how's your helmet game ?

[Bdog325]

spring skiing. Helmets get hot and sweaty. I usually take it off on the chair, clip it to the bar. I wear a vented mtb helmet when it's over 40* and sunny . Feel naked without a helmet now. Same with motorcycles. Some say a helmet can be false confidence but I've got cracked helmets to prove them wrong.

Definitely. I just takes you to hit your head on something just right to really screw ya up

Make money. Buy toys.

[PNWbrit]

I sometimes wear a helmet, sometimes not.

Mostly I don't.

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[2FUNKY]

Not sure if trolling or not but there is simply no reason to not wear a helmet. It's warmer and should a fall happen you'll be protected. Plus a decent helmet to at least pad against impact isn't that much

Make money. Buy toys.

Not trolling. Some days I just don't feel like wearing one. Those are the days I dial things back due to skiing with the family or what have ya. You want to wear one cool, do go all helmet nazi on me. I grew up skiing without one, they weren't all the rage then dropping massive cliffs and skiing no fall zones yet here I am.

[Bdog325]

Not trolling. Some days I just don't feel like wearing one. Those are the days I dial things back due to skiing with the family or what have ya. You want to wear one cool, do go all helmet nazi on me. I grew up skiing without one, they weren't all the rage then dropping massive cliffs and skiing no fall zones yet here I am.

I kinda get that. I've just had a experiences in mtb and moto where I'll crash and just think to my self how fucked up I'd be if I didn't wear the gear I do wear.

Make money. Buy toys.

[wyeaster]

i would never not wear a helmet. the boy will always wear a helmet if he wants to keep riding with me. the two worst impacts to my head in the past 13 years were my second day on a board and a month ago with almost nothing of consequence from snowboarding in between and they were both slow-moving other than the impact to my head. i've never wished i wasn't wearing it. i don't have an urge for any potential greater sense of freedom attained through riding without one. i never rode my motorcycle without one either.

[Supermoon]

I rock a Smith Vantage MIPS. Like boots, fit is the most important thing in helmets for me. Giro and Bern don’t fit my head very well. From there I pick goggles that interface with the helmet best. I have IOX goggles this year. One of the better setups I’ve had recently.

Like was said above, I replace every two or three years and after every big impact. Between bikes, skiing, motos and skating, I bet I’m easily $5k into helmets over the last 15 years.

[willywhit]

https://www.steepandcheap.com/rc/hel...iscountpercent

[Groomer Gambler]

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[m2711c]

And then there's this.....


https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/01/sports/on-slopes-rise-in-helmet-use-but-no-decline-in-brain-injuries.html

[Groomer Gambler]

And then there's this.....


https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/01/sports/on-slopes-rise-in-helmet-use-but-no-decline-in-brain-injuries.html

Reminds me of a recent article on bike helmets (may have been the NYTimes too?) where people with helmets are more likely to go faster, take risks, etc.

[Core Shot]

I sometimes wear a helmet, sometimes not.

Yes.

Why no helmet?
It just feels so good!

[Djongo Unchained]

I spent my helmet money on ski lessons.

I don't wreck a lot , have a dicey reputation at my podunky hill, and ski fast.

Only one concussion from attempting a mogul field at mach schnell. 98% recovered 12 yrs later.

Ours is a risky sport.

[Spooky]

Ours is a risky sport.

It is risky. Which is why it makes sense to stack the odds in your favour.

I was skiing some mellow pow last year and caught a shark which threw me headfirst onto another rock. The impact shattered my Pret Cirque helmet and gave me five compression fractures in my spine. No head injury though, didn't even get a headache. Helmets are pretty useful.

[wolfelot]

It is risky. Which is why it makes sense to stack the odds in your favour.

I was skiing some mellow pow last year and caught a shark which threw me headfirst onto another rock. The impact shattered my Pret Cirque helmet and gave me five compression fractures in my spine. No head injury though, didn't even get a headache. Helmets are pretty useful.

Yikes. I hope you are ok.

[Spooky]

Yikes. I hope you are ok.

Thanks, it was a lucky escape. My back still hurts but I had my first turns since the accident last week and it felt good!

[Djongo Unchained]

It is risky. Which is why it makes sense to stack the odds in your favour.

I was skiing some mellow pow last year and caught a shark which threw me headfirst onto another rock. The impact shattered my Pret Cirque helmet and gave me five compression fractures in my spine. No head injury though, didn't even get a headache. Helmets are pretty useful.

I agree 110% - You need the best helmet money can buy if you can break a helmet and 5 verts on some mellow pow.

I embrace risk in skiing. Not interested in lessening it. I'm pretty solid in the self-assessment arena.

[abraham]

I agree 110% - You need the best helmet money can buy if you can break a helmet and 5 verts on some mellow pow.

I embrace risk in skiing. Not interested in lessening it. I'm pretty solid in the self-assessment arena.

Not picking on you specifically but you are interested in lessening risk. Unless you're one of those funky guys who use nonreleasing bindings. I get what you're saying though.

I mostly learned to ski with a helmet and I almost always do. Only had a few glancing hits to my head but I've watched rocks pass in front of my face while tomahawking. That and I try to keep up with a bunch of mags while skiing fast through trees, a little extra protection isn't a bad thing for the times I might not get my poles in front of my head fast enough

[Djongo Unchained]

I'm picking up yer vibe. Plainly I lessen risk by deciding not to launch to flat.

I just tend not to err on the side of soft.

Arguable whether a helmet is always an advantage. Mostly but sometimes they make a wreck worse too.

Hard sayin', not knowin...

I don't fall much. Goofin' falls aside, I might not have a real wreck more than once a year. With luck. The kind that hurts and makes me take a week off cuz I can't bend in half.

I chalk that up to being a fair to middlin skier. Skills will keep your noggin intact. Steez, on the other hand...

[Core Shot]

It ain’t half as dangerous as motorcycle riding sans helmet.

But I defend that right as well. Freedom to live or die as you see fit.

Now we can get the nanny staters to chime in about medical and disability expenses they have to pay, which is a slippery slope that leads to a total ban on skiing unless you have a license with proof of insurance

[thefortrees]

I've got dings in my helmet from a tree or two. Would have hurt without one. That being said, a helmet sure didn't prevent my MCL injury in a rotating backwards fall into a tree well.

[willywhit]

way before skiing decided helmets were a good idea, we were not skimping on brain buckets that were super stylin' and very tech. Because drool buckets aren't cool.
https://www.facebook.com/Flyawayhelmets/

[Spooky]

I embrace risk in skiing. Not interested in lessening it.

You sound like a badass.

[JaytaeMoney]

I started wearing a helmet (many years ago) mainly because I was sick of getting grief from everyone about not wearing one. I think they're generally a good idea but the level of protection snow sports helmets provide is much, much less than what everyone thinks.

[Djongo Unchained]

You sound like a badass.

Cannot confirm, not into self-aggrandizement. Less of a 'Talk' talker, More of a 'Walk', walker.

And not trying to. It's just a conversation that I know where I stand. And just one FOG opinion.

I don't have a lot of the concerns many here deal with: no kids, wife, mortgage, debt, etc. Don't kid yerself , I gots issues. Crackin my egg ain't one of 'em, that's all.
Contrarily, I encourage helmets for young soft noggins and old brittle ones.

[2FUNKY]

You sound like a badass.

If you only knew....