 Poster: A snowHead
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Probably been done before but!!
I normally ski in a wooly hat, I am not a brilliant skier, i would say i am a good intermediate, I can ski 98% of pistes Red and Black, I am not a mad off pister or a snow park loony coz i am 45 years old. I have done about 15 weeks skiing in total.
However last year i witnessed a head to head collision where one guy was knocked out sparko, and someone last year at my work got a head injury and was in a coma for a while,
So i was wondering do i need a helmet and will i look like i am trying to be a super cool dude or a knobhead in one
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Only you can answer that question as it depends on your attitude to risk.
Lots of people wear helmets these days so the knobhead factor has diminished to nothing IMO.
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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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As was said to me at the same decision point a few years ago, you'll look even stupider with your brains all over the snow 
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Timbobaggins, I wear one, but it's a personal choice. They are becoming common, so you will not stand out as either super cool or a knobhead.
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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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Completely personal choice; helmets are becoming more and more common now, so you won't look out of place either with or without one.
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rob@rar, Agree, they were in the majority in Austria last season.
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will i look like i am trying to be a super cool dude or a knobhead in one
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this thread is useless without pictures. Post one of you in your wooly hat, then we can try to imagine a helmet instead, and give you an answer to your question. Some people in hats look cool, some look like knobheads. Some people in helmets look cool, some look like knobheads. It generally isn't the headgear that does it. 
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I see far fewer people looking like berks wearing a helmet than wearing a wolly hat.
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pam w,
Ok Dokey, I will try nd attatch a piccy, I can assure you i look a knobhead in my hat 
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Wait a minute.... Is this actually a helmet thread where everyone is being REASONABLE??!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Timbobaggins, no offence, but if you need an anonymous internet messaging board to tell you what you look like in a wolly hat and whether to wear a helmet or not, then you really are a knobhead.
clarky999, there, fixed it for you.
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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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I'm surprised no-one has come out with a helmet that, well, looks like a "helmet". There's at least one strategically placed ventilation slot designed in already.
And you wouldn't have the hassle of offering in a range of colours either, just maybe a selection of stickers to accessorise it in the disease of your choosing.
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but does a helmet actually prevent injury in most accidents?
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You know it makes sense.
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Dr John,
Cheers mate, helps a lot, I am guilty as charged
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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Must be a big KH coz i cannot work out how to attach a piccy.
I am sure Dr John will help
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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scotia, depends what the injury is. Broken leg, probably not. Concussion after stacking on hard piste, maybe.
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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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arggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Sun 31-10-10 9:04; edited 1 time in total
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Timbobaggins, not a clue mate, I'm a bit of a KH when it comes to that sort of thing.
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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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I can assure you i look a knobhead in my hat
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well in that case a helmet can only be an improvement! I wear one, and find it very comfortable (though it's crucial to get the right fit; mine is Giro but most of the Giros didn't fit me - just the one I bought).
I don't think I look a knobhead in my ski helmet. I definitely do in my cycle helmet, but I still wear it.
My brother in law was concussed after falling backward from a bit of a height onto a hard piste (beginner - held on too long to the drag lift button....). He was wearing a helmet. I think he'd have been pretty seriously injured without it - as it was he couldn't remember what had happened and was vomitting for several hours. I took him to a doctor who checked him over and told me what to look out for, and what to do if he deteriorated.
I have music in mine, but that's a whole other contentious thread.
I don't know why people get so arsey about helmet threads. they're not as dim as the ones about whether a bit of snow in early November means there'll be terrific cover in February.
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pam w,
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| they're not as dim as the ones about whether a bit of snow in early November means there'll be terrific cover in February |
True, but even those are surpassed by the 'Do I need winter tyres in Austria' threads!
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'Give me a J, give me an O.....!'
Has anyone heard of these 'Hestra' gloves and should I buy a pair?
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Probably been done before but!!
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Never. What a novel idea for a thread.
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| Swirly wrote: |
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Probably been done before but!!
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Never. What a novel idea for a thread. |
Cheers, i like to be origional.
By the way has anyone done a "Do i buy red or blue ski boots" before 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Brave, stupid and rock hard, also very thick skinned. Whilst on origional threads, Does anyone know if i should buy some snow chains
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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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The bigger question for me is can you take it on as hand luggage ?
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You know it makes sense.
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Timbobaggins, I've been skiing for 20 years on and off, never worn a helmet before except for the odd occassion when I'm out of bounds (use my sons for this).
Really I've always been pretty confident in my own ability to ski correctly, in control, and my ability to select lines and so on.
Last year I realised that whilst I may be all of the ability, experiance and etc, there appears to be a lot of people out there who do not.
Figuring that the objective is actually to reduce the risk of serious injury from others and accidents I've invested in a helmet which I plan to wear each day, rather than on special occasions.
Hopefully I'll never need to test the helmets life preserving qualities.
As rob@rar says, depends on your attitude to risk.
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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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Bob, seems to be a common way of thinking now, in so much that a helmet is more to protect you from others hurtling down pistes totally out of control, and not from your own errors.
Never used to wear a helmet myself, and never wanted to either. Now I wouldn't ski without one.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Bob,
Bob, yes i agree. I am quite happy with my ability, its the other loons that worry me. Last year i saw a skier just standing still and a snowboarder go smack into him, knocked him clean out, the boarder was ok coz he had a lid on.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Timbobaggins wrote: |
Bob,
Bob, yes i agree. I am quite happy with my ability, its the other loons that worry me. Last year i saw a skier just standing still and a snowboarder go smack into him, knocked him clean out, the boarder was ok coz he had a lid on. |
Something similar happened to me back in a March. An out of control boarder smacked into me while I was standing at the side of a piste. I just saw him at the last second so I dropped my shoulder to protect myself. When he got back up he was very apologetic and slowly boarded off like a bendy toy that had been left in front of the fire for too long. I suspect he wished that he had been wearing helmet. Or at least not crashed into a 20 stone (ex) rugby player.
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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, NO
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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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Who stretched the thread!
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Winterhighland, 'twas Dot. 
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I think the other thing about more and more people wearing helmets is if some beginner or out of control person does hit you, and they are wearing a helmet and you bump heads the person without the helmet will come out much worse off.
I am currently trying to buy just the right helmet for the first time. Needs to be nice and cooling, I get a very hot head when skiing 
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| The bigger question for me is can you take it on as hand luggage ? |
A couple of years ago I saw a couple checking in at Schiphol Ariport (KLM flight to Zurich) wearing there ski gear , Boots, jackets, pants, helmets !
They checked them in !
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Timbobaggins, If you buy snowchains check that you can take them as hand luggage.
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