View Poll Results: Helmets mandatory?
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Fuck no, I won’t wear one
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Fuck no, you don’t have to wear one.
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Yes. You selfish bastard
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Yes. You don’t want an STD
13 18.57%
Multiple Choice Poll.
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Thread: Helmets? A choice or mandate?
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03-29-2022, 10:04 PM #101
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03-29-2022, 11:01 PM #102
This is really it right here.
Someone earlier in this thread said something along the lines of "if you really wanted to protect yourself you'd wear a full motorcycle helmet." That's not wrong, that would indeed be a much higher level of protection than a typical ski helmet, but I happen to have known at least one person that died from head trauma while wearing a full face auto racing helmet with current Snell certification. Actually I think it's two people, but I can't remember for certain if the second was technically head trauma as it was an especially horrific accident and I've blanked out some of the details.
In any case, all helmets have limitations and compromises, and all helmets will protect your head more than no helmet. Up to you to weigh those limitations, compromises, and consequences for yourself. For me, it's led to owning about a dozen different helmets for different purposes.
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03-30-2022, 07:22 AM #103
Yes, but it doesn't fit correctly because my heads fucking huge so I need to get fitted for a new one. Sweet Protection carries some lightweight ones I like.
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03-30-2022, 10:30 AM #104
Started wearing a helmet many years ago when I went skiing with a gps. Realized I was hitting 50 on a pretty regular basis, and over 70 if I tried. Seemed ridiculous to be going those speeds relatively close to trees and other solid objects without at least some sort of safety equipment.
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03-30-2022, 12:46 PM #105
Helmets? A choice or mandate?
Good one.
But come near me without a helmet and I’m going full on Mark Metcalf on your ass.
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03-30-2022, 01:00 PM #106
You’re going to feed him carrots from your mouth?
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03-30-2022, 01:24 PM #107
I guess I prolly teed myself up for something I don’t even know but I was referencing the authority figure from the twisted sister videos.
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03-30-2022, 01:32 PM #108
Yeah and that character was based off Neidermeyer from Animal House.
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03-30-2022, 01:48 PM #109www.dpsskis.com
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formerly an ambassador for a few others, but the ski industry is... interesting.
Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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03-30-2022, 01:53 PM #110
Oh shit, right, lol, I need to watch that again completely blanked that
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03-31-2022, 06:26 PM #111
Helmets? A choice or mandate?
I usually wear a helmet but I will skip it touring. If it's snowing it gets filled up no matter how I strap it on and usually I'm meadow skipping.
However if my husband makes me accompany him on something more spicy...I bring it
kinda funny helmet story- We got married on the Tram and were going to ski down to our reception at the base of the mtn.
I was not going to wear my helmet to preserve my wedding hair (I usually ski with one) but my MIL, Beth, was all worried that something tragic would happen on our wedding day, so I agreed to wear it
When I told my hair dresser that I was planning to wear the helmet down he said, "So I guess Beth wants your hair to look like shit"skid luxury
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03-31-2022, 07:49 PM #112
Wow.
How does one get married on the tram?
Didn’t know that was possible.
Also. What was your route selection down?
Such a once in a lifetime ride. I would have a hard time deciding.
Very cool story.
PS. Full flowing wedding gown? I hope so. Fkna. . .
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03-31-2022, 11:42 PM #113
To each his own. The problem with glasses IME is fogging. I wear glacier style sunglasses--because if you don't have good protection from light coming in from the sides on sunny spring days you're working on getting cataracts. But those style glasses aren't ventilated as well as double lens ski goggles. Even my cyclist style wrap-arounds fog worse than my ski goggles--which don't fog at all.
I wish I could ski bare headed. I wish I had hair. For me a well ventilated helmet is more comfortable than a ski cap. I pull the ear flaps off on all but the coldest days, and then I usually wind up pulling them off anyway.
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04-01-2022, 04:16 AM #114
+1 most of the glasses I have fog like crazy, the more wrapped the worse, so I’m using lifestyle glasses that aren’t curved at all when ski touring. I’ll do some research about the cataract stuff you’re talking about, seems a bit worrying ?
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04-01-2022, 05:50 AM #115
you need the cat crap…
the #1 choice of cool cats everywhere…
fact.
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04-01-2022, 07:24 AM #116
Helmets? A choice or mandate?
Huh, my sunglasses never fog unless it’s puking snow or raining. That’s when I usually wear a helmet and goggles. Nice and warm and dry. My eyes only water on the first run wearing sunglasses, then they reach a balance I guess and it’s no problem. Wiley X wrap frames. Everyone is different. Yesterday was fun in the sun with sunglasses and my Navy watch cap. I’ve had it since November ‘87 got it issued in boot camp.
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04-01-2022, 07:45 AM #117
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04-01-2022, 08:49 AM #118
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04-04-2022, 09:25 AM #119
need a new helmut. where should I go for end of season deals?
I figured this was vaguely related to the thread topic and not any further afield than wedding hair."fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
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04-04-2022, 06:50 PM #120Registered User
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04-04-2022, 10:05 PM #121
Like said before, a lot of times when I eat shit skiing it’s a weird fall. I was coming back to the car on the bypass road a the Bird, hung a right at the bottom of the run to head back to the bypass, and my right ski caught spring soft snow. My left ski did not. I pinwheeled hard clockwise and in an effort to not blow my knee, landed hard on my back and cracked the back of my head on the part of the snow that was not soft. Rang my bell. I’m ok, but I bet there would’ve been a concussion in my future if I hadn’t been wearing a helmet. Still not a fan of mandates, but I’ll always wear one.
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04-04-2022, 10:34 PM #122Registered User
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04-05-2022, 05:33 AM #123
I get it. I usually wear it even when my kids aren’t around.
But a few days a year I raw dog. And it’s delightful.
I tend to slow down on those days. Huh.
The bell ring crash stories remind me of pond hockey in my youth. We all bought helmets eventually. Nothing in skiing is like having your bell rung on ice. At least skiing you are usually sliding downhill. Skating and falling backwards is brutal. . .
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04-05-2022, 02:07 PM #124Registered User
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04-05-2022, 02:39 PM #125
the hardest hit to my dome i ever took was in the resort parking lot lol. was glad i was wearing my helmet cuz i didnt want more shit to carry.
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