Yeah, I agree. The angle is pretty weak. I'm the skier, not the guy taking the pictures. I just set up my camera so he could stand there and hold the shutter.
Oh, and yeah. It's not like I needed the helmet, it is a flexible plastic pipe. It's just that you'd be suprised how weird it is skiing with different weight. Like, I skied with a backpack for about a month, stopped wearing it, and I felt like I was falling forward all the time.