 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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It keeps my ears toasty and my bonce safe so 'no' I haven't.
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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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Never when going downhill.
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Only when my head gets really hot. I'm thinking of buying one with more vents.
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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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Once in a shower, but that is a very long apres story!
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On a warm day they can be a bit hot , pain in the neck to carry around as well , probably I would be better off without one as for my skiing they are unnecessary but it keeps the peace.
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Once as nobody could tell what army I was in with out the pointy bit on top
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Love the wind in my hair feeling. So much nicer than wearing a stinky helmet.
Been a few times when I've had it on that I've been rather thankful though.
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A few times when the chair safety bar has hit whist the bar was coming down. Never had a problem with no helmet.
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One very hot Easter in L2A I had the vents open (old helmet where you removed plugs) and with very short hair I got 4 sunburnt patches on my head through the vents  It was pretty sore for a couple of days.
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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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Everytime I get in a gondola so I take it off.
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I also had a bad experience with a cycle helmet when it was giving me a bad headache no matter how I adjusted it one ride. I got home and discovered I had my sunglasses on top of my head under my helmet.
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You know it makes sense.
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Skiing fine, not so my cycle lid. I generate too much heat cycling to keep it in under a helmet. 
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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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Skinning up - it's too hot! Tried it once (first time I went touring, I'm fairly militant about wearing it normally), had to take it off after an hour. Now I leave it hanging from my backpack.
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Poster: A snowHead
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About 1 minute after I first wore a helmet for skiing, funny, I manage ok with a motorbike helmet but can't tolerate them when skiing.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I do at certain times and want to take it off, then after I bounce my bonce off something; I realise I'm glad it's on.
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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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Only when I'm in a warm bar and there's no hook to hang it on.
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Got a really cool woolly hat last Christmas. One of those posh Hats For the Hills one. I succumbed and posed on piste. Wore my helmet off-piste though. But it's what you get used to. I do a bit of that new fangled freestyle stuff. On one dryslope I stopped using poles. On the other one I feel completely naked without them.
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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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When I haven't shaved for a few days, gets bloody annoying around the strap.
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@trainee snowboard jedi, sorry, I can't relate to that 
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I was pretty annoyed with it when it rolled off the bed and landed on my foot once, other than that (and some early overheating issues with badly vented lids - noone likes a dripping helmet) nope.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Yeah - wished I hadn't worn one cycling up AdH was sweating buckets
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I was really regretting wearing my helmet on a warm day in April a couple of years back...uncomfortable, sweating underneath it, etc. I decided when I got down to the bottom I'd take it off and strap it to my backpack, and thirty seconds later I fell over and banged my head on a rock that was jutting out near the side of the piste, which made a big dent in the helmet. I skiied down to the bottom and bought a new helmet, which I've worn every time since, no matter the weather 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I'd never wore a helmet until last season when I started to get into off piste and went with some companies where wearing a helmet was 'recommended'. Like others the only slight downside I've found is they can be a bit warm when skiing in the spring but didn't find my to be uncomfortably warm.
Stats etc aside blah blah blah I personally don't see many downsides to wearing a lid. Personal choice at the end of the day.
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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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| Yeah - wished I hadn't worn one cycling up AdH was sweating buckets |
Glad I was wearing one going up col de la madelaine. 3 degrees and sleet in august.
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