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The 08/09 Season Helmet thread with poll!

Poll Results: Do you wear a helmet while you ski or snowboard?

This is a multiple choice poll
  • 52% (85)
    Yes always (soft ear cover)
  • 23% (39)
    Yes always a full helmet (covers ears but not jaw)
  • 2% (4)
    Yes always a full-face helmet (covers ears and has jaw protection)
  • 10% (17)
    Sometimes
  • 11% (18)
    No...we dont need no stinking helmets
163 Total Votes  
post #1 of 88
10/23/08 at 3:01pm
Thread Starter 
One of Epic's most popular topics has not had any headlines as of late, since this place always has plenty of new people as well as plenty of gear heads, who is sporting a helmet this season? Feel free to share why or why not.
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post #2 of 88
10/23/08 at 3:08pm
Richie, Its obvious that you've suffered from a brain injury or you wouldn't have started this thread.
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post #3 of 88
10/23/08 at 3:12pm
Thread Starter 
LOL.....have your extinguishers ready.
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post #4 of 88
10/23/08 at 3:40pm
I have always worn a helmet that covers the ears but not the jaw. What are some of the drawbacks/positives about wearing a full face helmet?
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post #5 of 88
10/23/08 at 3:50pm
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Originally Posted by jclay2 View Post
I have always worn a helmet that covers the ears but not the jaw. What are some of the drawbacks/positives about wearing a full face helmet?
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post #6 of 88
10/23/08 at 3:56pm
I never wore one when I skiied.(I skiied for 15 years before turning to the darkside) Now I wear one everytime when I go out Boarding. It may be because I'm getting older, Don't heal as quickly, and still tend to get a little nuts on the snow.
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post #7 of 88
10/23/08 at 4:00pm
Full, no jaw. I have no need for a full helmet with a jaw guard, and it looks goofy as hell. If looks weren't a factor, maybe, but I am a walking (well, skiing) billboard, and looks are everything.
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post #8 of 88
10/23/08 at 4:31pm
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Originally Posted by Rise To The Top View Post
Full, no jaw. I have no need for a full helmet with a jaw guard, and it looks goofy as hell. If looks weren't a factor, maybe, but I am a walking (well, skiing) billboard, and looks are everything.
Billboard?--Just wondering what you are advertising.
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post #9 of 88
10/23/08 at 4:40pm
Giro G10MX...has a visor. Would not ski without a helmet...greatfully wondering how I did for 40 years.
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post #10 of 88
10/23/08 at 4:47pm
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Originally Posted by jclay2 View Post
I have always worn a helmet that covers the ears but not the jaw.
I've always worn a helmet that covers the jaw, but not the ears or the head.

I'm in sales.

As my old manager used to say:

Sampson slew 10,000 Philistines with the jaw of an ass. Every day, 10,000 sales are lost with the same weapon.
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post #11 of 88
10/23/08 at 4:54pm
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post #12 of 88
10/23/08 at 5:00pm
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Originally Posted by RiDeC58 View Post
Billboard?--Just wondering what you are advertising.
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Originally Posted by tromano View Post
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post #13 of 88
10/23/08 at 5:03pm
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Originally Posted by jclay2 View Post
I have always worn a helmet that covers the ears but not the jaw. What are some of the drawbacks/positives about wearing a full face helmet?
Not sure if it is a drawback or positive, but wearing full face helmet makes you look like Richie-Rich
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post #14 of 88
10/23/08 at 5:07pm
giro mx10 for everyday use and the giro remedy snow full face for big mountain
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post #15 of 88
10/23/08 at 5:15pm
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Originally Posted by cfr View Post
Not sure if it is a drawback or positive, but wearing full face helmet makes you look like Richie-Rich
Also handy if you get into an altercation with a snowboarder.
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post #16 of 88
10/23/08 at 5:21pm
Got a new Fuse this year, 09 has a head lock. I got the bluetooth/Ipod adaptor. I will post a review once I use it skiing. I will say, the initial setting went well.
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post #17 of 88
10/23/08 at 5:33pm
Nice to see that we only need to do this once a year. Yeah, I would like a Giro Fuse, but I always end up buying lift tickets with my money instead. My rationalization: I don't NEED a helmet; I need lift tickets (skiing time greatly increased by the lift in the East, an Off-piste is pretty much just cross-country here).
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post #18 of 88
10/23/08 at 5:48pm
After seeing my friend get a concussion last year, Im really thinking about picking one up...
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post #19 of 88
10/23/08 at 6:10pm
I've seen this movie before. Why would I want to watch it again?

