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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 #31 of 88
10/23/08 at 8:09pm
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Originally Posted by Richie-Rich View Post

Drawbacks:
Hard to use a cell phone, harder to drink or eat something
cause that my main train of thought while picking out ski wear whether or not I can talk on my cell phone or drink my latte.
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post #32 of 88
10/23/08 at 8:10pm
Man Richie, your going wide open this fall... must be really missing the snow...

we should race this winter.
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post #33 of 88
10/23/08 at 8:12pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by BushwackerinPA View Post
cause that my main train of thought while picking out ski wear whether or not I can talk on my cell phone or drink my latte.
Obviously it doesn't deter me, but it has been mentioned before as a drawback
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post #34 of 88
10/23/08 at 8:13pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by TMAS29 View Post
Man Richie, your going wide open this fall... must be really missing the snow...

we should race this winter.
I am!

Yes we should
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post #35 of 88
10/23/08 at 8:34pm
[quote=Richie-Rich;979416]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. quote]

5 days a year at mediocre resorts in southern Vermont and you're the authority.

Think about it a little (no, maybe a lot). Pathetic.
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post #36 of 88
10/23/08 at 8:45pm
Thread Starter 
Yeah thats the ticket I skied 5 days my whole life.....listen to yourself, where the hell do you get this stuff?????.....I mean c'mon man, I know life has been hard on you and all but just stop the insanity.

I tell you what genius.....I dare you to site one single example of the BS which you spew...stop your pathetic misguided attempts at attacking me, my skiing, or my character, just back up the nonsense with some fact...g'head I triple dog dare ya.
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post #37 of 88
10/23/08 at 10:23pm
Didn't start wearing a helmet until last year, it is warmer than any toque (hat) and has saved me from getting a concussion or head injury a couple of times last year, so it will be staying with me. I wear a Beori Tactic carbon, nice looking helmet. First wore one when I went out to Jackson Hole 2 winters ago, all those cliffs and rocks and other natural obstacles trying to injure a skier, I decided to try one and liked it. I never used to wear one, but getting older and I don't heal like I used to plus I am skiing more aggressively and could slide into a tree, hit a tree headfirst or just hit my head on the ice that forms in the NE.
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post #38 of 88
10/24/08 at 1:49am
This thread is stupid.
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post #39 of 88
10/24/08 at 4:11am
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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):
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post #40 of 88
10/24/08 at 5:02am
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Originally Posted by volantaddict View Post
This thread is stupid.
Should be in the subject line. RR should be banninated for a week or two just for starting it.
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post #41 of 88
10/24/08 at 6:44am


does this qualify for hard or soft ear covers?
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post #42 of 88
10/24/08 at 7:12am
Helmets are always a good idea but for us who have grown up skiing, biking, rollerskating, rock climbing, motocycling etc, with out them its a real drag to wear them. My dad told me stories about playing football with helmets he would fold up and put in his back pocket.
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post #43 of 88
10/24/08 at 7:18am
I have nothing useful to add, but since I'm like everyone in that regard, I'll post anyway.

I never wore a helmet until last year when I went skiing in Utah with a bunch of east coast racers. We had a group of about 35 people and all but one person wore a helmet (and he gave in and joined the helmet crowd by the end of the trip). I have no idea what the numbers are, but it made me FEEL safer...and also warmer. I was surprised at how much more comfortable I was with a helmet on. It looks dumber though. FWIW, it's soft ears, no jaw.

Speaking of closed face vs. open face helmets...it's a subject that comes up in car racing circles as well. At one point I remember a discussion in SCCA circles of banning closed face helmets in cars equipped with airbags. The argument was about as emotional and fiery as it can be in ski circles...I'm not sure that any real conclusion was reached, but I haven't really paid attention to it there either. FWIW, my racing helmet is open faced too.

Useless? Yes. Entertaining? Nope, not that either. Wasted some time while I wait for a build at work? Yep.

Maybe it'd be more entertaining if we list all the helmets we own:

Ski (open face, soft ears)
Car racing (open face, hard ears)
Hockey (full cage)
Rock climbing (open face, no ears)
Bike (open face, no ears)

I think that's all I have...
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post #44 of 88
10/24/08 at 8:48am
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Originally Posted by Wannabe View Post
Maybe it'd be more entertaining if we list all the helmets we own:

Ski (open face, soft ears)
Car racing (open face, hard ears)
Hockey (full cage)
Rock climbing (open face, no ears)
Bike (open face, no ears)
Bicycle, kayak, ski, motorcycle, short bus.
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post #45 of 88
10/24/08 at 9:43am
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Originally Posted by billyymc View Post
RR should be banninated for a week or two just for starting it.

