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Canadian safety authority bids to improve ski helmet qualities
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

The Canadian Standards Association has produced a new specification which manufacturers can meet to improve the safety of ski helmets.

This report from Canadian Press.

Quote:
... if manufacturers act promptly, association-approved helmets could be on the slopes in time for next winter.

The association has developed a new standard for helmets and is now ready to provide testing for certification of the protective headgear.


The initiative and momentum have partly come about due to the death of actress Natasha Richardson during a ski lesson at Mont Tremblant in March.
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

That the CSA has been pushing its standard is neither new nor surprising. This statement is intriguing though:

Quote:
But CSA-approved helmets can offer basic protection from concussions and serious brain injuries.


Quite a claim, particulalrly the serious brain injuries bit - and I notice it is not attributed to the CSA.
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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?

It's borderline. That point is adjacent to quotes from their spokesman, so the claim may be theirs.
I assume they're advocating a larger helmet shell with more interior shock-absorption.
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David Goldsmith, you mean like a motorcycle helmet?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

I don't know. I doubt it. Who'd want to ski around looking like a moped-rider? But I'll get our Canadian desk onto this.*

This is what the CSA said on 24 March about ski helmets:
http://www.csa.ca/news/announcements/default.asp?articleID=9442&language=english

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* If I can find their number. It must be here somewhere.
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