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POLL - Who wears helmets and when?


What do you wear on your head whilst skiing/boarding?
Wouldn't catch me on the slopes without a helmet
63%
 63%  [ 218 ]
I'll wear one when the going gets tough or I need to set an example, but not all the time
15%
 15%  [ 53 ]
Think of me as thix (thixotrophic that is!!). Gel based protection here (or similar)
0%
 0%  [ 2 ]
Beany there and done it - can't beat a warm woolly beany
11%
 11%  [ 40 ]
Real skiers/boarders do it unprotected from the elements - that's me!
6%
 6%  [ 24 ]
I'm thinking about it (while I still have a brain)
2%
 2%  [ 8 ]
Voted : 345
Total Votes : 345

 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead
OK, there's been an awful lot of discussion on whether wearing helmets is right, wrong, indifferent, should be advocated, not advocated, rammed or not-rammed down peoples throats/onto their heads (or elbows Puzzled ), so here you are - the chance to for us all to assess whether, as a group, we do or don't wear them. Don't forget all the why's and wherefors are being done on the other thread - lets keep it to the vote here eh? (Well, it's an earstwhile thought - but I know this place rolling eyes ) Ray Zorro is going to shift this to the piste for me so you might want to wait until it gets there before leaping in - Edit: Thanks Ray, vote away folks


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Megamum, i think there's an option missing. I don't wear one but "wouldn't catch me..." isn't right. I just don't wear one - how about a simple "no"
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
don't wear one (never have) but looking into getting one maybe snowHead
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holidayloverxx, Then you want the last option I think - Real skiers/boarders do it unprotected from the elements? That sounds like you doesn't it wink
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I wear mine all the time, but wouldn't say I need it all the time.

I just prefer it to a hat tbh.
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Too complicated.

Should have been: always, never, sometimes. Leave all the fake "motivations" out.

I didn't vote, "when I feel like it" is missing. Could at least use a "None of the above" option.


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The wooly hat one for me.

I probably should wear one, but just haven't got round/been convinced yet.
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 After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
My mum says to wear a helmet, we leave them with the lifties
Helmets are for mummys boyz
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Started using a helmet when I started to dabble on the Darkside, now the kids are skiing n boarding it's an example I have to set.
Primarily I wear one coz I'm self employed and if I bang me heed and am off work I am up the creek without a paddle. Confused


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abc, I was trying to make it fun.

Don't worry this will be my first and last poll judging by some of the comments above.
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I wear one all of the time on snow.
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I'm wearing mine right now. Cooking can be dangerous.
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Flip Crawford2 wrote:
My mum says to wear a helmet, we leave them with the lifties
Helmets are for mummys boyz


Brain injury is for all those that want it Laughing
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 You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
hyweljenkins, But have you looked at all the options? Laughing
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 Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
I always keep my helmet to hand................ Embarassed Embarassed
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 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead
Bought one specifically for a race a few years back. Never done a days skiing without it since.
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Megamum wrote:
abc, I was trying to make it fun.

Don't worry this will be my first and last poll judging by some of the comments above.

Good try, then. I'm not good at being funny. So when in doubt, I always remind myself "Less Is More".
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Megamum wrote:
holidayloverxx, Then you want the last option I think - Real skiers/boarders do it unprotected from the elements? That sounds like you doesn't it wink


not quite, I have a "rat hat", that is a furry trapper thing - I don't like a cold and wet head wink
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thefatcontroller, do try and rememebr that Flip Crawford2 is very young.......and I hope his mummy reads his post Twisted Evil
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holidayloverxx, Who R U
do you know my mum? where is she now?


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boredsurfin, of course, but I decided that bra & pants wouldn't protect me from splattering cooking oil.

thefatcontroller, Toofy Grin
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Good effort Megamum - well its distracting me from doing my tax return anyhooo rolling eyes
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 After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
thefatcontroller, brain damage is from skunk not skiing, helmutz is for kidz in skool and grown ups that wanna look stoopid
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holidayloverxx, OK, yes I don't cater for a rat hat - I think I know the sort of thing you mean. I guess if you want to play you're probably in the 'beany' class with descriptive reservations Laughing Laughing
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hyweljenkins wrote:
boredsurfin, of course, but I decided that bra & pants wouldn't protect me from splattering cooking oil.


Shocked Laughing I thought Hywel was a blokes name, you just have to be so careful on t'internet Shocked
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Once you actually have one, not wearing it becomes stupid. I'm not risking my second favourite organ.
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Flip Crawford2 wrote:
thefatcontroller, brain damage is from skunk not skiing, helmutz is for kidz in skool and grown ups that wanna look stoopid


B , s , s , ch , to, u. There you go son, knock yourself out.
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Cunners wrote:
Once you actually have one, not wearing it becomes stupid.

Rubbish.
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Cunners wrote:

Flip Crawford2 wrote:
thefatcontroller, brain damage is from skunk not skiing, helmutz is for kidz in skool and grown ups that wanna look stoopid


B , s , s , ch , to, u. There you go son, knock yourself out.


Yup you MUST wear one
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Why? It's no bother and it's not as though it does much good sitting at home. Seatbelt analogy.
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Never seen the need for myself and still don't, I don't do anything radical.
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Cunners, It can be uncomfortably hot, it reduces peripheral vision and muffles hearing. If you're spending as much time looking behind you and up the hill, teaching for example, the benefits are negligible and the disadvantages are a pain in the proverbial. Wearing a helmet is about managing risk as best you can - if you are at very little risk of an injury which a helmet would prevent/reduce and there are some noticeable disadvantages it become foolish to wear one.
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T Bar wrote:
I don't do anything radical.


Isn't that the point though, its not just you, it the person that smashes into you or have you not spotted the others out there on the slopes??
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Flip Crawford2, have I got the wrong person? Embarassed
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thefatcontroller,
It seems rather unlikely although not impossible that someone will ski into my head. I don't wear a helmet when walking the streets or crossing the road with all the poor drivers though either.
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T Bar, There we are then. No point is there............No chance in this world someone is going to crash into you and cause you to fall..................... rolling eyes rolling eyes Laughing Laughing
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Rob- I really don't find heat a problem. It may well be because I've worn a lid cycling for years, including a full face for DH, so that my brain is as steamed as it's ever going to get and I'm acclimatized.

I don't believe the vision point though, and it's about as muffling as the peruvian bushwhacker hats that everyone seems to have these days Toofy Grin Also the slopes these days are full of stoned illiterates who I wouldn't trust to safely negotiate their local 24hr garage in search of pringles, let alone navigate round a mountain without collateral damage, plus there's the vin chaude crowd on hypercarvers Laughing Risk assessment Shocked
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thefatcontroller,
As a matter of interest do you wear your helmet when walking the street or driving the car?
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T Bar, Your point is................. rolling eyes rolling eyes Laughing Laughing
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