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Helmets- good or bad

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ninjea
Posts: 2083 - Karma: 28
to wear a helmet or not to wear a helmet, that is the question?
Dec 17 2005 9:28AM
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skidemon22
Posts: 4430 - Karma: 1,963
i still dont think you need one. ut thats just me.
Dec 17 2005 10:04PM
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CORKED
Posts: 320 - Karma: 16
i don't ski without mine.
Dec 17 2005 10:06PM
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Literature
Posts: 13673 - Karma: 3,085
If you are clicking in without a helmet on your head, you are just asking for it. Don't let fashion dictate whether or not you get a concussion or die.
Dec 17 2005 10:54PM
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Tclif
Posts: 1559 - Karma: 19
helmets!! They look better than non helmets in my opinion... With giro, RED, and other helmet companies, the helmets now produced are dope!! I just got my giro nine.mx... oh it is so awesome. Plus with tuneups, dont worry about earbuds anymore
Dec 17 2005 10:55PM
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mski
Posts: 4791 - Karma: 3,803
awesomely good
Dec 17 2005 10:58PM
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Riding_the_Peaks
Posts: 43 - Karma: 10
Don't be stupid whenever you ski park you should wear a helmet.

Today Al launched off the biggest table in our park (75ft.) and over rotated his spin and rocked his dome on our rock solid landing. It split his Giro MX10 almost in half and he had an extreme concussion. He was out for over 15 minutes then he came around and went into shock. The ski patrol and a couple of the guys had to hold him down so he wouldn't freak out. It was fucking scary stuff. Without his helmet he could have been in a coma or brain dead.
Dec 18 2005 1:31AM
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canadianskier
Posts: 601 - Karma: 184
i just don't want to pull a sunny bono
Dec 18 2005 2:19AM
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tweaksrock
Posts: 109 - Karma: 10
Helmets all the way the frigging sweet..... the protect your head and theyre fricking warm
Dec 18 2005 9:25AM
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Scratchskier_540
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wear helmets
Jun 5 2006 7:56AM
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Anathema
Posts: 21048 - Karma: 5,061
i don't see what bad can come of wearing a helmet....
Jun 5 2006 8:22AM
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jwhyte
Posts: 596 - Karma: 21
great
Jun 5 2006 8:44AM
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SN0WBOARDER
Posts: 1454 - Karma: 11
i wear a helmet
Jun 5 2006 8:55AM
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Al_Smith
Posts: 643 - Karma: 11
I used to but quit. just so much more freedom without one.
Jun 5 2006 9:08AM
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ATLskier
Posts: 8203 - Karma: 406
they are good, giro bad luet. with tune ups. they are good.
Jun 5 2006 9:49AM
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ski_cartel
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i wear one when in parks the demand it, but otherwise not really. I dont have one any more but i am in the market. It all depends how i feel that day, if im feeling like a dumass the lid go's on.
Jun 5 2006 10:54AM
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NicoChile
Posts: 690 - Karma: 199
yeah definetly wear one you never know what could happend, once y was skiing with my brother and i was waiting for him because he was just learning and like 10 feet above me an asshole falls down and one of his skis flies directly in my head i couldn't react or anything, i had to get like 10 stiches, since then y always wear a helmet
Jun 5 2006 11:42AM
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skiinscotland
Posts: 644 - Karma: 10
some ski schools in europe make everyone under 16 wear one, so when people get older than that they have got into the habbit off wearing one
Jun 5 2006 11:46AM
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fillup
Posts: 4904 - Karma: 568
wear it
Jun 5 2006 12:29PM
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freestyle_kyle
Posts: 2620 - Karma: 164
i always wear my helmet when im skiing.Its light, warm, windproof, stylish. and its safe. plus helmets are manditory at my home mountain, but i'd still rock a helmet even if it wasnt
Jun 5 2006 12:52PM
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CTD
Posts: 6301 - Karma: 350
i rock a giro 9, and im a big fan. i finally got a good helmet this last season, and the first day i had it, i took two falls that shouldda knocked my ass out cold. ima fan. i dont wear it 100 percent, specially if im just dickin around or slidin lil rails. but on big jumps, specially here in the east, you NEED one
Jun 5 2006 1:02PM
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kristie
Posts: 1667 - Karma: 214
Bad! Fashion over function!
Jun 5 2006 1:56PM
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powder4breakfast
Posts: 386 - Karma: 69
I only quoted 1080_grinder because I love MOUNTAIN DEW!
But yes, helmets = good. Especially for the little things like banging your head on the chairlift.
Jun 5 2006 1:56PM
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creighton
Posts: 3837 - Karma: 3,400
mines super comfortable plus the hook ups are sick
Jun 5 2006 2:14PM
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Antoine.
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i say yay
Jun 5 2006 2:22PM
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Holte
Posts: 10742 - Karma: 7,819
word. wearing a helmet is like adding another set of balls.
Jun 5 2006 3:34PM
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kbrando
Posts: 1208 - Karma: 904
wear one its not that big of a deal
Jun 5 2006 6:40PM
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poofartpee
Posts: 7436 - Karma: 1,540
i were a helmet no matter what unless im filming
Jun 5 2006 8:10PM
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hollygrove
Posts: 7845 - Karma: 93
helmet = good
Jun 5 2006 8:26PM
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SIX
Posts: 4595 - Karma: 506
I always wear my R.E.D. Hi-Fi, it's nice, it's warm, it's the lightest helmet on earth and it protects my head. So good.
Jun 5 2006 8:29PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Why I wear one:

