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Alex_thedroog
Posts: 3433 - Karma: 2
Who skis with a helmet or without one. I had a concussion last year and needed some advice. I dont want another head injury but I like the way hats look better.
Nov 30 2006 9:46PM
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drwclrk
Posts: 1114 - Karma: 719
i go giro fuse. i dont want a concussion
Nov 30 2006 9:47PM
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*rkp*
Posts: 8198 - Karma: 258
helmet!   dont take chances. (and they can look really steezy too)
Nov 30 2006 9:49PM
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Alex_thedroog
Posts: 3433 - Karma: 2
Ya I have a bad lt. and it is okay, I kind of customized it. It used to be the white camo but I took it off so now it is shiny. But I want a bern helmet.
Nov 30 2006 9:52PM
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Aclique_Clothing
Posts: 1807 - Karma: 19
i dont wear a helmet but i should but o well
Nov 30 2006 9:53PM
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skibum1854
Posts: 1066 - Karma: 564
they make some dope helmets these days, comfortable too. rock the helmet...
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Nov 30 2006 9:54PM
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kabozo101
Posts: 4429 - Karma: 20
yeah same here but i don't and prolly won't
Nov 30 2006 9:54PM
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tjski
Posts: 5859 - Karma: 44
well you should join a fashion show then....seriously get a helmet if you got a concussion, i wear one who gives a shit how they look, you will have the last laugh when the guy next to you bleeding is bleeding from the head and you arnt cuz you were wearing a helmet.
Nov 30 2006 9:54PM
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00000000
Posts: 11075 - Karma: 82,508
Mandatory to wear one where I ski (Quebec)
Nov 30 2006 9:55PM
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Schoening
Posts: 14332 - Karma: 1,268
I rock a hat most of the time but every now and then i'll wear a helmet.. RED trace helmet..
Nov 30 2006 9:56PM
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steezerampage
Posts: 2171 - Karma: 214
Why not wear a helmet, they are warm, comfy, and they got some sick new ones out, why the hell not?
Nov 30 2006 10:00PM
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snarky
Posts: 498 - Karma: 13
i where one most the time, but if im just cruising around taking it easy i skip it.
Nov 30 2006 10:00PM
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invaderskier36
Posts: 6192 - Karma: 41
i dont but i am going to start
Nov 30 2006 10:01PM
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D-Sizzle
Posts: 151 - Karma: 10
i've gotten a concussion with a helmet on, so i most likely would have died/gotten brain damage without it so i'm pretty much down for life. you can rock your steezy hat after you get off the hill.
Nov 30 2006 10:01PM
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Fish_Sandwich.
Posts: 9108 - Karma: 16
I wear one, saved me quite a few times too.
Nov 30 2006 10:02PM
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triebby
Posts: 8670 - Karma: 2,190
def get a helmet. they have saved me big times on multiple occasions and now a lot of them are really steezy. personally im a big fan of giro.
Nov 30 2006 10:18PM
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grapesoda
Posts: 999 - Karma: 31
i always wear one..saved me a bunch too.
Nov 30 2006 10:20PM
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SlickRick.
Posts: 4329 - Karma: 300
i got 2 concussions last year, and one knockked me out for 5 minutes. funny part is i was wearing a helmet. sometimes a helmet doesn matter if you slam your head after comin down from 20+ yards in the air. so we are all takin severe risks doin what we do, but do anything to make it safer. plus helmets are a big style factor i think.
Nov 30 2006 11:20PM
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1440ski
Posts: 2049 - Karma: 1,110
I have worn one for a couple years and it has saved me from alot of pain.
Nov 30 2006 11:25PM
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pat_0101
Posts: 177 - Karma: 11
I've always got my helmet on on the hill. Its warm, they look fine, i'm spending too much money at university to splatter my brain on the inside of my skull.
Nov 30 2006 11:25PM
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Peach.
Posts: 3879 - Karma: 933
i have always worn one and they look wicked anyway im a huge giro fan
Nov 30 2006 11:32PM
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Sir.Pete
Posts: 1617 - Karma: 84
i straight up refuse to wear a helmet. i know its stupid, and i know im takin a risk.
helmets dont match my suit... it just doens't work.
Nov 30 2006 11:33PM
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MadSteezin
Posts: 4572 - Karma: 936
ur the fucking queer who asked about mittens earlier. Helmets are much safer than hat. if u dont like helmets tht much then get one and just it when ur doing rails, inverted ariels, cliffs and jibs
Nov 30 2006 11:41PM
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cofreeskier
Posts: 3189 - Karma: 15
i rock the red hi-fi, i probably would be dead by now if i didnt have one.
Nov 30 2006 11:48PM
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Pigletpen
Posts: 1137 - Karma: 18
you morons. helmets dont prevent concussions.
EVER!

