| I've got a racing background, so I was wearing a helmet a bit sooner than they became popular amongst the general public, and I've taken to always wearing one now. It wasn't crashing without one that made me start wearing mine full-time, either (despite the ensuing concussion and night in the hospital, after pulling a Dumb Kid Stunt), it was going the wrong way at on Narrow Gauge (i.e. down Birch Hook) at 40+ MPH and still being able to ski the rest of the day that sold me. And once I got used to it, I started wearing mine all the time because of the warmth issue; the last time I tried skiing in a hat, I felt like my forehead was freezing even though it was springtime.
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