Do you wear a helmet?

[C-Rex]

With a hat or clava under it you'll be fine. You'll need something for your ears anyway. It's the vents on top that really release the heat anyway. Sometimes if it's really cold I just duct tape the inside to cover the vents. Ghetto, I know, but the helmet I want to replace it with is like $230 and I'd rather spend that money actually snowboarding.

 

[Domeskier]

In short, no - you can't close the vents

Probably in response to the epidemic of ski instructors dying from heat exhaustion while standing on bunny hills.

 

[dlague]

Probably in response to the epidemic of ski instructors dying from heat exhaustion while standing on bunny hills.

Good one!

 

[catskillman]

Probably in response to the epidemic of ski instructors dying from heat exhaustion while standing on bunny hills.

Great response. Wearing a helmet is just plain smart.....Easy as "ABC", 123

 

[JDMRoma]

Probably in response to the epidemic of ski instructors dying from heat exhaustion while standing on bunny hills.

Best post in thread right here !




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[billski]

I don't own a helmet. I've thought about getting one, but I doubt if I will. I like being in a lift line when a lot of other people don't have one on. I think the lift line looks cooler when everyone has a wool hat and isn't looking cool in the lift line what it's all about. :dunce:

Please keep me posted where you ski. When you have a fatal banger I'll be sure to collect the skis for you

 

[billski]

Again, it's another confusion of two related but different issues.

I'm perfectly aware of the effect of instructor's wearing helmet or not. But my choice to not "led by example" is precisely because the effect is tiny. Or more importantly, it should be tiny. It's a matter of unrealistic expectations of some parents.

BTW, ABC is a "she". Just so those who actually met me don't think I had a sex change.

But being a minority, both in work place and in a "sport" forum, I'm much more aware of the "carrying the cross" issue than the rest of you. Hence, I refuse to be a role model where it's irrelevant. I will ski and teach ski the best I know how. That's what my students should learn from me or imitates me. Not the brand of skis I use, clothes I wear, or helmet I wear not.

Children are very impressionable. You're setting an example, whether you intend to or not. Whether they are in your class or not. You're an authority figure like it or not.

 

[steamboat1]

Why do you guys care so much whether someone wears a helmet or not? Does it affect your life? No I didn't think so. I don't think anybody really cares what your opinions are. I know I don't.

 

[freeski]

If no one wore a helmet skiing in New England for the rest of the year what would happen? If you're skiing hard in the woods no question you should have one. But, what if no one wore a helmet on trails for the rest of the year?

 

[Quietman]

Sometimes if it's really cold I just duct tape the inside to cover the vents. Ghetto, I know, but the helmet I want to replace it with is like $230 and I'd rather spend that money actually snowboarding.

I have duct tape on my vents also, and haven't been tempted to remove it at any point of this cold snowy year. I don't give a rats ass what anyone else thinks! I was wondering if it was the duck tape or the 2" mustache snotsicles that allowed me to ride the lift alone last weekend, but again, I really don't care!

 

[VTKilarney]

Why do you guys care so much whether someone wears a helmet or not? Does it affect your life? No I didn't think so. I don't think anybody really cares what your opinions are. I know I don't.

If you didn't care you wouldn't have taken the time to respond. You may disagree, but you cared.


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[billski]

Why do you guys care so much whether someone wears a helmet or not?

'cause we wore out the other topics, it's a work day and we can't ski!

 

[VTKilarney]

'cause we wore out the other topics, it's a work day and we can't ski!

+1.

I guess I have never felt entitled enough to tell others what they must not care about. It's a forum after all. I'll tell you that you are factually wrong, but I won't dictate your values.


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[Wavewheeler]

Ah, another helmet thread. Yes, I wear a helmet and insisted my daughter do as well. What others do is their business. For me, it's win-win. It keeps my ears and head warm (and safe), and is a nice place for my goggles. Before the helmet I fell down a few times and saw stars and that was enough to convince me. I don't see a downside. I also wore a helmet when I raced my car and do white water kayaking/rafting. I plan to purchase one for riding my bike, that was my last holdout.

 

[1Kathleen]

Don't go in the woods much anymore and due to a few injuries I prefer the groomed cruising trails ( I know, boring). I would never go out without a helmet on any trail ever, not because I am concerned about hitting my head due to the one or two times I might fall in a season but for self-defense against all the nut jobs skiing and boarding too fast or out of control. I have been knocked over a few times . At canon last year a skier was getting put on a back board at the bottom of a very icy section of a narrow trail and the ski patrol were trying to control the traffic by having everyone side slip down the sides when a high speed boarder came over the hill, hit the ice and took out my son and a few others. While he had a helmet on, he doesn't even remember getting knocked over. For me wearing a helmet is like wearing a seat belt. I have a clean driving record, but I have no control what every one else on the road is doing. Be safe people.

 

[skifree]

I only wear a helmet when I don't use my seatbelt.

 

[abc]

For me wearing a helmet is like wearing a seat belt. I have a clean driving record, but I have no control what every one else on the road is doing.

I also haven't worn my seat belt for the past 2 years.

I broke my collar bone 2 years ago and the seat belt irritates the spot. Eventually, it'll be better. But for the time being, it's unbearably painful.

I don't have a perfect driving record. But the last 2 years, I hadn't needed that seat belt.

For all the years I've worn a helmet, it hadn't touched the ground once. I've been taken down by another skier/boarder twice (one of each). Both times, the impact was on the boot. No body contact.

 

[mriceyman]

Ill get a pic of my helmet later on.. Took a big branch right to the front of my helmet. Pierced a whole right in it. Wouldve hurt if i wasnt wearing a helmet


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[gmcunni]

almost too hot @ berkshire east yesterday to wear my helmet. thankfully my vents were open. took it off on chair ride up (yes, had i fallen off the chair without it on i would have increased my likely hood of a serious head injury)

 

[BenedictGomez]

Took a big branch right to the front of my helmet. Pierced a whole right in it.

You were skiing so fast in the woods that it impaled your helmet?