Helmets bro!

[D.B. Cooper]

I don't like the idea. There are so many aspects to ski safety that can put you in a position to not need a helmet. Like not skiing near others, looking uphill (seldom seen, I've found), well tuned skis, ability relative to trail difficulty/conditions. Plus, you can't hear as well with a helmet on.

A very bright guy I know said helmets don't protect you as well as you may think on steeper terrain. This has to do with falling less in a perpendicular toward the ground, but more parallel, resulting in a less impactful fall.

Will there be people who vehemently disagree with me? Sure. To that I answer the same as what a comedian said about motorcyclists not wearing helmets: "if a head is functioning that poorly to begin with, it doesn't warrant protecting." And f-you. ?

 

[Peter Minde]

I'm down with helmets a bike or roller skis. Helmet likely prevented a concussion once when I fell and bashed my head. Even with it, my bell felt a bit rung.

FWIW I've seen little kids periodically wearing helmets while nordic skiing. A few times at Dewey Mt, where there's a nasty downhill. And sometimes on much less forbidding terrain.

 

[Frk]

yup, you can’t use the g word any longer. It hurts the kids feelings today.

don’t even think about using the f or r words either, you’ll trigger a full on millenniul melt down. It is plainly just disrespectful. I’ve never heard these words used in a positive context.

These words were disrespectful and wrong yesterday and today. I’ve never heard them used in a positive context. Are you going to defend their use under free speech defense?

 

[sig]

i'm a bit of an ass. i was late to parabolic skis and very late to wearing a helmet. now its a no brainer. keeps my ears warm and allows for more aggressive lines in the trees.

 

[Brownski]

FRK
Weigh in. All instructors should wear helmets all the time right?

 

[raisingarizona]

These words were disrespectful and wrong yesterday and today. I’ve never heard them used in a positive context. Are you going to defend their use under free speech defense?

 

[Frk]

FRK
Weigh in. All instructors should wear helmets all the time right?

What they do on their free time is up to them. When teaching, it’s likely that company policy demands helmet use.

 

[Sick Bird Rider]

I've had three concussions in my life, one skiing, one climbing and one snowboarding. None while wearing a helmet. Are there long-lasting effects? Hard to know but now I feel naked without a helmet while skiing on lifts. Though I typically don't wear one when skiing self-propelled. Slower-moving, I guess.

 

[Brownski]

I got some concussions as a kid. I started wearing a helmet while skiing around 2000 (most of the time but not alway if it’s warm out). I fell hard enough to see the flash of light once since then. Was it hard enough to do damage if I wasn’t wearing the helmet? I don’t know. Maybe. I believe it would have been another concussion at least.

 

[raisingarizona]

i'm a bit of an ass. i was late to parabolic skis and very late to wearing a helmet. now its a no brainer. keeps my ears warm and allows for more aggressive lines in the trees.

didn’t we skip right on by that whole parabolicker ski design thing?