Should I be wearing a helmet?

[Mountainman]

Just started using one last year. I feel naked and unprotected without. Get one

[bluewood_skier]

i always wear one..plus on wet days they keep u warm and dry!

[Pinner]

I wear one, but I don't think you should.




















Unless you want to.

[MacDaddy]

The first day of the season I debated wearing my lid. There where only three lifts running at Solitude, all serving beginner or intermediate runs. So I was struggling with wearing it, but luckily I did because, on my second run of the day (Lumpy can attest) I stacked in some crud, face planted, yard saled’. One of my skis flew up and landed on my helmet leaving a wicked divot and compressed my neck in a way that I had a headache that after noon.
I can imagine the Frankenstein gash I would have had on my head if I didn’t wear my lid that day prolly a good idea to wear my lid all the time

[Helicrackjnky]

YES <pretty simple question to answer!

[Dr. Crash]

Originally posted by altachic
wear a helmet. giro flint. with or without the fullface. that is all.

No, get a Giro 9 . Really, get whatever you want that *fits well* and that is comfortable enough that you'll want to wear it.

Wear a helmet. I didn't and can post the shaved and stitched head pictures if it helps motivate you.

drC

[InspectorGadget]

Buy a helmet.

But, buy the helmet that best fits your head. If it's not comfortable, your helmet will spend it's days protecting your gear bag.

Hey MacDaddy, nice box ya got there . . . .

[char]

Just got one this seeason. Never skiing without it again.

[watersnowdirt]

Originally posted by Crinkle
Get one, I got the Giro 9. Saved my brain from carnage this weekend in the trees.

Even Crinkle's dog wears a brain bucket.

[phUnk]

I tried to beat a dead horse, but he was wearing a helmet.

[drdirt]

No need to spend lots of cash, if you have an extra pillow and a yard of duct tape to wind under your chin you will be warm, stylish, and safe.

[365wp]

Originally posted by MacDaddy
One of my skis flew up and landed on my helmet leaving a wicked divot and compressed my neck in a way that I had a headache that after noon.

Me too...nothing like a ski to the head to make you realize how nice it is to be protected. I took a ski to the face last year at Alta - it made me think about going full face.

No, it wasn't my ski.

I bought my old scratched up Boeri for my hike up to Tuckerman's Ravine five years ago...it's awesome for keeping warm.

[phUnk]

Originally posted by grrrr
Forsooth! Poor phUnky helmet. I knew him well.

http://skiingismylife.com/summit2002/helmet-closeup.jpg

[hopped]

Definitely get one. About two years ago I was sliding a little table at Breckenridge, slipped out and nailed my head on it. I got a concussion THROUGH the helmet. I can't even imagine the carnage had I not been wearing one. Can you say cracked skull? I wouldn't have been able to.

Protect the contents of your head. They's impordant.

[seldon]

in a word, YES.

recently went from a 9.9 to a flint sc. i really don't like removable earflaps... ears get cold, they fall off (the 9.9 attachment dealie is a POS). I used to have a boeri, but i cracked tumbling after a failed cornice landing (i don't want to imagine the effect on my temple that would have had).


damn, can't find the "worst waldo" picture from the '02 powder photo annual. anyone who has it, please post it here.

[detroit]

My biggest concern was gaping down a blue with a brain bin on and having others figure that I wear it all the time(even when not skiing). Mabey , however, I am just being timid because of no mellon mask. The Giro 9 huh? Is that the way to go (which ones suck?). But in anybody laughs I'm gonna tell my mommy!

[CascadeSkiBum]

Yes, wear one. Hell just last week I did an endo, landing on my head. I was fine minus a headache and stiff neck, but who knows I could have gotten a concussion without my rad army green boeri shorty.

[phUnk]

Originally posted by detroit
The Giro 9 huh? Is that the way to go (which ones suck?). But in anybody laughs I'm gonna tell my mommy!

The 9 fits differently than the Flint. You're going to have to try them on to see what fits your head.

The 9 didn't fit my melon, the Flint does.

[laseranimal]

you claim that SoVt isn't challenging well here's a story from West Mountain in NY which could hardly be considered even close to the challenge of SoVt

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories...sdate=1/7/2004

I don't know if a helmet would have saved the guys life, but he wasn't wearing one when he died, and theres an 11 year old kid who will proably never snowboard again because of the trauma that he witnessed yesterday. Nobody should ever have to deal with that kind of stuff but especially not a kid

[Blurred Elevens]

If I had that pic of the dude with his brains laying out on the pavement, I'd post it. I'd than say look at that pic for about 3 seconds, and ask yourself if you could benefit from a helmet.

Your question might be the dumbest of all time.

Maybe you could help clean up the gene pool by not wearing one..... Fucking Moron.

[bad_roo]

I skied for two days in St Anton and Lech over Christmas and only saw two people wearing helmets. Weird. Seems Austrians/Germans aren't into bone domes quite as much as Americans and French.

[davey]

I think you got your answer from about 40 people..

[snowsprite]

Don't worry about gaping on a blue w/ a helmet on...even a blue can hurt you bad. I came upon a very narrow and icy blue last weekend and almost tagged a tree. I just wasn't stopping! I was like "Oh shit, here comes a tree...still heading for the tree...crap tree is closer now...can't stop...SHIT!...WHEW!"

It's a good idea to wear a helmet also not just for what you might hit but what might hit you. Being on the petite side, I'd hate to have my head squashed by 200lbs of fast-moving dude. The other body parts will recover, but you really need that head intact to be able to curse them out for hitting you!
Sprite

[Szyslak]

Just in case you still have any question on wearing a helmet here's my story:

After my little brother got a concussion from a minor crash we decided to get helmets. Shopped around and found the one that we felt fit best-Boeri Axis Rage. We then ordered them online. One of the helmets arrived, but the other hadn’t shown up yet. I made sure that my bro had the helmet and we went skiing. About mid-day I was skiing under the lift tower and a large chunk of ice broke off, hit me in the head and rang my bell good. I came home to my very pregnant wife who was less than thrilled to spend our last night together without kids with me repeating the same story over again thinking that it was the first time I’d told it. Was a fairly mild concussion and I recovered in time to be there for the birth of my first son the next day, but it could have been prevented. The ironic part was that my helmet showed up while I was skiing that day. Haven’t skied a day without it since.

[The AD]

Originally posted by detroit
My biggest concern was gaping down a blue with a brain bin on and having others figure that I wear it all the time(even when not skiing). Mabey , however, I am just being timid because of no mellon mask. The Giro 9 huh? Is that the way to go (which ones suck?). But in anybody laughs I'm gonna tell my mommy!

So many people wear helmets now no one will even notice you have one on. I know the style at Pine Knob is a Starter jacket and blaze orange hunter's cap, but not at Alta