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MSeries wrote:
> Today I have been mostly riding chairlifts. I am in Colorado you see and
> managed to get the weekend off to go skiing. Great snowfall on Thursday,
> blue sky and sunshine today. Superb. I was surprised to see many people
> wearing helmets though. Why ? Ten years ago when I last skiied in Vail
> hardly anyone used a helmet, has their skiing become more dangerous in
> that time ? Mine hasn't. Tomorrow I might ski at Winter Park or
> Breckenridge. I might take a look at Oh my gawd highway again too.
I can think of a couple of reasons why helmets might make more sense for
skiing than cycling.
1) Your head getting too hot is unlikely to be a problem. A helmet is
going to provide a nice, padded, windproof cover, which you want anyway
when it's cold.
2) For snowboarding, where catching an edge is much more likely to
result in you banging your head. It certainly seemed that way when I
had a lesson in Colorado earlier this year. I
Apart from the above, I see no need at all. However, I also see fewer
downsides that for cycling, such as - there are no cars on the slopes.
Only stationary trees which I've mostly managed to avoid over the
years by aiming for the white bit, rather than the green bit.
Pete
> Today I have been mostly riding chairlifts. I am in Colorado you see and
> managed to get the weekend off to go skiing. Great snowfall on Thursday,
> blue sky and sunshine today. Superb. I was surprised to see many people
> wearing helmets though. Why ? Ten years ago when I last skiied in Vail
> hardly anyone used a helmet, has their skiing become more dangerous in
> that time ? Mine hasn't. Tomorrow I might ski at Winter Park or
> Breckenridge. I might take a look at Oh my gawd highway again too.
I can think of a couple of reasons why helmets might make more sense for
skiing than cycling.
1) Your head getting too hot is unlikely to be a problem. A helmet is
going to provide a nice, padded, windproof cover, which you want anyway
when it's cold.
2) For snowboarding, where catching an edge is much more likely to
result in you banging your head. It certainly seemed that way when I
had a lesson in Colorado earlier this year. I
Apart from the above, I see no need at all. However, I also see fewer
downsides that for cycling, such as - there are no cars on the slopes.
Only stationary trees which I've mostly managed to avoid over the
years by aiming for the white bit, rather than the green bit.
Pete