I've been skiing for about as long as you have been snowboarding, and like you, I do not wear a helmet. I am, if I do say so myself, an excellent skiier. Up until two years ago, I would hit the slopes at least 15 times a year, sometimes more.
Went skiing a few weeks ago, saw some bumps from the lift that looked awesome, and dove in on my next run. It was all deceptive rock-hard ice bumps/chunks, and I subsequently fell. Hard. Bruised my back pretty bad, and I felt like I broke a rib for days after that. If I had fallen and taken any of those pointy bumps to the head, I bet I would be typing with a stick in my teeth right now, if at all. I am seriously considering getting a helmet for those just in case moments. Casey, I'd suggest the same for you. Saying you "know how to fall, therefore can't get hurt" (my words, I know, paraphrasing) is like saying you know how to drive, therefore don't need to use a seatbelt. It's flawed logic. And, from what my research has been telling me, they aren't your Daddy's hockey-style helmet either. They are warm, and some of the better ones really integrate with your iPod well. But you already knew that... :) On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Casey Dougall < [email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Erika L. Walker <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > Reports say she fell on the bunny slopes during a lesson. No trees, or > > rocks, or other humans involved. Just hard packed snow I would assume. > > > > It is a dangerous sport! My nickname on the slopes is "Tumbleweed". > > > > I went snowboarding Monday night. While I'm not at Tremblent I'm sure it > was > warm enough it would not have been hard packed. Most likely, she could not > control her skies through the slush, fell, went tumbling and hit a HARD > patch where slush was moved out of way and would have been as hard as > concrete. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:292147 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
