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thefatcontroller, The tangled parachute. That was bizarre that the presenters really made nothing of it.
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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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It seems that every kid in France now wears helmets and it's only a matter of time before some grow into instructors - will they stop wearing a helmet then? Not likely. In ten years time I think that these threads will be entitled "why do you not wear a helmet"?
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All the ski instructors of SchiSchule WilderKaiser in St Johann, Austria wear helmets and have done for the last few years.
I'm just back from there and there seemed to be a lot of people wearing helmets.
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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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Nothing particularly to do with helmets as such, but the Inghams rep on the transfer bus back to the airport yesterday in Austria was saying they have always worked on the basis of approximately 1 injury for each 100 clients (seemed like he'd been a rep for years). This year it seemed to be 3 or 4 for each 50 clients. They didn't really know why but it was evident across all the resorts
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Just back from St Anton where approximately 9/10 people were wearing helmets. You get a lot of incredulous looks in the gondola if you're armed with just a wooly hat as I was. Most instructors were also wearing helmets, regardless of whether they were teaching children or adults. I could certainly feel the wind of change blowing in!
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I generally wear a helmet, but was pursuaded one day not to as the skiing would be gentle, ended up in casualty having my head glued together 
A few coaches have pursuaded me to try skiing without a helmet some days, on the basis that I am a fairly timid skier and taking the helmet off will take away some of that timidity and make me feel braver, hence skiing a bit faster. No doubt, they were right, those few helmetless days are great, I feel invincible as I don't need to protect myself, I'm fearless.
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| Just back from St Anton where approximately 9/10 people were wearing helmets. You get a lot of incredulous looks in the gondola if you're armed with just a wooly hat as I was. Most instructors were also wearing helmets, regardless of whether they were teaching children or adults. I could certainly feel the wind of change blowing in! |
I find it hard to believe that there has been such a major switch over from last year (nor can I believe that people were so rude as to give incredulous looks). Even so, I shall try to find time to look at the webcams tomorrow - to see for myself.
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I was in Ischgl 2 weekends ago and saw very few skiers with helmets. There were 9 of us including 3 boaders and only one of them had a helmet, I thought they all would. Alos I was in St Antn 2 seasons ago and did not notice that many there then.
Have my own one that I bought last year but stopped wearing it as a pain when bringing it along for weekends, as I just travel with a pully bag with my boots ( I fly Ryanair alot and have mastered now getting my boots and gear all in one 10kg bag, all down to ultra lite pully) and minimum gear. But.... I saw this chap wipe out just in front of me and he smacked his head big time off the piste and was out cold for a minute or two. He was totally out cold and never seen that before and it shocked me... Stopped, helped where I could, and after 10 minutes he was back up and on his way..... After that I thought start wearing your helmet again and just pay the extra for a hold bag.... Off this weekend for 3 days and helmet out ready to be packed. The most serious accident I have had was when somebody out of control hit me. That made buy a helmet... 
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I think that my youngest son owes his life to his helmet, the oldest has had 2 serious crashes where I'm sure it saved a bad knock to the head at least. I have worn one since the guy in the room next to us didn't wake up in the morning (or ever again) after hitting his head the previous day.
Someone said it doesn't stop concussion as there's not enough padding. I'm not sure, I think it could do. The biggest benefit seems to be that it spreads a point load over a wider area. The head is still hit, there's still a neck injury from a heavy blow to the head, but the impact is wider. My son was hit by a ski edge across his head at 30+ mph by a skier behind him falling in the same hole he fell in, landing on him then sliding over him, hitting his head with skis on the way over. This would have been a bit like taking the top off a boiled egg without the helmet I think.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Someone said it doesn't stop concussion as there's not enough padding. I'm not sure, I think it could do.
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I was told this by someone who did extensive research into helmet use after a fatal accident. The padding would need to be about a metre thick.
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My son was hit by a ski edge across his head at 30+ mph by a skier behind him falling in the same hole he fell in, landing on him then sliding over him, hitting his head with skis on the way over. This would have been a bit like taking the top off a boiled egg without the helmet I think.
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Totally agree that a helmet would have prevented a major injury here - this is exactly what they're for, direct impact, and why I wear one.
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