 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi all
Took my first tumble in quite a while last night: MK SnoZone, end of a run, caught an edge or something and ended up taking out the fence by the lift. Aside from feeling like an idiot and a mouthful of snow, no harm done but it got me thinking.
While I always wear a helmet, the one I have has no provision for a chin guard so I'm considering a change. I don't intend to go slalom any time soon, so a fairly basic chin guard is fine: I just feel more comfortable knowing I have some protection. I have a fairly large head and ideally would prefer something that doesn't have a hard covering over the ears (I mainly ski indoors and the ability to hear instructors / those around me is of value). I am doing a week in Bulgaria in January so in the market now.
Most on here know more about this than me: is there anything you'd recommend?
Thanks in advance.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Turbobanana, errr, without a rigid ear covering, how will it be attached?
As downhillers don't seem to use them any more I think you might struggle.
Learn to fall safely.
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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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POC do several with chin guards, and also an option called the Maxilla which is a guard which fits to about half a dozen or so helmets in the range.
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@under a new name, Slalom helmets typically have soft ear covering, like this. They are not really designed to protect against falls though, just to stop gates hitting your face.
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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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| under a new name wrote: |
Learn to fall safely. |
errr, thanks - I think.
Seriously though, I appreciate your comment about the ear covering bit.
| Richard_Sideways wrote: |
POC do several with chin guards, and also an option called the Maxilla which is a guard which fits to about half a dozen or so helmets in the range. |
Thanks, I'll take a look.
| rjs wrote: |
They are not really designed to protect against falls though, just to stop gates hitting your face. |
Good shout, thank you. Just to be clear, I wasn't expecting a full-face, motorcycle-style of face protection: just something rather than nothing really.
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@rjs, I know. Perhaps I wasn't so clear.
I have a somewhat dated DH one my suspicion is that it's only to protect from gates but at DH speed.
POC Maxilla isn't that solid either.
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A Ruroc helmet is what you’re looking for 
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@Rankamateur, yes, but that’s a slalom helmet, as discounted already.
Ruroc poss the only solution and it will look a bit like overkill in a fridge... 
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@Bob, slalom protection. Discounted as above...
I think the fact that proper chin guards are so hard to find indicates a limited need.
Rule 5 applies.
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How often would a chin guard make a difference in normal (not racing) skiing falls? I'm struggling to think of an occasion when i would have wanted one, despite many falls. Obviously it happens (hence the OP's question) but is it common enough to warrant extra protection or was that just a freak accident?
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For conventional skiing, a chinguard may increase (substantially) the risk to the neck. I had to remove my sons from his helmet last year for GS racing, and this is just at the kids level in France.
I’d think very carefully about recreational skiing with one. I have a helmet with chinguard, but only using it for skiing gates.
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You know it makes sense.
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@mgrolf, yep.@snowdave, yep.
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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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Thanks to all respondents - much appreciated.
I totally get the later points made about the value of a chin guard in recreational skiing (all I'm doing) and the potential for further neck injury. As the incident was a freak I think I just need to get over myself and be more careful next time.
Or maybe slow down, but let's face it - that's not an option 
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Poster: A snowHead
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I thought modern slalom chin guards were being made to collapse in a forward fall now to prevent whiplash like injuries, so not a lot of use in a full on face plant anyway.
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