 Poster: A snowHead
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Was looking at helmets the other day and thinking of buying one.
I don't see that many people wearing them and, indeed, I see more people not wearing helmets than wearing them.
What do you think of helmets?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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LOL, this is a dangerous little thread! You might end up needing a helmet just to read it! 
Personally, I choose not to wear a helmet. I ski only on piste, reasonably slowly and never during peak weeks. I don't fall over very often (current rate is once in three weeks) and I've never landed on anything other than my butt. As far as risks go, it's one I consider to be very slight.
I totally understand why some people would choose to wear a helmet, but I choose not to. Life is full of risks and it's up to the individual how they deal with the risks associated with their lives. However, I do find it ironic that some people wear helmets when skiing, yet choose to pollute their lungs with cigarette smoke!
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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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mmm what flavour popcorn today.
salted I think.
<munches>
Tux
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jb1970, i think the bigger question is can you take it on baord as hand luggage and what happened with your other half when you went awol for a month ????
Its not a fashion accessory - its for safety 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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jb1970, You are a little tease aren't you 
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helmets are for parks + (some)people who started skiing in the last 5-10 years
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For all the interests that I have and am a member of a forum for, there's a different subject that comes up regularly that involves a large can of worms and a lot of popcorn.
For cycling it's equipment... Shimano V Campagnolo. (Surprisingly not helmets but then cyclist have been using them longer and the debate has died down now)
For kit cars it's engines... Car engine V Bike engine.
I guess this is the one for skiing 
adrian
ps. I don't have one but am thinking about it.
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| ChrisWo wrote: |
| My tip caught in a crusty rut, I went straight over the handlebars |
Out of context and on a mountain bike forum that statement would be priceless!
... need more popcorn
Tux
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tuxpoo, priceless
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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jb1970,
My [last] tuppence worth on the subject.
I don't like popcorn.
Helmets are inherently dangerous...... create far too may boring threads on forums such as this.
Try searching.... you'll find plenty....
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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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surely the wearing of a helmet should be personal choice.
i bought a helmet at the end of last season so have only worn it a few times (yes it has a visor, next!!) and it was fine after ages just with a hat.
only problem was my earphones kept falling out..
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You know it makes sense.
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solved it by buying plugs that actually fitted my ear rather than using the standard iphone ones
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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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| jb1970 wrote: |
| What do you think of helmets? |
No idea, prefer a bit of muff myself
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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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jb1970, I have one, along with body armour, but don't usually wear either unless racing. However, last week I was hit from above 3 times in 2 days. The last one could have been a life changing collision (a GS racer on a warm up run while I was almost stationary) so for the rest of the week I wore both.
But I'll probably revert to type next time out.
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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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thefatcontroller, oooh missus!
It's important to get a good fitting one - you don't want a wobbly helmet. I have a helmet and I clean and polish it after every sliding session 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| jb1970 wrote: |
What do you think of helmets? |
I think you need to use the search option and allocate a long weekend to reading the answers.
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I wear one, and have for 5 years now. Not because I might crash, but because stupid idiots who think they are gods gift cos they can go fast (but cant stop of steer) ram me accasionally from behind. Also it keeps my head cool (I can feel the air being blown through it (Giro G10), or warm if I close the vents, and it makes my goggles far more comfortable by taking the strap off my head (I wear glasses)
Can I start a flame war by stating many of the morons are wearing blades!!!
Last year the same french woman wiped me out twice on one run, which was well beyond her skill level, she would push off, blast 200m till she hit someone, then repeat. I made the mistake of skiing off first after the first time she rammed me!!!
This is probably why so many folks skiing lean forward with the sticks stuck up in the air behind them. They are not trying to do a bad tuck, they are warding off folks from above. Mind you they are often the one out of control
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The greatest advantage of wearing a helmet in bad weather is to stop your goggles steaming up after you put them up on your head in a gondola.
No-one is too good a skier not to need a helmet. Anyone can fall and hot their head but worse than that every year in the Alps, in resorts I've worked in, deaths are caused by collisions where there is a clash of heads.
Someone has got to say it. It's time to make them compulsory 
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Sat 5-12-09 18:30; edited 1 time in total
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FWIW I've bought one, and will be using for the first time in a few weeks.
Main reason for getting it, 5yo daughter will be skiing for the first time, and will have to wear one. I didn't want to have to answer the question as to why I don't wear one.
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DaddyLouLou, very good reason and don't worry it's getting to the point that those who don't have them that look out of place.
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gravystuffing, when did you start skiing??
I have to disagree with your last comment
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it's getting to the point that those who don't have them that look out of place
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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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I want to know if you can fit a helmet with snowchains?
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You know it makes sense.
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kevindonkleywood, No, but you can fit snowchains with a helmet.
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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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aldoyle, I think the tipping point came after the Natasha Richardson incident last year. At Hintertux a couple of weeks ago I saw very few without helmets on and in a sports shop in a supermarket type mall in Worgl I couldn't believe how much shelf space had been allocated for helmets. More helmets than you could shake a snow chain at 
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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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In all seriousness its whats others can do to me that makes me wear a lid, well that and the fact that the kids would quite rightly say.....if you are not wearing one why should I.
Even the best skiier gets wiped out by the "snowplough of death" ramming them from behind.
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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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This is unreal. bar shaker made a very good point, so I shall highlight it!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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In Austria it is law (which is also quoted by the AA and the Michelin restaurant guide) that snow chains must be carried in the helmet if the piste has a blue sign.
It is not, however, a legal requirement to carry helmet-chains at all times... only on designated routes. It is law to ensure that from November to May you have helmet treaded tyres carrying the H & S or the little (^) sign.
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aldoyle, I have skied for 25 years - spend a fair amount of time in the trees and on steeps... I wear a lid.
I think asking people when they started skiing is irrelevant
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| helmets are for parks + (some)people who started skiing in the last 5-10 years |
is rather a silly thing to say.
And yes - if you were skiing in the US or Canada without a lid you probably would feel a bit out of place, but that too would be a silly reason to wear one.
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stoatsbrother,
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I think asking people when they started skiing is irrelevant
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helmets are for parks + (some)people who started skiing in the last 5-10 years
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I speak purely out of observation of the last 20 years and how skiing / the people who have come into skiing have changed
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I have skied for 25 years - spend a fair amount of time in the trees and on steeps... I wear a lid. |
I'd suggest your an exception, rather than the 'rule' (as quoted from 'He's just not that in to you')
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