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rokinout
Posts: 60 - Karma: 10
Why do some people wear no helmets. Mine has saved my ass so many times its ridiculous, and they dont even look bad anymore. Just gimme some thought on why you dont want to wear a helmet.
Mar 27 2007 11:17PM
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Campeador
Posts: 7516 - Karma: -1,227
you don't have a bowl on your head. look better without one. more comfortable without one. the only time I would wear a helmet is during urban and in that case maybe a baseball helmet.
Apr 20 2007 11:17AM
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steezerampage
Posts: 2171 - Karma: 214
diiiiiiiiiir dir diiiiiiiiiiiir
Apr 20 2007 11:46AM
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Gnarzecki
Posts: 182 - Karma: 10
pretty sure helmets dont save asses
Apr 20 2007 11:51AM
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D_Mezz
Posts: 1382 - Karma: 16
they think its cool to not wear one...they feel badass by doin it.. or there just poor as balls! i love my helmet!
Apr 20 2007 12:26PM
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pommes_vertes.
Posts: 1260 - Karma: 10
for sure. im 20 and have been skiied for 15 or 16 years, and i never wore a helmet until a few seasons ago, cuz it just bothered me. it didnt feel right, i couldnt concentrate on my skiing cuz i was always trying to adjust it. one of my friends overshot a jump by a good 40 feet a few seasons ago, and had to be airlifted to the hospital and was in a coma for 2 weeks, and i've worn a helmet ever since.
Apr 20 2007 2:27PM
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Joan
Posts: 2944 - Karma: 1,305
usually the main reason people dont use helmets is cuz they think they are annoying but helmets do save your ass
Apr 20 2007 5:23PM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445
it wont make a difference youre pretty much still fucked if you land on your head doing a backflip
Apr 20 2007 5:34PM
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RudyGarmisch
Posts: 25443 - Karma: 13,844
Helmets will save you from most cranial damage though. You may still snap your neck with one on, but it'll save you from concussions and having a ski pole punch into your temporal lobe.
Apr 20 2007 6:55PM
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splooshie
Posts: 644 - Karma: 8

helmets are good for when your doing corks and stuff, but i wear one all the time cuz a kid in my school died doing a rail with no helmet on, and he was a pretty damn good skier

Apr 20 2007 6:58PM
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PUBLICENEMY4187
Posts: 20 - Karma: 10
i always wear a helmet and it has saved me many a time. my pops just started wearing one after tearing his acl,mcl and meniscus skiing. it was kinda a wakeup call that even at 48 your still not invincible.
Apr 20 2007 8:17PM
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jmason
Posts: 1595 - Karma: 136
i wear a helmet every day of my skiing life, and have done so since day 1. Once in a while though, when i'm just freeskiing maybe with the fam on the easy runs or during spring skiing once the park is closed, i'll wear a hat, but when i do, i take everything easy-stylin'
Apr 20 2007 8:24PM
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VT_scratch
Posts: 8784 - Karma: 6,232
giro nine. with tune ups. enough said. no go get and wear that helmet.
Apr 20 2007 8:30PM
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*freeskierpj*
Posts: 1400 - Karma: 13
I always wear a helmet...I don't understand why anybody would not wear one as long as they are actually doing stuff...I can see not wearing a helmet if you're taking some cruise runs down the whole mountain and have nothing really to worry about but going throught the park all day and doing stuff that could result in landing and hitting your head (on snow or on a rail) you should wear a helmet...
Apr 20 2007 10:12PM
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kbrando
Posts: 1208 - Karma: 904
i always wear a helmet and when i look back i owuld have been fucked without one but on the other hand the helmet gives me confidence to try stupid stuff and that gets other prts of my body broken but atleast its not my head
Apr 20 2007 11:45PM
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BoomSkier
Posts: 305 - Karma: 17
helmet=my antidrug
Apr 21 2007 12:00AM
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Abes2009
Posts: 1144 - Karma: 58
speaking from experience?
Apr 21 2007 11:09PM
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bangarangmules
Posts: 5065 - Karma: 84
this year i got a little bit sick of my helmet, even though it has saved my ass countless times, but then a few days after i hadn't been using it, some kid hit his head off the snow and i went over to see if he was okay and he was having a seizure. it scared the shit out of me, and now i never go without one
Apr 21 2007 11:30PM
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MALONE
Posts: 3819 - Karma: 73
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Apr 22 2007 12:17AM
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Literature
Posts: 13673 - Karma: 3,085
Skiing without a helmet is simply stupid.
Apr 22 2007 12:24AM
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coop-son
Posts: 783 - Karma: 28
i was wearin a bern baker and i went 900 to flat and sepertaed my shoulder and got a huge concussion
god bless helmets
Apr 22 2007 10:54AM
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trustey88
Posts: 147 - Karma: 10
they are warmer than hats and can save u from getting messed up its stupid not to wear one
Apr 22 2007 11:12AM
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Dr.Thunfisch
Posts: 57 - Karma: 13
next year there is there is going to be a beanie from quicksilver that has something like jelly in it. it is always soft and like a normal beanie but when you fall it becomes immedately hard and it protcts very well. it has won one big price at the ISPO in Munic. I think it is pretty good.
Apr 22 2007 2:52PM
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Abes2009
Posts: 1144 - Karma: 58
how does it get hard when it "knows" youre falling
Apr 23 2007 5:27PM
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Dr.Thunfisch
Posts: 57 - Karma: 13
it gets hard when sth. crashes on it.
Apr 24 2007 1:58PM
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KG_
Posts: 2198 - Karma: 20
skiing 16 years w no helmet
Apr 24 2007 2:21PM
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Mex_LineJib^a
Posts: 3928 - Karma: 65
helmet?! what will i do with all sick rasta my beanies then??!! ha..nah it's def better to protect your dome... wear helmets kids
Apr 24 2007 2:54PM
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Sir.Pete
Posts: 1617 - Karma: 84
helmets are for pussies. they are so gay, i hate wearin it. i only put it on when i am forced to in comps. never done up tho. they are gay. learn to fall without smackin your head on the ground
Apr 24 2007 3:51PM
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Cheeseninja
Posts: 386 - Karma: 12
I love my G10mx

