion. If you have a fall and don't get hurt, your helmet saved you. If you have a fall and you still get hurt, it would have been worse without the helmet.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Mine saved my bacon once. It was one of those days with poor visibility, low cloud, driving snow, drifts all over the roads and the ski bus couldn't make it. We were running out of supplies so I bravely set out to ski over the mountain and buy some essentials. Feeling like Shackleton on one of his tired days, I tottered round the supermarket and boulangerie for some baguettes and the ingredients for a tartiflette and a tarte aux pommes. My ancient backpack was so full I couldn't get it all in. Then I had the bright idea of putting the lardons inside my helmet and lengthening the strap slightly so it was still a snug fit. Before heading back over the mountain I had a couple of vins chauds, to fortify me. But possibly because of the alcohol I was too hasty, knowing that my husband would be waiting anxiously for his tart and his tartiflette.
In an almost complete white-out I dropped off the edge of the piste into deep snow, rolling several times down the steep slope. Fortunately the softness of the snow and my skis, which stayed on, broke my fall but the frayed straps of the backpack gave up the struggle and the pack was torn off my back, tumbling further down the slope.
With great difficulty I made it back up to the piste, exhausted and scared. It was late, it was beginning to get dark and I knew it would be foolhardy to try to retrieve the pack. The piste basher would be down any minute. When I got back to the apartment my husband was so worried he had already polished off the remains of the gin, three quarters of a bottle of red wine, all the salt and vinegar crisps and my entire stock of Fun Size Mars bars. I confessed I had lost all the shopping, that there would be no tarte aux pommes and no tartiflette but he didn't seem too bothered, just looking at me with a vacant smile on his face, waving the empty Pringles tube. I took off my gear, weary and discouraged but was thrilled to discover that my helmet had saved my bacon.
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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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@pam w, brava!
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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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@pam w, haha
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Caught an edge and blew a knee on New Years Day a few years ago. Wasn't exactly dawdling at the time so was bit stunned from the impact and slid a long way so it certainly saved me from a very skinned face. Couldn't really say how my head felt as the shock of the knee kinda took over?
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@Snowcore, who is the charity? Intrigued as to the connection with the subject matter.
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*groan*
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The charity is probably Headway so any stories are clearly going to be used for pro-helmet propoganda.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Gone through 2 helmets racing motorbikes in last season and cracked a mountain bike one a few years back. As a late starter to skiing I've worn one from the beginning due to previous sporting accidents. Biggest knock it's had is from some clown turning around to talk to his mate whilst carrying his skis on his shoulder in mayrhofen last time I was there. Oh how I laughed 
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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 don't ride that fast yet but there has been a few occasions where I caught my heel edge and hit my head at the back. Luckily I always wear a helmet. Sometimes its the tiny knocks that do the most damage!
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The charity is Headway. To be fair it was pretty obvious that it would be a pro-helmet slant from the initial question.
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You know it makes sense.
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Lots of times over the years, but twice in the last week. 1st was sl racing on dendix ( dramatic aerial display landing on head followed by shoulder). 2nd was training 2 days later ( trying something well outside the comfort zone and again, swiftly followed by a face to face with the dendix) I've now ordered a new one as the old one has seen quite a few smacks over the last 4 years 
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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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First time of wearing a helmet it definitely saved me from a bruise when hubby badly picked up his ski's and clonked me on the head with them. I was very glad for wearing it then.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@pam w, I found a pack of bacon skiing through the back gardens to our chalet in Tignes le Lac. The person who lost their shopping would have benefited from you lesson & should have put the bacon in their helmet. If they are still looking for their bacon, I placed it on a fence post but it was 5 years ago. 
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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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I found a pack of bacon skiing through the back gardens to our chalet in Tignes le Lac
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a likely tale!
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@pam w, well it's not generally 'tale' its generally the belly they make the lardons from
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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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@Snowcore, ok seriously....and if you are really serious about this you need to access the research first. Try dr mike Langren's website for the literature. If you are serious you also need to look at the mechanisms of injury - this is a quickly developing field, and there is important stuff emerging about the importance of concussions which were previously thought to be trivial. Also key stuff on rotational brain injury - which is now far better recognised - with POC doing the good stuff on this with their MIPS system.
My own experience? I'm alive because of a specialised mountain bike helmet - which my consultant pointed to and said 'this saved your life' - nasty rotational brain injury nonetheless. Then a couple of years ago a bad sudden fall in deep and steep onto a nasty ice shelf - concussion which would have been a lot worse if I had not had a helmet on. My son aged 7 - new POC helmet (fornix) and after a couple of hours, nasty fall after a jump - big ding in the helmet, which would have been a very nasty concussion without it.
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@valais2, Agreed. Personally ive only ever had the one nasty fall racing. Knocked out, fractured wrist and shoulder - Id like to say it was on the mountain but embarrassingly it was at CFe when I clipped the last gate!! Oops 
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Yep. Very low speed fall last year on the first day of our family trip. I was skiing with my son (7) as he got his ski legs back and caught an edge because I wasn't paying attention. I went down with remarkable force considering I was virtually crawling along behind him and definitely saw stars. If I hadn't been wearing it? Probably knocked out, leaving my son alone to deal with his unconscious dad.
I choose to wear it because I've had a couple of friends wiped out and knocked out by others. Haha, and there's me having a go at it all by myself!
Does it make me ski like I'm invincible? No, it's not even a consideration. Having blown my ACL (at a similar speed to the fall above!), I'm more concerned about my knackered old legs
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| Dave of the Marmottes wrote: |
| Woke up in an Argentinian mountain lodge drinking a hot chocolate with no memory of the preceding 10 minutes after ringing my bell in a heelside slam. Was wearing a helmet at the time. |
...The shocking thing was, he'd been skiing a blue run in La Plagne at the time |
And had a funny scar where his kidney used to be...
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