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Helmets and urban? Survey

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THECLAN
Posts: 69 - Karma: 18
Well just wondering, kind of seeing what NS's view is on this. When you watch most movies nowadays you barely see anyone wearing a helmet while doing urban.
So my questions are:
Question1: Do you think it is "legit" to wear a helmet when you do urban?
Question2: Do you wear a helmet when hitting urban?
Question3: Just write what you feel about helmets and urban.

I may give some karmaz pointz ?!? to people who do this.
Dec 29 2010 7:44PM
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alexat955
Posts: 2732 - Karma: 112
WEAR A FUCKING HELMET
Dec 30 2010 12:50AM
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mseward
Posts: 1041 - Karma: 1,243
Yeah, except no matter how good you are, everyone falls doing urban. You see it in almost every major ski movie now. Urban crashes. I think it's alot smarter, no matter how good you are. I'd rather my helmet smash off concrete stairs than my head.
Dec 30 2010 12:58AM
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StReEtPIRATES
Posts: 1378 - Karma: 138

1. don't realy care

2.Depends, if i'm hittin a rail with a closeout or big drop on one side i wear one, but if its just a basic handrail i don't.

3.i usually wear a helmet concussions suck

Dec 30 2010 1:17AM
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buddychaps
Posts: 1817 - Karma: 583
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Dec 30 2010 3:27AM
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loganimlach
Posts: 5132 - Karma: 14,054
word, you're right, will wesson isn't a "real jibber". that statement was ignorant.
Dec 30 2010 12:07PM
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gombo8
Posts: 726 - Karma: 131
i always wear a helmet...why take the risk. if you think your too good for a helmet then you should stay off of skis because theres other people who arnt good and willl probably plow into you...last week i was skiing wiht some of my friends and we were just messin around in the pow and dropping some rocks and shit and some crazy gaper is following us and right as my friend 3s a 10 cliff and eats shit the gaper lands on him and skis away. being as immature as ns is nobody will listen and they will just hate. helmets are good
Dec 30 2010 3:05PM
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yuck
Posts: 8384 - Karma: 2,090
1. yes
2. yes
3. why wouldnt you wear a helmet? most people do
Dec 30 2010 3:15PM
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Justo8484
Posts: 3905 - Karma: 205
remember when skiing was fun, and you didn't worry about being 'legit' based on whether you wore a helmet or not? maybe tom wears a helmet because, guess what, skiing's his job right now? if you take a shot to the head and need to take a few days off, that's a few days off of work, and that much time not getting paid. or he just doesn't wanna be a vegetable for the rest of his life. has no one one here ever dealt first hand with a concussion? how you could see what a good shot to the head does to someone and still choose to not wear a helmet blows my mind.
Dec 30 2010 3:18PM
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Mr_pretzel
Posts: 4616 - Karma: 1,289
He is also a role model, so its good he teaches kids to wear a helmet.
Dec 30 2010 3:31PM
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gombo8
Posts: 726 - Karma: 131

great point...look at CR that was with a helmet

RIP CRJ

Dec 30 2010 5:49PM
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brogilvie
Posts: 2607 - Karma: 123
1. Yes I think its legit to wear helmets when skiing urban. Do you want reasons? If I didn't wear a helmet at all times while skiing (especially urban) I wouldn't be able to 'splain myself very good.
2. I wear a helmet at all times.
3.If I didn't wear a helmet at all times while skiing (especially urban) I wouldn't be able to 'splain myself very goodIf I didn't wear a helmet at all times while skiing (especially urban) I wouldn't be able to 'splain myself very goodIf I didn't wear a helmet at all times while skiing (especially urban) I wouldn't be able to 'splain myself very goodIf I didn't wear a helmet at all times while skiing (especially urban) I wouldn't be able to 'splain myself very good.
Dec 30 2010 8:01PM
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Emma_Watson
Posts: 4491 - Karma: 6,796
1.yes
2. yes
3. i like my head.
Dec 30 2010 8:23PM
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.Ian.
Posts: 1568 - Karma: 72
1. Ya I think its legit to wear a helmet while skiing urban.
2. Ya I wear a helmet skiing urban, I don't ski urban much but I definitely wear one when I do .Wearing a helmet is a personal choice but I wanna be able to keep skiing urban in years to come, so it seems smart to wear one.
3. I wear a helmet regardless of where i'm skiing, you can call me a pussy if you want, its whatever. I've had a lot of expieriance with head injuries. I don't want people to end up like me and have to go to different hospitals all the time and have to take tests and shit. I've had 7 concussions now and it gets pretty sucky after the millionth time to the hospital. As for pros and wearing helmets, if they don't wear a helmet I'm not gonna judge them at all or anything, it's basically what they do for a living so they stomp rails all day. There's probably a lot less chance for them to fall then me.
Dec 30 2010 8:26PM
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easternskiing_
Posts: 96 - Karma: 10
After a 6 week concussion.... I always wear a helmet. Enough said. It's not pussy, it's safety. And besides, I think it actually looks kinda weird when somebody doesn't wear a helmet.. Like when people wear jeans skiing.
Dec 30 2010 8:27PM
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easternskiing_
Posts: 96 - Karma: 10
Like it just looks awkward... No hate. Just opinion
Dec 30 2010 8:34PM
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rankstank
Posts: 1033 - Karma: 223
I wear a helmet at all times, even to school. Never know when some big dumb bully's gonna plow your head into a trash can and then youre like "oh what I don't remember the last ten minutes of my life" and then eventually after it happens again a few times you lose some brain functon an yo cat tak wright fo te ress o yo lif so yo ca foget abou skiin man yo brai don wrok righ
Dec 30 2010 9:01PM
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.Midwest
Posts: 493 - Karma: 22
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Dec 30 2010 9:20PM
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Elmo.
Posts: 4317 - Karma: 663
yes
yes
i wear mine all the time.. after i hit my head with it on. and i feel like it saved my season... its a good idea IMO
Dec 30 2010 9:41PM
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SlimDunkin.
Posts: 2065 - Karma: 361
-I'd much rather see someone look a little goofy with a helmet then, someone bust there shit on the pavement
-All the time
-People who don't oughta
Dec 30 2010 10:12PM
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THECLAN
Posts: 69 - Karma: 18
Woah woah I don't give a shit about legitness. I'm just saying it seems that all pro's or up and coming skiers aren't really wearing helmets when doing Urban. I think this should be the total opposite... it is setting a bad example to younger kids and really what is the difference with it on or off your head?... other then one of them provides safety.

