 Poster: A snowHead
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If I buy a helmet, will I have to start wearing goggles, or it is ok to wear me sunnies?
And will a helmet ruin my chance of sensible suntan? I usually go bare headed, with a hood for occasional cold blast or snow storm.
Please note I am NOT asking if will save my life - that is much less important than whether it will cramp my (alleged) style!
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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 think you have answered your own question  SUNNIES + HELMET = GAPER.
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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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Lorenzo, I wear both - gogs for flat light and glasses for sunny days (which is seriously uncool apparently)
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IncogSkiSno, Me too, but the days when stylish counted that much are well behind me!
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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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Lorenzo, perhaps I should have said, I wear glasses and sun block - suntan problem sorted !
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Lorenzo, it's ok for you to do whatever you want to do. Wear sunnies if you want, wear goggles if you want.
Who exactly is it who decides what is gaper, cool or uncool anyway 
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Er, this has been covered a few times before eg here, not that that will stop people engaging in the debate yet again.
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| IncogSkiSno, Me too, but the days when stylish counted that much are well behind me! |
Another vote for the uncool but who cares look 
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Actually we all look stupid dressed in puffy trousers and oversized coats with either one or two planks clipped or strapped to our daft looking boots. Anyone thinking that their mix & match choice of sunglasses over goggles, or beanie over helmet is going to make the difference over how 'cool' they look probably needs to clean their mirror. 
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No problem wearing glasses. These days I tend to wear goggles (with appropriate lenses) through out the day. That's so I don't forget (I am senior!) to wear goggles in powder - cos wiping out in powder with sunnies on can lead to major problems clearing them. I really don't care at all whether I look 'cool' or not. I am on the slopes to ski - not take part in a fashion parade.
Hurtle, look. It's better than yet another helmet thread. It is an insane question anyway, when you think about it. 
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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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achilles, are your goggles hermetically sealed to your face? Every time I've wiped out in goggles/soft snow, the goggles have filled up with snow and are blooming murder to clean, much more so than sunnies.  I only wear goggles either when it's snowing, or when it's very cold or, occasionally, when the light is flat - though my current sunglasses seem to be more effective than my goggles in flat light. On the whole, I don't like my face being constricted. The whole 'gaper' debate is completely daft, as you say, and boring with it.
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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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abc, LOL,I know that ,but i'm not talking about the practicalities,just the looks or perceived looks.
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Poster: A snowHead
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If I buy a helmet, will I have to start wearing goggles, or it is ok to wear me sunnies?
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That has to be the silliest question I've seen in ages. You seriously think there are rules? And are you really just going to do what you're told? In which case ........ if you wear a helmet you must also sport a luminous pink tutu and carry a string of onions. If you don't comply, the pisteurs will confiscate your pass and give you a good spanking.
And what's a 'gaper' anyway? Sounds like some kind of fish to me.
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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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moffatross, you're going to start on Greek vases next, I can tell.
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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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Lorenzo,
Having recently got a helmet (1/2 way through last season) I didn't know what was best... so I have skied with sunnies and goggles.
I find sticking with the goggles is better as there are attached to the helmet - you can lift them up and they don't fog up as they aren't in contact with your hat/forehead.
Keep your sunnies in your pack/pocket and use them when you stop.
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Lorenzo, I wouldn't give a hoot about how you look, but recently an instructor in Austria told me that he NEVER wore sunglasses when skiing, because of the risk of broken glass in the eye if you fall.
He wore goggles, (no helmet). I wear goggles with a helmet.
Your call.
P.S before the cries of 'he's a wimp' etc he was ex-bulgarian special services and hard as nails - but a lovely guy
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Goggles are designed for bad waether and poor visibility. Sun Glasses are designed.....for the sun 
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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.
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Hurtle, I have started wearing goggles in bright sunlight only recently, and it is a long time since I wiped out in powder wearing goggles (not so with glasses on!) - but I seem to recall far less of a problem when wearing them compared to sunnies. I too am totally disinterested in the 'gaper' debate.
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Sunglasses with helmet is a definite no no. The fashion police will have your lift pass confiscated. Goggles must be matched to your helmet in terms of fit and colour - no gap between top of goggles & helmet. Sunglasses may be worn in conjunction with a bandana, jeans & snowblades. I will send Gok to to sort you out as expect the rest of your gear is unacceptable.
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You know it makes sense.
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Dear oh dear....it is that skiing by numbers thing again isn't it...happening a lot these days.
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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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Lorenzo, American kiddy-slang then. The European English equivalent is probably 'punter', you might like to know.
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Poster: A snowHead
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