J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Dave Mac

The police report indicates that the lad was skiing too fast. This was on a blue run, so I guess most of us might read this as too fast for his ability.

This ties in with another thread with the ski helmet control standards for cycling and skiing.

However, we should not draw conclusions, since other medical issues were mentioned, including cardiac arrest.

Well said, Andy. I have a pair of Lidl Sallos, £8.00. waiting to go into my rucsac. Without using them, I can tell that the manufacturing quality is much better than the £200+ a pair I tried on a few years back.

One of my two best ever ski jackets was sourced from TKMax, the other from Wörgl, Austria.

In the original article, helmets were only a small content. Any issue is not with Aldi, but with the EN standard, as in cycling. I am sure that there may be safer helmets than those sold by Aldi, but without clear guidance from the standards authority, you would be guessing.

Also,I normally buy my skis in Austria, but generally claim a series of discounts, not usually available.

The OP is complaining of "excruciating pain in my legs, particularly the quads", but has also indicated he/she is relatively fit. The pain starts at the start of a ski day. and is a red run standard.

If any person was very unfit, they may quickly experiences lactic acid build up, normally within 2 min. Highly fit people also experience LA build up, but only at the extremes of athletic capability. I used to get this when I ran below 4min 15s for the mile.

My suspicion is that the OP has a medical issue that should be checked out. Maybe a doctor, but a high standard sports physio, sports scientist might be fruitful.

I thought this was an interesting set of general considerations about injuries in our sport. I don't agree with one of the statements, but this guy does have a lot of analytical knowledge.

http://www.theadventuremedic.com/features/practical-approach-to-snowsports-injuries-part-i/

Hi Coop, welcome back. It is Feb 2010, since we last messaged!

Carolyn is still working for the ski school, but Leon has moved on.

And yes, there will be some of us in Niederau this season.

And AlpeD'Huez.

And Vail, Beaver Creek, Arapahoe Basin, Keystone, Breckenridge.

Possibly Aspen.....

verbier_ski_bum wrote:I have never seen a flashing light at the back of a ski helmet :) Surely, not dangerous, but why?

VSB, like you, I have no idea. The helmet was a good fit, and met the EN standards. I checked it for manufacturing quality, and was good. So OK, buy.

I normally ski at the back of any group, so I would be the main recipient!

However, Frau Mac is a quiet, stylish, neat skier. Indeed, she had a great instructor .....)
She does not like to draw attention, and that red light will never be switched on!

Verbier SB ~ you usually add so much!
So if price is your determinator, and En1077 is the qualification, do you equate price to protection? I am sure this is not what you mean.

Swingbeep, thanks for that intrinsic contribution. I guess that EN 1077 should be viewed with equal suspicion as EN 1078 ~ and yet I don't hear a peep from the ski industry.

Yes, when the helmet has been dropped, in theory, it is goosed. But that is not the discussion. Swingbeep has already indicated that the same product can cost 5 times more, depending on source and gullibility. In fact the price magnifier can be much more.

Certainly some J2ski knowledge has moved on, because when I made the submission a few years back, the venerated skier from Switzerland didn't understand class A, class B.

Yes, there will be a greater surface area protection from class A, and it will cost more for that ~ I bought my D-i-L a Class A helmet, (mainly, but not entirely, because of the fit), but the drop test is no different.

Four years ago I explained the difference between the standards.

Ski Helmet EN1077, Class A or B.

Cycling Helmet EN1078, considered by the BHRF to be inadequate.