For anyone who doesn't want to follow the whole thread, here's how it goes (eventually):

1. I always wear a helmet. Why wouldn't you? It's safer than not wearing one and it's warm to boot.

2. Prove it's safer!

3. Prove that it's not!

4. I never wear a helmet because I ski so fast it won't be of any help anyway, ever. And I never lower the bar either.

5. Hemlets should be mandatory!

6. Nazi!

7. My friend's best friends brothers sister knew this guy who would have died if he didn't have a helmet. I always wear one now. It's safer.

8. I have statistics that prove wearing a helmet isn't any safer. They're statistics I tell you! They must be right. No, I don't know the source.

9. Sonny Bono!

10. Who?

11. You're such an **^(&*&(&*(^%% dumb&#( no wonder you don't waer a helmet!

12. Snell ratings!

13. You probably ride a motorcycle without a helmet too!

14. I could buy two lift tickets for the price of a helmet!

15. Full FACE!!! Oh the mercy! Save the necks!

16. Full face = no bj!

17. Nascar!!

18. When JONGS lower the bar on your head!

19. Who lowers the bar?

20. Helmets make me feel safer so I go faster.

I think that about sums it up.
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post #20 of 88
10/23/08 at 6:23pm
I usually wrap my head with det-chord.
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post #21 of 88
10/23/08 at 6:38pm
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Originally Posted by Jer View Post
I usually wrap my head with det-chord.
That motivates me to make sure I don't lower the bar on your head! (Well maybe it't be all right if I'm wearing my super-high-end high tech water and brain-proof coat... hmmm.. Was that tasteless?)
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post #22 of 88
10/23/08 at 7:04pm
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Originally Posted by billyymc View Post
I've seen this movie before. Why would I want to watch it again?

For anyone who doesn't want to follow the whole thread, here's how it goes (eventually):

1. I always wear a helmet. Why wouldn't you? It's safer than not wearing one and it's warm to boot.

2. Prove it's safer!

3. Prove that it's not!

4. I never wear a helmet because I ski so fast it won't be of any help anyway, ever. And I never lower the bar either.

5. Hemlets should be mandatory!

6. Nazi!

7. My friend's best friends brothers sister knew this guy who would have died if he didn't have a helmet. I always wear one now. It's safer.

8. I have statistics that prove wearing a helmet isn't any safer. They're statistics I tell you! They must be right. No, I don't know the source.

9. Sonny Bono!

10. Who?

11. You're such an **^(&*&(&*(^%% dumb&#( no wonder you don't waer a helmet!

12. Snell ratings!

13. You probably ride a motorcycle without a helmet too!

14. I could buy two lift tickets for the price of a helmet!

15. Full FACE!!! Oh the mercy! Save the necks!

16. Full face = no bj!

17. Nascar!!

18. When JONGS lower the bar on your head!

19. Who lowers the bar?

20. Helmets make me feel safer so I go faster.

I think that about sums it up.
Dayum, you hit it on the spot.
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post #23 of 88
10/23/08 at 7:23pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by billyymc View Post
I've seen this movie before. Why would I want to watch it again?

For anyone who doesn't want to follow the whole thread, here's how it goes (eventually):

1. I always wear a helmet. Why wouldn't you? It's safer than not wearing one and it's warm to boot.

2. Prove it's safer!

3. Prove that it's not!

4. I never wear a helmet because I ski so fast it won't be of any help anyway, ever. And I never lower the bar either.

5. Hemlets should be mandatory!

6. Nazi!

7. My friend's best friends brothers sister knew this guy who would have died if he didn't have a helmet. I always wear one now. It's safer.

8. I have statistics that prove wearing a helmet isn't any safer. They're statistics I tell you! They must be right. No, I don't know the source.

9. Sonny Bono!

10. Who?

11. You're such an **^(&*&(&*(^%% dumb&#( no wonder you don't waer a helmet!

12. Snell ratings!

13. You probably ride a motorcycle without a helmet too!

14. I could buy two lift tickets for the price of a helmet!

15. Full FACE!!! Oh the mercy! Save the necks!

16. Full face = no bj!

17. Nascar!!

18. When JONGS lower the bar on your head!

19. Who lowers the bar?

20. Helmets make me feel safer so I go faster.

I think that about sums it up.


