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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I know the helmet argument has been done to death already, but after both my fiancée and her sister were involved in collisions on our ski holiday last week. Both through no fault of their own and both involving a head impact... I for one shall be wearing a helmet from now on!
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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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tomb,
spammer!, 
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| StyleMountain wrote: |
| I have skied down the same run she bumped her head on, it's a gentle run. Last season there was a girl who lost control on the same run and skied into a tree, she very nearly broke her back and spent the rest of the season in hospital. |
She nearly break her back because she wasn't wearing a helmet? *confused*
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StyleMountain, i prefer not to ski into trees personally.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| andy from embsay wrote: |
| StyleMountain, i prefer not to ski into trees personally. |
Haha neither do I! Not really sure what she was up to but apparently she lost control and went into a tree...
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she lost control and went into a tree...
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Sad for her but the better advice is to spend the helmet money on lessons.
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Bode Swiller, The irony is that she was training to be a ski instructor 
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You know it makes sense.
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Well, given that she "almost broke her back", let's assume that she was 99% of the way there. Probably safe to assume that damage done is proportional to momentum. Momentum = speed x mass. So, assuming she weighs 75kg, if you put a very 1.5kg helmet on her you have increased her mass by 2%. This in turn increases her momentum by 2%. From our above assumption.... Oh my word, had she been wearing a helmet she would have been only 97% of the way to a broken back!!!! There we go, undeniable evidence that wearing helmets breaks backs!!
...on a serious note tho, seriously, wise up. Everyone knows its your own choice whether or not to wear a helmet. If people want to hear more about the debate stick the word helmet into the forums search engine. This thread is basically just spam, not a clever first post and a phenomenally stupid way to promote your website..
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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And there it was............
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Poster: A snowHead
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gatecrasher,
decided to delete it, wasn't worth getting SkiG more angry! haha. Unfortunately can't delete it all completely, damn
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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StyleMountain, No one really gets properly angry here...all just banter...
But a first post without introduction, largely promoting products tends to rub a bit.
Stick around, get to know people...then promote...that's what I'd do!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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gatecrasher,
Man, I'm sorry...just learnt I don't really know much about forums at all! Thought people would just ignore stuff and move on.
Well that guy got pretty angry I'd say, I'm sorry but that was how the story was told me and obviously was exaggerated, I didn't expect for it to be taken so literally. Sorry for him having to waste time doing a calculation. I'm afraid I'll just give up on forums, a friend of mine posted on here and somebody came back threatening to rape her and her friends!! Not sure about these things really. Wasn't trying to cause any harm...working late isn't always such a great idea haha. But thanks for being cool about it, much appreciated 
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| StyleMountain wrote: |
gatecrasher,
I'm afraid I'll just give up on forums, a friend of mine posted on here and somebody came back threatening to rape her and her friends!! ) |
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| StyleMountain wrote: |
| a friend of mine posted on here and somebody came back threatening to rape her and her friends!! |
I don't believe this at all  .
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StyleMountain, I'd be very shocked to hear that on this forum tbh, as I say stick around just a little longer...people aren't so bad, take things mostly with a pinch of salt, although on the odd occasion we have been known to have a serious conversation or two...but that's pretty rare..
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Schuss in Boots,
Haha yeah it wasn't put in a forward way like "I will rape you", he said that he was going to come to where they are and "smash" them and that she wouldn't be able to get away because she has a bad leg and that she wouldn't have a choice in the matter. It was very creepy! I run a website that mainly focuses on ski fashion but we have a couple seasonaires writing blogs, in the blog he talks about his friend catching an edge on a double diamond and getting a pretty bad concussion. There are pictures of his helmet all cracked and stuff...not pleasant. I completely forgot how helmets make people feel, like I said not a good thing to work late - brain is just thinking of sleep haha! I will admit I'm a bit scared of snowheads now, not really posted on forums before
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gatecrasher, Schuss in Boots,
I couldn't really believe it myself, we were a bit shocked but laughed it off as a "frape", I'm sure (I hope) he wasn't being serious and it was a creepy joke. It freaked me out a little
Thank you for the advice with this, really do appreciate it
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StyleMountain, Do you have a link to your friends post? Of course, there are always exceptions (and creeps) but are you sure it wasn't just a joke that was taken wrongly? As we've all said, this is a pretty damn good forum and there is a real good ethos here. Even without the moderators input, snowHeads generally jump on something like that pretty hard.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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StyleMountain, Yep It's all clicked now... Did you read the rest of that post...but until you get to know particular people it may have come across as creepy...
