 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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dbs, welcome to posting. Congratulations, also, on starting a thread which, despite its opaque title, is still about a much loved and well-worn topic!  My answer to your question is: yes, of course, skiing is more important to me than my hairstyle or whether I look like a mushroom in a helmet (which I do.)
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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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Yes.
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Yep.
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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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Probably. But I'm still hoping it will never happen. Nothing to do with hairstyles or looking like a mushroom of course.
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No, of course not, I value my personal freedoms so much I would boycott snowsports to stick it to the man.
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fatbob, 
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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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Yes, but I wont drive a car as seat belts are compulsory.
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| fatbob wrote: |
| No, of course not, I value my personal freedoms so much I would boycott snowsports to stick it to the man. |
you must have a really cool hair cut
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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dbs, he does.
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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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dbs, definitely. some of us look like a mushroom even without the helmet .
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I would organise mass civil disobedience campaigns involving the wearing of silly hats.
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You know it makes sense.
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Yes, I would still go if helmets became compulsory (I wear a helmet by choice anyway).
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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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Yes - and I dont wear one at the moment through choice.
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Poster: A snowHead
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yes, wear one now so no one sees my bald head
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| -[c0Ka|Ne]- wrote: |
| Yes, I would still go if helmets became compulsory (I wear a helmet by choice anyway). |
Same here
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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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Yes, have worn one for the last 3 years and feel really vulnerable if I ever venture out without one now, which is very rare. I'm glad I have done with a few of the spills I've had similarly on my bike, I always wear a cycle helmet now and was very glad on it when I came off my bike, late one night, slightly worse for wear on the way home from Mouth's house, having visited her and Mouth Junior aka The Bullet.
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I wear one to teach here at Coronet Peak, New Zealand. It is compulsory for us when teaching children and recommended to us when teaching adults, they are a great idea and I agree you soon get used to them!
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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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Having seen a nasty accident one day i only wear my helmet when i am putting on chains!
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In Austria, they can only police this by preventing you boarding the lifts.
I would not buy a lift pass & just hike up, their financial loss in the end 
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Such a stupid question.
The only people not wearing helmets are those on their first trip or those that think they are safe by not going over 10mph.
Decide which group you are in.
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Yes
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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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yes
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yes
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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what about a 25 mph speed limit on the slopes.. would you still go then?
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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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We're getting helmets for this season, though the kids have always worn them. Think I'll get it as a Christmas prezzie so I dont feel guilty spending a fortune on one that looks cool.
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What about compulsory breathalyzers at every lift station?
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You know it makes sense.
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Dr John, yes. But I would have to cut my skiing day a bit short sometimes - it is a holiday afterall!
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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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yes, but not actually wear it as a protest
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Poster: A snowHead
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As no standards on protective requirements or on-site testing exists - one could argue that any form of headgear COULD be classed as a helmet, from the top-end racing jobbies, through punters models, to a bike helmet, or a novelty oversized foam cowboy hat perhaps a knotted hanky or an admirals hat made out of the centre pages of the Telegraph
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ski helmets are compulsory for Children under 14/15 in Italy, Slowenia and 4 regions of Austria (Upper Austria, Kärnten, Salzburg and Burgenland) which is strange because as far as I know Burgenland dosen't have any ski resorts. 
Link in German
http://www.skihelm-berater.de/content/skihelmpflicht-oesterreich-2009-2010.html
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Wed 8-09-10 15:41; edited 1 time in total
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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as a Skier i never wore a helmet. As a snowboarder i do. I found boarding a more painfull progression with many edges being caught. I have slammed my head many times and I will always wear one.
Im not a brilliant skier or boarder but I dont think that matters as all it takes is the idiot who is drunk coming down the hill at Mach 3 to slam into you with your back turned and its all over.
I saw at least three big pools of blood at the liftstations in Megeve this year.
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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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Yes.
I will be wearing a helmet for the first time this year following a nasty encounter with a rock in Zermatt at the end of last season. I still have and treasure the x-rays that showed that my skull wasn't fractured. If there is a next time, I might not be so lucky.
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Another reason I chose to wear a helmet all the time. Not so much just protection from myself, but protection from others. Whose actions, sadly, you cannot control.
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back protectors should be made compulsory as well ..
so thats helmets , back protectors, drink and drug testing, and speed cameras so there will need to be some kind of registration with bibs with your number on it.. yup sounds like fun .. oh and cut all the trees down and have those lights you get in water parks so no one can set off until the run is clear
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CANV CANVINGTON, I don't think that anyone here is advocating compulsion. Just saying that if it did happen they would still go.
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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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DB, weird, Burgenland is pretty...errmmm...flat isn't it? What a weird thing to have as a law there. Still, nothing like standing on (completely irrelevant) principle.
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No, I'd go elsewhere. (assuming there're still places that doesn't REQUIRE helmet)
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FAQ
) i also wonder how many of the 
who dissagree with them have actually tried one for a few days.