Other People. Helmets are nice when you fall. They keep your head from bouncing and impacting on ice. But the main reason I wear one is protection from other people. While I'm in control, many other people that ski are not. Thats why I wear one in bounds. Yeah, they're nice when you crash, but when I fall, I usually end up hitting my hip or knee or twisting my arm somehow. A helmet wont really save you if you hit a tree glade skiing anyways, but it certianly will help you when a 200 lb skier crashes into you from behind.


Out of bounds, I wear my helmet anyways. Dropping cliffs and skiing out in avalanche country is dangerous, theres a lot that could happen out there. Helmets are really a must when I'm out of bounds or in BC.

The only time I dont wear one is when I'm sessioning a kicker somewhere, where I know there is no avalanche danger and out of control skiers.

So, why would you not wear one? Helmets these days are lightweight, warm and daresay even stylie. Besides, even if you only use it once, you'll be glad you were wearing it. Wear a helmet, its that simple.
Jun 5 2006 8:35PM
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Peter.
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yeah lol me too
Jun 5 2006 8:45PM
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skoganskier101
Posts: 2067 - Karma: 14
haha, ski some tioght w/o a helmet and then talk. i got a helmet last year and im so glad
my head was thanking me
Jun 5 2006 8:47PM
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TONYDANZA
Posts: 181 - Karma: 2
If you have to ask this question, then you have hit your head to many times without a helmet!!
Jun 5 2006 10:02PM
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M+M
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tony danza^
Jun 5 2006 10:07PM
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Freund
Posts: 111 - Karma: 10
i use to never wear one until this past year. now i will never go without one. ive ran head first into a skilift support cuz my skis fell off and i was going fast enough. ive messed up on a tailgrab and my skis went into the ground and i slamed my head. if i didnt have a helmet on i dono how i woulda turned out so i say helmet all the way.
Jun 6 2006 12:27AM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,889
HELMETS ARE FOR PANSIES!
Jun 6 2006 12:41AM
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KeegLove
Posts: 10166 - Karma: 55
they are great dont ski without one!
Jun 6 2006 12:55AM
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winterkid33
Posts: 2267 - Karma: 52
i do half of the time. when Im in the trees or in areas with rocks i do. and when im hittin urban i do. but just from my experiences i cant see it being that possible to hit my head on a rail or hurt it on a jump. on a jump ur neck is the most in dangered. on rails i spose there are some cases where it could happen but its usually my wrists hips and ass that get hurt
Jun 6 2006 8:11AM
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IrideWI
Posts: 2882 - Karma: 316
helmets are defenitely good,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoPvAYaU_YQ&search=Maier especially if you do stuff like this, which i dont, but its just good in general to wear a helmet, especially cuz i thinkit gives you more confidence in the park and with trying new tricks
Jun 6 2006 9:52AM
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AKoblitz
Posts: 1201 - Karma: 113
GOOD
Jun 6 2006 9:57AM
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[lineskier]820
Posts: 923 - Karma: 11
well said, i always wear one but being that i broke mine i might have to go for a hat a few times untill i can replace it
Jun 6 2006 3:09PM
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sundayriverboy3
Posts: 157 - Karma: 11
depends on the helmet
Jun 6 2006 3:35PM
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skifreak_101
Posts: 161 - Karma: 10
wear one.... its better than cracking ur skull in two
Jun 6 2006 3:37PM
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Bumbleton
Posts: 1474 - Karma: 13
wear a helmet in park, cuz even if u do where one and fall it hurts like a bitch
Jun 6 2006 4:10PM
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scratchskier170
Posts: 443 - Karma: 10
i wont ski without one
Jun 6 2006 4:22PM
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dan4060
Posts: 1458 - Karma: 847
I always wear mine. I got used to it afew years ago and now I will not ski without it.
Jun 6 2006 6:26PM
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[lineskier]820
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heres mine, i rock whenever im dropping the spread eagles and daffys
Jun 6 2006 6:50PM
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shrEddie
Posts: 5117 - Karma: 65
^haha

i have one, and i wear it sometimes. my old one probably saved my life a few times. i just dont feel like wearing mine sometimes now. but i think next season im gonna start wearing it all the time
Jun 6 2006 8:24PM
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Bees_Knees
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helmets save lives. Why wouldent you wear one giro makes good looking helmets. I have never skied without a helmet my whole life
Jun 6 2006 8:41PM
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