Replying to Going to sound really lame here but - helmets

I’m looking at all you guys on insta - Cody Laplante, Tom Wallisch, Joss Christensen, Candide, etc. etc.

I grew up as an impressionable teen in the 2000s. I ONLY threw on a helmet because I saw it on a lot of skiers and I wanted to be cool. I’m seeing a lot of skiers posting content now without helmets and I’m noticing it’s a lot more commonplace now.

I don’t care about 95% of us not wearing helmets. I think it’s not the smartest, but it’s our decision to make. What I care about is the kids coming up who are not wearing helmets and putting themselves in danger. Those kids are not talented enough or educated enough to make a decision on the matter. They see Candide do a dub backie with no helmet and think that’s real life.

Then they head out with an arsenic anywhere cap on and dome themselves trying their first unnatural slide ever. (I saw a ~10 year old kid attempt a single barrel and potato sack it yesterday. Thank for his helmet).

All I’m asking is could we please have some more helmet awareness. I’ve been skiing park for over 16 years and I’m glad park skiing (as opposed to park snowboarding) pushed helmets when I was younger. I will always wear a helmet until the day I die. I have done without, and I know I can do without, but it’s not worth the risk.


Shoutout to E-Dollo for continuing to push helmets

**This thread was edited on Dec 9th 2020 at 7:45:49pm