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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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gatecrasher, Do u have a link?
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You know it makes sense.
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sequoiaboard, Boo! 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Schuss in Boots, it was weathercams daughters ACL thread, well defended I thought, 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Schuss in Boots, sequoiaboard, gatecrasher,
Ah ok just found the what he said (found it in our facebook messages when we were talking about it)
"I'm not sure which one she is, but just to be sure I'll pump them all when I go out in a couple of weeks. Plus, with the dodgy leg she won't be able to run away."
Reading it again, it doesn't look like a legitimate rape threat - we interpreted it that way at first, but I'm pretty sure it was a joke but not really finding it funny...
Thanks guys for taking me in like this haha, feeling a lot better!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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gatecrasher,
Yes thats the thread! Aha it was actually my friends dad posting for her. Oh god why would you say something like that to a girls father?!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Ohh, now I feel guilty! Not angry at all, although I must confess the ongoing need for people to post about helmets does get tiresome, honestly was meant as banter. Please do not give up on forums. But please also don't start your next thread as 'What is the baggage allowance on ..."or"can I take ski boots as carry on"
Fairly sure Einstein would have been proud of that equation tho...
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You'll find that the scary ones turn out to be the nicest.
I overcame my fears and even went on holiday with Schuss in Boots 
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StyleMountain, half the fun of forums is provoking reactions of others, I may have done this on the odd occasion, but as you see there was no major uproar there, so take it as tongue in cheek!
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SkiG,
Can you actually take bags on a plane?...haha I'm kidding!!! Do people not realise that the answer to those types of questions will be on the airline's website?. I really do apologise for posting about helmets (honestly wasn't thinking) although you must admit it sounded like a nasty accident. The annoying thing about talking online is you can't tell if people are being serious or not. Well since you've been a top bloke I won't give up on snowheads, I'm not denying you scared me a little haha. But apart from that I hope you liked the website, I just started it in April 2012. Need to get more content up but it takes ages to put posts up etc.
I stopped doing maths at GCSE so I was fairly impressed, I'm sure Einstein would be very proud!
Scarpa,
I saw a lot of posts about snowheads going on holidays together. Are they pretty good? All my friends are at uni/broke so I have nobody to ski with! I'm such a loner!!! 
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StyleMountain,
SkiG, totally lost me!
Will take a look over your site!
Anyway bedtime!
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gatecrasher,
I was impressed because he totally lost me too!
Thanks, much appreciated. Good night
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StyleMountain,Snowheads often get together for short trips or even meet up for a few runs while out in resorts but there are several big official bashes organised every year ranging from family based to off piste. I found this site by going on the first end of season bash with a bunch of strangers off the internet, that was 10 years ago. If you want a low cost way to ski with loads of like minded people then I can definitely recommend them. There hasn't been a year when I haven't gone on at least one sHs trip, often made three
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Scarpa, sounds pretty awesome. I just wasn't really sure about whether it was a good idea for obvious reasons. I'm actually in the tricky situation of being stuck in France right now with the parents, we're 3hours away from the Alps but I don't really fancy going alone and skiing for a weekend: it's expensive and lonely. My parents don't ski so I can't even go with them! Will definitely look into a sHs trip. Thanks for clearing it all up for me, I was pretty skeptical about it all 
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