What happened? Are helmets not cool again? See alot of pros and amateurs wearing hats. My girl caught an edge on her board today and hit her head hard enough to destroy her helmet.. I went 40 years without a helmet aside from race day but wouldnt think about not having it on today.. Maybe it was the time in Crotched rehab center seeing people with TBI
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Hats or Helmets
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Is this a reversal? I will only wear a helmet now.
Edd
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Seems to me like nearly everyone wears helmets now.
andrec10
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Just about all of my Friends wear helmets. I was the trendsetter way back in 1997 with mine. My son was 4, and if Dad did not wear a helmet, why should he...
dlague
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We started wearing helmets about 12 years ago when our kids asked us why we do not wear helmets.
gmcunni
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same but not as many years ago
Bene288
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Can't get comfy in one.
ss20
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I wouldn't know how to put on goggles without a helmet. Ever since my second or third year of skiing I've worn a helmet.
Rowsdower
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I'll ride with either, but generally stick with the helmet. Now that I have the little speaker inserts there's no reason not to wear it anymore.
ss20
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But, I will admit, I teach with a hat. Its not really something I'm too proud of, and its probably not too smart, even if 95% of my time is spent on a carpet lift. You move around with kids. You lift them up when they fall. You pull them up hills. Sometimes you even have to "airmail" them to the rest of the group. The magic carpet is something I rarely get to ride. If I've got more than 5 kids the first ones to get on will be at the top when the last one is sent up. Gotta skate up to the top to catch up to them. In conclusion, you move a lot. Even on those cold days I find myself sweating. Gotta take off something. Can't take off the jacket so gloves and hat get the boot. A helmet would not give me the "quick and easy" temperature control a hat does.
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Helmet, kids helmet. Like it, especially in the woods with branches hitting me in the head. Surprised at the recent trend today of people going back to hats.
freeski
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I have never owned a helmet. When I ski in the woods I ski very conservatively. I've been thinking about getting one the last couple of years. One reason I haven't is more gear to haul around. It isn't like a thick wool hat has no protection, but yea if I'm going to go hard in the trees I need a helmet. Plus I will look like a dufess in a helmet like all of you guys do.
Tin
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I'd rather be a dufess in a helmet than a dumbass on a stretcher.
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gmcunni
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skiNEwhere
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I still see skiers wearing hats but they are def in the minority. Helmets keep your head mostly dry when its raining as well.
freeski
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Yea, I'm starting to see the light. Better late then never assuming no injuries.
Looks like you are wearing a helmet in your avatar pic...
skiNEwhere
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I think it's mandatory to wear a helmet when racing
Besides its probably more aerodynamic when you consider the goggles too
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