Really I would rather see all skiers with helmets on when doing urban would just make more sense. Wearing no helmet just doesn't make any sense there is no upside other then the "image". I just wanted to see other views about this.
Jan 6 2011 3:47PM
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.squirrely.
Posts: 7563 - Karma: 7,546
the only reason i wear a helmet skiing urban is because tom wallisch wears a helmet skiing urban
Jan 6 2011 3:50PM
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Heart
Posts: 6156 - Karma: 3,462
My helmet has saved me so many times, and its comfy and cool looking, so its a definite no brainer to always wear it.
Jan 6 2011 3:55PM
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Midwestjibski
Posts: 1676 - Karma: 77
1. Definitely legit to wear one.
2. Yes I wear a helmet doing urban.
3 Don't know why anyone wouldn't. They're really not uncomfortable and they could save you from being brain injured the rest of your life....
Jan 6 2011 3:58PM
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Ilovewhitestuff
Posts: 726 - Karma: 25
1. not to sure how to answer that, its not unlegit to wear one
2. havent done urban yet but when i get to it i will be wearing my helm for sure
3. why not wear one, they dont look or feel bad, there is no downside to wearing them, if u wear it on the hill it makes even more sense to wear it while hitting urban. *tom wallisch wears one.
Jan 6 2011 4:33PM
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willy_baller
Posts: 1622 - Karma: 693
this.

I would be dead or a vegetable right now if I didnt wear helmets.
Jan 6 2011 4:37PM
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Mr.Turtle
Posts: 3690 - Karma: 96
do you jib knives in your backyard setup?
Jan 6 2011 4:41PM
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undercover_skier
Posts: 1079 - Karma: 160
I like urban and I also like my head, so if I want to continue doing urban I think I'll need my head, dahhhhh what do you think ? Should we use the helmet ? So what do ya think !!!
Jan 6 2011 4:44PM
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fatherb
Posts: 1510 - Karma: 173
1. Yes, it makes absolutely no difference to me at all.
2. Always
3. I don't get why people don't wear helmets with urban. It makes no sense to me. I am even more inclined to wear my helmet because you smash on concrete and metal.
Jan 6 2011 4:49PM
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jeR.
Posts: 1325 - Karma: 58
i can't ski without a helmet. never hit a handrail without one on no way i could commit. but do i give a shit if someone chooses to not where one? nope
Jan 6 2011 5:13PM
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i.ski.NC
Posts: 572 - Karma: 18
Either my meter is broken or you're a fucking idiot.
Jan 6 2011 5:21PM
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Trojan~Man
Posts: 1996 - Karma: 1,357
helmet 24/7!!!
Jan 6 2011 5:45PM
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THECLAN
Posts: 69 - Karma: 18
See these people exist...
Jan 6 2011 10:21PM
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CoachG
Posts: 2546 - Karma: 448
helmet always, idc.
Jan 6 2011 10:53PM
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Midwestjibski
Posts: 1676 - Karma: 77
this haha. Ahmet is lucky.
Jan 6 2011 10:57PM
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alvy.
Posts: 2134 - Karma: 377
i will always wear a helmet
Jan 6 2011 10:58PM
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Film.
Posts: 2649 - Karma: 2,296
1)helmets are legit 2)I always wear a helmet 3) helmets give me confidence and I have always worn one so it is re
Jan 6 2011 11:00PM
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HomieJon
Posts: 621 - Karma: 134
Most people wear helmets...
Jan 6 2011 11:10PM
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udr1v3m3cr4zy
Posts: 132 - Karma: 20
yes
yes
my friend took a header last month, even with the a helmet on he probably won't ski for 2+ years, so i'm feeling kind of pro-helmet at the moment
Jan 6 2011 11:11PM
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marlon-d
Posts: 33 - Karma: 9
1:yes
2:yes
3: you better wear one or else i will find you... or you will just die from not wearing one anyway.
Jan 8 2011 3:49PM
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jamodeo
Posts: 3040 - Karma: 663

I forgot your three questions I always wear a helmet unless i snowboard which is near never and always while i hit urban
Jan 8 2011 4:58PM
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eastcoastskiar
Posts: 7 - Karma: 10
yeahhhh, falling while hitting urban rails is the same as falling while on the mountain, helmets also give you that comfy safe feeling
Feb 15 2011 4:20PM
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Smuffy
Posts: 4686 - Karma: 3,408
1. the legitness is determined by the trick not the the gear. a guy without a helmet doing a straight to switch without a helmet will never be as legit as a guy pretzeling a dub kink with a helmet.
2. seen too many concussions happen, some life threatening. i always rock a dome piece
3. basically what i said in 1 and 2
Feb 15 2011 4:56PM
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noswaggmaster
Posts: 71 - Karma: 10
1.i dont care as long as i land my trick
2.yes
3. the creativity :)
Feb 15 2011 5:03PM
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