...and just under 40 posts the train wreck has started!!!! Best post on this thread so far!
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post #46 of 88
10/24/08 at 9:57am
Quote:
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.
You forgot: "Oh this thread again"
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post #47 of 88
10/24/08 at 2:51pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Richie-Rich View Post
Look here silly person....
I didn't know the French knights wore full face helmets...
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post #48 of 88
10/24/08 at 2:54pm
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Originally Posted by billyymc View Post
For anyone who doesn't want to follow the whole thread, here's how it goes (eventually):
You forgot the spoiler alert...
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post #49 of 88
10/24/08 at 4:50pm
Always wear one. Hoping to upgrade from my Giro 9 to a Smith Variant Brim this year.
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post #50 of 88
10/24/08 at 5:26pm
A helmet would keep me from exposing my receding hairline. I'm comfortable wearing one, and equally comfortable not wearing one. So I'm a sometimes. And for the record, VolantAddict is right, but we never let that stop us.

You didn't ask who wears helmets with horns or fake Rastafarian dreads. I know of a few of those. Right Terry?
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post #51 of 88
10/24/08 at 5:43pm
Quote:
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.
You forgot about the standard replies from those of us that work with unhelmeted vs helmeted patient population.
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post #52 of 88
10/24/08 at 6:39pm
Who said they wanted pictures. My new Giro G10 is the gray one.

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post #53 of 88
10/24/08 at 6:47pm
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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
I wear this but a different color when I go backflipping cornices(hahaha). But actually I do wear this sometimes when hucking

http://www.sicklines.com/news-images..._news_post.jpg
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post #54 of 88
10/24/08 at 7:09pm
I'm very disappointed with the subtle tone of the new helmet.

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Originally Posted by Max Capacity View Post
Who said they wanted pictures. My new Giro G10 is the gray one.
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post #55 of 88
10/24/08 at 7:11pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by SkiNebraski View Post
I wear this but a different color when I go backflipping cornices(hahaha). But actually I do wear this sometimes when hucking

http://www.sicklines.com/news-images..._news_post.jpg
Key words - "sometimes", "backflipping", "hucking".

Cheers,

cfr
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post #56 of 88
10/24/08 at 7:12pm
Still trying to decide if it's time to move on from the yellow ???
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post #57 of 88
10/24/08 at 7:43pm
I like my helmet. I never used to use one, but if I want my son to wear one I have to wear one.

The main reason I want him to wear a helmet:

SONY BONO!!!
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post #58 of 88
10/24/08 at 8:09pm
Umm added warmth.....

Oh don't forget easy access to blasting tunes...
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post #59 of 88
10/25/08 at 11:49am
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Originally Posted by Max Capacity View Post
Still trying to decide if it's time to move on from the yellow ???
yellow no yellow is fine. those boeri should be burnt at the stake. WORST looking helmet of all time, and pretty much you going to have a gap between your goggles with them.

the G10 is a alot better fitting and looking but not a hard shell so that i cant take multiple hits. I would get a G10 in yellow.
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post #60 of 88
10/25/08 at 1:03pm

Wear a helmet on your knee...

...since your knee will get it first. In fact in my 20 full time seasons over the last 35 years, I don't have an event that would have needed a helmet...except perhaps... the turkey in the lift line imitating a helicopter. I have cut my forehead on my ski-pole grip and cut my lip sliding into a gate and done my ankle slipping on ice in my ski boots and ankle and shoulder and knee etc. but so what? The only reason for normal skiers to wear helmets is to be fashionable and to have someplace to crank the tunes...and I'm sure the hearing-sense is worth more than imagination.
The other thing that is not part of MY imagination are the poor impact standards in helmets used in skiing check out this:
http://www.clydesoles.com/Front/Helmets.html

If you don't think much of this dittie- search for studies of soccer players having short attention spans and memory problems from merely heading the ball ( and, to be fair - running into each other and goal posts.)
Minor concussions, like heading also lead to the anger management problems often found in park-rats and skaters who have had their bells rung too often. A helmet won't protect from brain-slosh injuries which occur far more frequently than impacts which would be protected by a helmet.( i think these lesser injuries are called scalping)
Again - how frequent are head injuries 'requiring' helmets and the injuries actually prevented by helmets.

And then I found this page
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/295/8/919

But I still ain't gonna wear a bucket.
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