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Skiing with dirtbike helmets...
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i know seth does, but what is your take on it. i know it would look gay if you suck, or if you are carving almost flat trails, but what about for steep EC trails. the slides at whiteface for example.. because i sold my sled and now i have a helmet ready for use
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i ski sometimes with a giro remedy fullface helmat. but only when there alot of pow, or if i'm sking in a forrest.
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I would never ski in my Troy Lee d2 Full carbon flame.
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yeah im talking about a true dirtbike helmet. its a little bit heavy but i could work with it. ill post a pic later
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Wouldn't that feel really heavy and akward like?
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Seths pro model is a D2 carbon- Not a motocross helmet....MTB Helmet...Not DOT approved, however the SE from Troy Lee is pretty small compared to most motocross helmets and is DOT and I know a lot of kids who rock them on a MTB, would be pretty bulkey skiing though..
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if youre talking about a full face helmets, there are different kinds. do you mean like mtb ones? of motorcycle ones with glass visors>?
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yea mtb ones are lighter then motorbike ones
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Full face is a little overkill for alpine but not BC. What I liked was these old race helmets I saw in Nagano where kids had just bolted this metal curved bar out in front of their jaw a few inches to either side of their helmet. So kind of acted like full face, only with airflow and you could talk, and it didnt look so strange. I think maybe they make helmets like that instead of just 'building' one like they did..
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i have one but its not made by a moto company...its made by scott and its way light
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i ski with a giro flax helmet its the same helmet as the encore it even has the slots for the ear flaps its the same helmet apart from its mising the mesh on the top, the flax cost me $40 while if you go to a ski shop you pay $90 for some ear flaps
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you dont need a full face on the east coast. period.
and using a motorbike hellmet is going to do more damage than good because it is so heavy. think of you neck
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i only know one person that needs a fulll face helmet and he is a crazy skier
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ummm...slalom helmets?
lots of people have helmets with metal bars to protect thier faces
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heres some pics of the one i use
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i think he is talking about a dirt bike or atv helmet. They don't have glass visors. Using a motorcycle helmet would just be retarded.
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I think it is retarded if you ask me but w/e
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yeah just a regulat DB helmet. visor and guard
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It'll save your face, but for the majority of skiers, the costs and downsides would outweight the potential benefits.
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i have a dirtbike helmet. i call it a brain bucket
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i think it can look pretty dope but only if you have skills and are dropping bit stuff
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ony excuse for a full face on the east coast is skier cross. and thats still pushing it.
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it would look mad gay ray
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it's called a chin bar to protect from getting a gate in the face and btw, they're not old. old would be the giant plastic pieces that had a reputation for snapping necks
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i think it would look fine if you were bombing something really steep and hitting some insane speed.
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dirtbike gloves for spring skiing. helmets? hell no
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i would not ski in this
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