J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Eljay

Good luck to him. Love stories like that. It reminds me a bit of the film "Cool Runnings". the one about the first Jamacian bobsled team. I absolutely loved that film.

As I said............was just curious

Pablo Escobar wrote:As per thread title Wickham!!

How much was it for that hour?

It was £16. Took my own boots, but used their skis and poles. It was a fun hour!

Ian Wickham wrote:Call me stupid, but it has not changed my opinion on helmets or wearing ipods when skiing :evil:

Just curious...........does little Wickham wear one?

Well I went this afternoon and had an hour on the slope. It was good, as there was only me and two other people there. An hour was certainly long enough, but it was good to practise my short turns.

Ian Wickham wrote:

Pablo Escobar wrote:My skiing is probably done about 70 30 in favour of places that are not pisted and I have had a couple of knocks to the head which I have been glad of wearing a helmet including a Pablo meets tree incident that was not good. Personally I don't see any reason not to wear one.

If I was doing 70% of my skiing off piste I would wear one to, but I don't, so I'm not...... :wink:

If you smack your head, it doesn't matter if it's on or off piste.........which has just very sadly been proven

I have skied in a mixed group of boarders and skiers and never found it a problem. As Mr W says........each to their own

Pablo Escobar wrote:Can't stop it ending but you can improve your chances of keeping it going a little longer.

Have to agree with Pablo on this one. I am going to get a helmet for next season.

My daughter banged the back of her head when she was 16 and developed a sub dural haematoma, which only became apparant several weeks later. This had obviously been a slow bleed and she became very ill with headaches, nausea, vomiting, lethargy and tingling in her fingers of her left hand. My GP at the time kept putting down to side effects of her having Glandular Fever. I just knew there was more to it than that and so sought another opinion. She underwent surgery that same day and I'm glad to say is absolutely fine now, but it just shows you that it can happen to anyone of any age at any time.