Yet another reason to wear a helmet

Tony_H wrote:In my opinion, all helmets look like people on day release. Just an opinion.

pmsl

One thing this thread did was, to show who's is the wibble king around here

Trencher

Tony_H wrote:This thread needs closing for the sake of sanity. And also to stop that idiot going around starring people any more.

pratt

Hi guys, I have only read the last 2 pages of this thread and I can see it is starting to get a bit heated.

I think that whilst the choice to wear a helmet in resort is there it should be exactly that, "a choice". Some people prefer to wear one for whatever their own personal reasons.

We choose to wear helmets. One of the main reasons I chose to wear a helmet is because I expect the kids to wear a helmet and I want to lead by example. That is my own personal choice, I am not saying that all parents who have kids wear helmets should wear a helmet themselves, that is up to me and no one else.

To be honest, I never really took any notice about who was wearing helmets on the slopes or not and certainly wouldnt look at them any different if they didnt have a helmet, that is entirely up to the individual.

Anyway I wanted to lighten this up a bit and as I like my kids to wear helmets I thought I would make them stand out from the crowd, and they certainly got a few comments and while their kids, they can get away with it, I refrained from getting me and hubby a mowhawk for our helmet.

I have embedded a pic as I think they look cute, (but I am biased :wink Not only that though, it helped me identify them on the slopes straight away when I went into panic mode when they zoomed off without me lol.

I read an article yesterday in a local paper about the avalanche deaths this year. Partially due to a very big accident where 7 people died there has been a very large increase in the number of people killed. Initial reaction is "freeriders" young people going out and getting themselves killed off piste. But the newspaper actually researched deeper. A lot of the deaths occurred in the back country a long way from controlled areas, a lot of these deaths were people who did not carry Avalanche transcievers, a lot of these people were older more experienced ski tourers... NOT Freeriders!!! The article actually went on to say that many freeriders are very well prepared, trained and carry as much safety equipment as they can get their hands on!!!

What has this to do with helmets?

Well the argument these people use for not having transcievers in the back country. I never used one before so why should I start now. They look down on the young whipper snappers who buy the equipment and get themselves trained up, and think because they never had an accident before they won't now!!!

Does that attitude seem familiar?


P.S. Saying somebody looks like a numpty for wearing a helmet is highly irresponsible in my book. Firstly its your opinion, secondly it has the potential to put someone off buying a helmet who would otherwise get one because of "not looking cool". I personally happen to think that these days its the people without the helmets that look like "Numpties". I put them in the same basket as the people I see going down 40+deg uncontrolled runs with no backpack and no clue!

Karen,
I think your kids look great in their decorative helmets


I've never tried doing it in a helmet, so I don't know if it's more pleasurable or not

Ally

I believe Benny from Crossroads wore a woolly hat (on and off the slopes) and he wasn't exactly the chairman of ICI, was he?

I think this argument has run its course - time for the mods to put it out of its misery!

Benny

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