Helmets bro!

[JTG]

Reference please

Gay has had (and theoretically still could have) positive contextual uses. Didn’t you ever watch Fred Flintstone....and have “a gay old time”? That was referring to being lighthearted and carefree.

 

[Campgottagopee]

Gay has had (and theoretically still could have) positive contextual uses. Didn’t you ever watch Fred Flintstone....and have “a gay old time”? That was referring to being lighthearted and carefree.

Every gay person I know is happy AF.

 

[JTG]

Think your ski helmet will prevent concussion in an accident on the slopes? The latest research shows otherwise

Helmet-wearing skiers found to be still at risk of traumatic brain injury like concussion if they have an accident on the slopes

www.telegraph.co.uk

Of course Brownski is trolling. He shoots....he scores!

Now, MC, before I unpack the article you linked, would you care to elaborate on what you are trying to say?

Did you link that article merely to provide information relative to concussions (which were mentioned earlier), or do you generally disagree with the clear statement at the beginning of the article that....“The good news is that the latest research, published in June in the journal Wilderness & Envirvonmental Medicine, confirms that skiers and snowboarders wearing helmets are better protected from head injury – and, more surprisingly, any other kind of injury – than those who don’t.“?

 

[Harvey]

It's all about how a term is used. The "n" word original meant people from a specific country in africa, but it was used with hatred and so became unacceptable in most circles. Was the term "gay" used to imply there was something wrong with the thread?

Full disclosure, almost everyone in my high school (70s) used that word to indicate something was wrong. It's was a habit, and I try very hard not to do it now.

There is nothing wrong with the word itself. Gay people say "I'm gay" all the time.

Carry on with the helmets.

 

[Brownski]

Carry on with the helmets.

Do you have that pic of your gouged helmet handy? We have new members that might not have seen it. That pic may be the most convincing argument in favor of helmets I’ve ever seen.

 

[gorgonzola]

this thread reminds though, i need a new helmet to replace my giro fuse that's probably 7+ years old now.
I'm a big head sweater, any suggestions for a well ventilated helmet for a peanut head? Looking at giro 9 and smith mission...

 

[JTG]

Ok, I’ll weigh in on helmets. I’ve been skiing for almost 40 years. I’ve only worn a helmet the past 15 or so, and starting to use one was largely driven by setting an example for my kids. I don’t always wear a helmet, but I do most of the time. I fully understand that helmets do not protect one from all, or even most, head injuries...especially the most traumatic, like injuries resulting in impacts with trees or rocks, which I consider to be the biggest risk for me given both my abilities and where I ski.

That said, and I’m sure there are those who will submit there is no proof that a helmet would have made a difference, I always think about Natasha Richardson when the subject comes up. “Unlikely”, “a one in a million accident”, “I’m good enough that such a thing would never happen to me.” Those are all justifications people use to support their own personal choices, and that’s cool, for you.

Me, I guess I’m mostly willing to afford myself the extra protection, no matter how small the likelihood it will come into use, such that I don’t become the next unlikely and unfortunate statistic.

A helmet to me is kind of like insurance and seat belts. Those are the kinds of things we hope to never call into action, and likely never will, but we employ them nonetheless.

Really, if any of you, no matter how skilled, says you never caught an edge or got tired and had an unlikely, unfortunate flub....you’d be lying.

 

[Campgottagopee]

I put a helmet on as soon as I get out of bed.

 

[MC2]

The only way to get through to you old fossils is through memes (that pit your old curmudgeoness in one area against your old curmudgeoness in another area), so try to wrap your feeble minds around this:

 

[JTG]

Way to completely discount the idea that science and society can learn and make useful improvements to the way life is lived. So long as you equate “wearing a helmet” to “everyone getting a trophy” (that comparison is ridiculous btw) I’ll go back to avoiding any and all discussion with you. Yes, I know that will make you as happy as it will make me.

Stupid Natasha, she deserved to die!?!