Bwahahahahahahah!
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post #24 of 88
10/23/08 at 7:29pm
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Originally Posted by Philpug View Post
Got a new Fuse this year, 09 has a head lock. I got the bluetooth/Ipod adaptor. I will post a review once I use it skiing. I will say, the initial setting went well.
FYI, the Fuse is COLD for least coast application. I only use mine for spring skiing. Plus those BIG vent holes (that let in the cold in even when closed) have a nasty habit of filling with snow when you do a header, letting the cold melting snow drip, drip, drip onto your head, making it even colder. Of course you could open the vents then get the world's worst brain freeze.

I have an Omen and G10, and some Leedoms that I use for the regular season - save the Fuse for the spring or take the ear pads off and use it for mountain biking.

BTW, those gaper-friendly full faces have a nasty habit of pulling your neck via the jaw section, causing more severe injury than would otherwise be. Avoid them. Dumbness.
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post #25 of 88
10/23/08 at 7:31pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by jclay2 View Post
I have always worn a helmet that covers the ears but not the jaw. What are some of the drawbacks/positives about wearing a full face helmet?
I am glad you asked.

Positives:
For one thing, it can potentially save your teeth from ice, an errant pole, or the safety bar Nazi riding on the lift with you.

It can also save your face from ice rash, or a broken cheek bone, or a broken nose, by either collision with an ice patch, another skier, or any of the other hard objects one may encounter on a typical, ski slope. It helps deflect the cold air a little so you stay a little warmer.

If you do any skiercross it will prtect you from the other animals trying to beat you. If you do any gate racing, your face will be protected from the gates (provided that they allow you to use the helmet, some race sanctions do not...(too much safety not allowed, gotta preserve some of the danger).

Drawbacks:
Hard to use a cell phone, harder to drink or eat something, if you ski at a snails pace there is a good chance you may have goggle fogging. Some people think its over kill and that you shouldn't wear one unless you are hucking 50' cliffs.

Edit: almost forgot, you'll get many....I mean many, people who love to preach wives tales about how you'll snap your neck if you use a full face helmet....consider this an opportunity to play with them, since they know not of what they speak, and when called out cannot support their fairy tale.
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post #26 of 88
10/23/08 at 7:36pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by snofun3 View Post

BTW, those gaper-friendly full faces have a nasty habit of pulling your neck via the jaw section, causing more severe injury than would otherwise be. Avoid them. Dumbness.
Yep....its begun, here we go again.

Havent you learned yet that there is absolutely no proof nor recorded instances of your usually foolish statement?
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post #27 of 88
10/23/08 at 7:43pm
The poll is flawed!

I have 3 helmets.

1) Soft ear covers.

2) Hard ear covers.

3) Hard ear covers with a chin guard. Getting hit in the face with a gate, thats enough reason!
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post #28 of 88
10/23/08 at 7:52pm
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Originally Posted by Richie-Rich View Post
Yep....its begun, here we go again.

Havent you learned yet that there is absolutely no proof nor recorded instances of your usually foolish statement?
Try some of the sites where they tend do some hills a little more gnar than Stratton, and learn a little.

When using a full face, the jaw section drags on the snow, stretching the neck , and immobilizing your head, stretching the neck. Simple, no?

I'm not sure whether "A mind is a terrible thing to waste", or "ignorance is bliss" is more appropriate. Just use a little common sense and get back to us. A full face on pool table vertical hills .
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post #29 of 88
10/23/08 at 8:03pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by snofun3 View Post
Try some of the sites where they tend do some hills a little more gnar than Stratton, and learn a little.

When using a full face, the jaw section drags on the snow, stretching the neck , and immobilizing your head, stretching the neck. Simple, no?

I'm not sure whether "A mind is a terrible thing to waste", or "ignorance is bliss" is more appropriate. Just use a little common sense and get back to us. A full face on pool table vertical hills .
I am wondering if responding to your ignorant posts makes me the truly ignorant one.

Look here silly person, had you taken the time to actually do some reading and research on the topic instead of your usual spewage of stupidity and negativity, you would have a clue as to the reality of the situation. To put it blatantly you are 100% wrong. Read more type less and please for the love of GOD:

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post #30 of 88
10/23/08 at 8:05pm
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Originally Posted by Philpug View Post
Got a new Fuse this year, 09 has a head lock. I got the bluetooth/Ipod adaptor. I will post a review once I use it skiing. I will say, the initial setting went well.
Yeah, me too, off SAC. Worked great with my iPhone in tests.
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