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Adults - do you wear a helmet?

84 replies

scopello · 04/04/2016 05:04

It's been over a decade since I've skied. I've been a handful if times so not a novice but choosing to take intermediate lessons as a refresher. Hat only in the past - I've never worn a helmet. Do you choose to wear one as an adult?

OP posts:
icklekid · 04/04/2016 05:10

I never have however due to dc not been for 3/4 years, my parents (who also never did when we were growing up) tell me everyone does now including them.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 04/04/2016 05:16

Yes, and 99% of people we go with.

Veterinari · 04/04/2016 05:18

Just back from Austria and almost everyone had a helmet on

minijoeyjojo · 04/04/2016 05:22

Yes, there are very few people out on the slopes with no helmet these days.

Mouthfulofquiz · 04/04/2016 06:21

I didn't when I used to go (4/5 years ago) but I absolutely would now.
I think you would stand out like a sore thumb without one!

WanderingTrolley1 · 04/04/2016 06:23

No.

Never have and hardly ever see adults wearing helmets.

Whochangedmyname · 04/04/2016 06:25

Yes. Only people without tend to be in their 50s/60s - stick out like a sore thumb. Absolute madness not to wear one.

Plateofcrumbs · 04/04/2016 06:35

Yes and it really is the norm these day (God knows where wanderingtrolley is skiing).

I have had two freak incidents where I hit my head hard enough to be very glad of the helmet (once whipped round the head with a rogue T-bar lift, once clipping a lump of ice on the slopes, spinning round and falling down the slope backwards straight into my head) - both times I felt quite dazed even with the helmet, without I dread to think!

Plateofcrumbs · 04/04/2016 06:38

Worth saying in the 8 years or so since I first skied helmet wearing has increased massively

minmooch · 04/04/2016 06:49

Yes. I would never ski without one. Hardly ever see anyone these days not wearing one.

FrankUnderwoodsWife · 04/04/2016 06:53

Yes. The only people I see not wearing them now are the ESF instructors Hmm and adults over 60
It is definitely the norm now, and not the exception.

anotherdayanothersquabble · 04/04/2016 06:57

Yup!!

Artandco · 04/04/2016 06:57

Yes, and everyone else does also

Wander- no idea where you ski. But it's def the norm now to wear helmets in France, Switzerland, Austria and over Scandinavia.

elastamum · 04/04/2016 07:10

Am currently in France. Virtually everyone here is wearing a helmet. It is madness not to

WineSpider · 04/04/2016 07:22

Yes. Why wouldn't you? Last couple of times I've been to the french alps virtually everyone was wearing one.

ProjectPerfect · 04/04/2016 07:25

Yep - in last eight years I've skied in France, Switzerland, Norway, US, Canada & Japan and those who don't are the definite minority.

Crazy not to in my opinion and sets very bad example if you're skiing with DC

Roystonv · 04/04/2016 07:28

Definitely, my 60+ Dh does. Was very unimpressed that the company he skied with in January did not include one as part of the hire package and had no facility to add one in.

trixymalixy · 04/04/2016 07:31

Agree with everyone else (apart from wandering!). Helmets are the norm. I even saw an ESF instructor wearing one this year.

Stillwishihadabs · 04/04/2016 07:38

Yes, I have worn one since started skiing with DC (9 years this year) would feel odd not to.

Eastpoint · 04/04/2016 07:39

Have done every year since 2007. An Austrian politician's wife was killed in a skiing accident and her death changed the attitudes in Austria. We were surprised by how light & comfortable they are. Helmets are now compulsory for under 14s in Italy and for under 15s in some of the Austrian provinces.

WhoTheFuckIsSimon · 04/04/2016 07:40

Have done since 2003. When I started wearing one I used to get stared at and it was unusual to see an adult wearing one, maybe the odd snowboarder. Now it's more unusual to see someone not wearing one I reckon.

WhoTheFuckIsSimon · 04/04/2016 07:41

Dh is in his 50s and doesn't wear a helmet.

GalensOyster · 04/04/2016 07:43

Always. If my husband hadn't been wearing his helmet last year I'd probably be a widow now.

Wandastartup · 04/04/2016 07:44

I was suprised by how comfortable they are too. We skied this year Fter a break and found it as warm as a hat & not heavy either.

gooru · 04/04/2016 07:45

No, we don't, and we don't see many people wear one either.

The most recent research about bike helmets by the way, is that they might cause more problems than they prevent...

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