I almost always wear it, but every once in a while I'll just go with the hat.
Apr 24 2007 7:17PM
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DaysToCome
Posts: 1601 - Karma: 86
take it from a kid who spent 3 days in the hospital and couldnt eat for a week because he wasnt wearing a helmet. It sucked cause i was hungry too, but my senses were all messed up cause there was some internal bleeding next to my brain. it sucked ass
Apr 24 2007 8:30PM
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,014
RED trace ftw
Apr 24 2007 8:33PM
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keystoner1
Posts: 2143 - Karma: 11
amen
Apr 24 2007 10:11PM
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zaser
Posts: 675 - Karma: 37
nasa
Apr 25 2007 12:35AM
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zoek
Posts: 70 - Karma: 11
none of my mates wear them but yeh the amount of times its totally saved me makes it worthwhile. plus it looks heaps steeze and then when i go ride without one i become the biggest pussy and generally just screw myself up more... so yea for helmet.
Apr 25 2007 1:32AM
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AHproductions
Posts: 15 - Karma: 34
I think it has to do with the movies that came out like LSS and Ski Porn (not so much ski porn) but you rarely see them wear helmets. It probably has to do with the effect that they leave on younger skiers.
Apr 25 2007 10:34AM
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zoek
Posts: 70 - Karma: 11
this is true
Apr 26 2007 7:28PM
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STAUSS
Posts: 8232 - Karma: 3,311
yeah same. i only started skiing in a hat this season tho. its kinda nice, but when i'm really skiing, helmet.
Apr 26 2007 7:41PM
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SkiForEver
Posts: 95 - Karma: 19
i wonder the same thing its almost unthinkable unless it super hot out
Apr 26 2007 9:28PM
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rollsno
Posts: 23 - Karma: 10
skiing without a helmet is fucken retarted
Apr 26 2007 10:02PM
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P.J.S.
Posts: 1782 - Karma: 11
I've been skiing about 15 years and all of those without a single day wearing a helmet. I am not against them, just never chose to wear one. I do however wear a helmet when mountain biking, even if it's just some urban nonsense riding.
Apr 26 2007 10:05PM
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steezeninja
Posts: 1271 - Karma: 731
I always were a helmet. It has saved me so many times. I never ski without a helmet.
Apr 26 2007 10:13PM
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n00bsauce
Posts: 26 - Karma: 25
I would probably be dead or a vegetable if i didn't wear mine... i got the tune ups now so it ain't all bad... i really don't mind wearing it... Then again I grew up not being allowed to not wear one
Apr 26 2007 10:17PM
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skier_07
Posts: 326 - Karma: 51
i got one this year after getting a concussion and now i love it. giro nine
Apr 26 2007 10:43PM
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mski
Posts: 4791 - Karma: 3,803
helmets are safe! wear them as often as you can...or you might die! poh noh!
Apr 26 2007 11:18PM
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dozerr
Posts: 4007 - Karma: 403
yeah, but kenny g, you are a doofus
Apr 26 2007 11:29PM
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