 Poster: A snowHead
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Currently skiing in Courchevel. Did i miss something? Simply alarmed by the number of people not wearing a helmet. Not just older French skiers either.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Are they Russian?
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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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As a helmet wearer I feel it is up to adults to make a decision whether they should wear one or not.
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I never used to, then I smashed my head on a piste and now never board without one. As Rabbie says, adult choice I guess.
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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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Why do you care what others are wearing? I agree with Rabbie, it's up to adults to decide if they want to wear them or not.
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Good thing you're not twenty years older. You'd have been utterly horrified! How did we survive?
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We started skiing before helmets were a thing. I wore one for a few years when the kids had to wear one in lessons but Mrs Higs never has. When mine needed replacing I didn't bother and have been skiing without again for about 5 years. I've definitely been in a minority for the last few years but wonder if the trend is heading in the other direction now?
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Helmets are for tbe blinkered & deaf skier...
Most dangerous people on the slopes.
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@stanton, please do not mock those of us who through advancing years need glasses and hearing aids. Given the amount of self-abuse you appear to indulge in your times for these will come sooner than for most.
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Never said I did care! As an adult you can make your own decisions (unless they change the law and naje it compulsory). Simply an observation shared on a skiing forum.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Oxymoronracing wrote: |
| Never said I did care! As an adult you can make your own decisions (unless they change the law and make it compulsory). Simply an observation shared on a skiing forum. |
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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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@Oxymoronracing,
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Never said I did care! As an adult you can make your own decisions (unless they change the law and naje it compulsory). Simply an observation shared on a skiing forum.
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Are you quite sure about that statement?
@Oxymoronracing,
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Simply alarmed by the number of people not wearing a helmet.
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I on the other hand am not alarmed by helmet wearers or non-helmet wearers either way.
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You know it makes sense.
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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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My youngest son knocked himself out while snowboarding without a helmet. We had to accompany him down in the body bag and neck brace, then on to hospital in the valley for a brain scan, to see if he'd hurt himself seriously. Fortunately not, in the event. Ever since, we've worn helmets and only last winter mine saved me from being knocked-out at a minimum, or worse. I am not dangerous on the slopes. It doesn't give me a false sense of security in any way. This is just a comment to balance the usual "I've been skiing since the late Cretaceous and never needed a helmet." comments. Of course, it's up to you to decide either way.
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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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All I want for Christmas... is another helmet debate?!
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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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To be fair to Stanton, I think he was saying that helmets make you deaf and blinkered...not that deaf and blinkered people wear them.
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| Handy Turnip wrote: |
| All I want for Christmas... is another helmet debate?! |
just what I was thinking!
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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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First wore a helmet as moral support for my wife: her skiing got worse through excessive caution due to worries about collisions at a red slope bottleneck in Selva and the thought was a helmet would increase confidence. I wasn't looking forward to it, so was pleasantly surprised to find the helmet wasn't as heavy or claustrophobic as I expected, was far superior to anything else I'd skiied in at keeping my ears warm, and allowed easy "parking" of goggles when I preferred sunglasses.
If I hadn't tried one then, I would probably still be wearing a woollen hat. And I would have justified that to others. It's a choice.
(Happily I have never been in any incidents that threatened my head).
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| Oxymoronracing wrote: |
| Currently skiing in Courchevel. Did i miss something? Simply alarmed by the number of people not wearing a helmet. Not just older French skiers either. |
Why are you alarmed?
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Oh well, at least it beats another dismal politics thread.
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The only people without helmets that I’ve seen in VT this week are the ski instructors!! 
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| Oxymoronracing wrote: |
| Currently skiing in Courchevel. Did i miss something? Simply alarmed by the number of people not wearing a helmet. Not just older French skiers either. |
look your own business. Same could tell about half of new threads during past week. Questions about make up on the hill, skier struggles because someone thinks he attached his skis to backpack in wrong way etc. Look at your own yard, mind your own business, don't judge anyone, because at the end of the day - you are all boring, old, fat skiers.
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I never really take much notice, ( except when a thread like this pops up) I still see a lot of people without helmets, there isn't an age demographic for it either, some older people do wear them, some younger ones don't. I did see a woman once on the slopes skier not boarder and she had a backside protector on. I did think that was funny.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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The perfect answer to the debate..."it's not the helmets that are the problem, but the people inside them"
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Helmets are for Fools and Tools.
The most dangerous advice ever given to vacational skiers....
False Sense
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@Oxymoronracing, did I misunderstand something. We're you alarmed by the number of people wearing helmets or not wearing helmets?
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You know it makes sense.
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@Oxymoronracing, did I misunderstand something. We're you alarmed by the number of people wearing helmets or not wearing helmets?
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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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@stanton, I wish I could be as certain about anything as you are about this. If I give you a list of issues would you be so good as to tell me what my opinion should be, it will make life so much simpler.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Oxymoronracing wrote: |
| Currently skiing in Courchevel. Did i miss something? Simply alarmed by the number of people not wearing a helmet. Not just older French skiers either. |
OMG an alarmed 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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What is the internet equivalent of green ink?
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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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What is the internet equivalent of green ink?
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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| stanton wrote: |
Helmets are for Fools and Tools.
The most dangerous advice ever given to vacational skiers....
False Sense |
Yes, people have been conned. Helmets don't even do what they think they do - they do not prevent concussion. They do help protect against skull fracture (which is a good thing if you hit that hard but you might be a gonner anyway). The helmet/goggle combo most definitely takes away a certain degree of awareness and peripheral vision and probably hearing too - I know this from the groups I ski with, it's obvious. There are instances where people will claim that their helmet 'saved their life' but maybe their decision making beforehand would have pre-saved them.
Was away last week and I thought I noticed a slight trend back towards the beanie camp.
Ban helmets and see if the rate of SHIs changes - it won't.
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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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| stanton wrote: |
Helmets are for Fools and Tools.
The most dangerous advice ever given to vacational skiers....
False Sense |
I bet more have been injured by not wearing helmets tha by wearing them, why dont we stop wearing seat belts too
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As I understood it, if you don’t ski among trees or rocks, a helmet stops two skulls cracking each other when people collide.
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@Rabbie, I didn’t realise it makes you deaf as well!
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@Rabbie, I didn’t realise it makes you deaf as well!
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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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Really handy when someone pulls the bar down on the chair before you are fully seated!
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Helmets:
Pros:
Comfy and warm.
Hold googles in place.
Can park goggles above easily.
Can offer a degree of protection against head injuries.
Helmet strap useful for holding neckwarmer in place.
Cons:
Can give a false sense of security.
Some restrict peripheral vision (although I'd argue that goggles/sunglasses do this too).
Seem to stop people from being able to turn their heads.
Can be too hot on a warm day.
I think that just about covers the argument.
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