Nov 30 2006 11:50PM
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Republican_Enemy
Posts: 2182 - Karma: 4
no1 around me wears one. I couldnt picture it being steezy
Nov 30 2006 11:55PM
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bdskier
Posts: 932 - Karma: 14
I wear one all the time. I got knocked out while wearing one a couple of years ago, can't imagine what would have happened if I didn't have it on.
Dec 1 2006 1:11AM
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ZavierV
Posts: 5077 - Karma: 100
Bern bakers suck. CAPIX IS THE FUTURE
Dec 1 2006 1:14AM
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Dan.
Posts: 7201 - Karma: 1,126
G10 MX
Dec 1 2006 1:15AM
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mattster
Posts: 4120 - Karma: 41
i really really hate the feeling of helmets on my head, but theyre good cause it hurts when you slam your head into stuff
Dec 1 2006 1:21AM
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skipocketrockets
Posts: 201 - Karma: 30
i used to hate helmets but i got the red hifi this year steezy and so comfortable
Dec 1 2006 2:16AM
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D-Sizzle
Posts: 151 - Karma: 10
that is so incredibly gay....blood/brains most likely wouldn't either
Dec 1 2006 2:17AM
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DoriD
Posts: 332 - Karma: 9
dont fall, simple
Dec 1 2006 6:42AM
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JoakimHayland
Posts: 1053 - Karma: 43
Helmet, a sweet trooper s1. I like helmets.
Dec 1 2006 8:37AM
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SIX
Posts: 4595 - Karma: 506
I wear an RED Hi-FI. It feels like you have nothing on your head, it's just crazy. But yea I prefer having a helmet on my head and not exploding my head then having no helmet and to explode my head.
Dec 1 2006 8:45AM
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Charley.
Posts: 1754 - Karma: 110
yeah, you cant be dissapointed with a RED helmet
Dec 1 2006 9:00AM
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armadajib10
Posts: 111 - Karma: 15
if your just like skiing its not that bad, but in the park you should deff have one, i got a real bad concussion at momentum last summer, and you feel like such shit for l ike a week after, it like hurts just to look into a light, orhear a loud noise, and that was with a helmet on. and look at whats happening 2 people, like cr. just invest in one that looks good, and there not that bad
Dec 1 2006 10:21AM
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ecsm.
Posts: 1381 - Karma: 532
a white Hi-FI
is where its at
Dec 1 2006 10:23AM
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kepler.
Posts: 8761 - Karma: 139
there are some dope ass helmets. so noone can really say that helmets all look gay cuz they don't
Dec 1 2006 10:24AM
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pales
Posts: 1125 - Karma: 25
my helmet has saved mylife on multiple occaisions. i highly recomend wearing one even if you intend to stick to groomers.
Dec 1 2006 10:30AM
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+public_ennemy+
Posts: 267 - Karma: 46
now in Quebec you MUST were one, its a kind of law since this year but almost anybody respects it
Dec 1 2006 11:14AM
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dorikin
Posts: 1914 - Karma: 16
I wear one. I figure why not? I mean, it isn't that big of a hassle to wear one, and a good friend of mine skidded out on ice and hit her head on a tree. She was in a coma for 2 months, and had to relearn everything from walking to talking to eating. So, as I said before, I figure I might as well wear one. And I have a k2, it is super light, probably one of the lightest helmets I have worn, I like it.
Dec 1 2006 1:01PM
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SIX
Posts: 4595 - Karma: 506
I heard that too on NS, but I've not seen anything official in Québec yet.
Dec 1 2006 1:05PM
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andrewg
Posts: 4746 - Karma: 18
i d0nt w3ar on3 but pr0b4bly sh0uld
Dec 1 2006 1:06PM
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DANETRON
Posts: 6671 - Karma: 137
it cant hurt
Dec 1 2006 1:07PM
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madtownfreestyle
Posts: 841 - Karma: 53
definatly wear a helmet...i always do and its a boost of confidence for me too
Dec 1 2006 1:08PM
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TimmyP
Posts: 2086 - Karma: 128
one of the claims against that is that it give you a false sense of confidence, and you push yourself to where you are greatly increasing your chances of getting hurt

take climbing for example. You are always told to wwear a helmet because of falling rock and debrism and they are safer. But if you flip through any climbing magazine you will see pics of people climbing 5.13 multi-pitch routes not wearing them, why because they dont look good in pictures, they are not appealing. its the same with skiing, sure they are safer, but they dont look so steezy and cool in pictures
Dec 1 2006 2:16PM
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Vinci
Posts: 701 - Karma: 1,472
A helmet saves you from headaches when you slam while landing switch...

Thats the reason I bought one.
Dec 1 2006 2:34PM
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TerminatorX
Posts: 3087 - Karma: 169
Its always better to look better.
Dec 1 2006 2:35PM
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eastAR5
Posts: 15084 - Karma: 732
hat when im jibbing smallish rails or spring booter sesh... helmet for everything else
Dec 1 2006 2:37PM
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