Intrawest passed a bill making helmets mandatory.

Brock.

Brock.

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Yesterday they passed a bill making it manditory to wear helmets in and outside of the park. Im not sure what hills they own but its a few of the big ones like whistler, breck, tremblant, mammoth i think ect.
 
im sure its going to have a snowball effect. soon enough every mountain will have some type of helmet law.
 
Unfortunately this is definitely a sign of things to come. I've got nothing against people that wear helmets, in fact I encourage it. But I don't wear one.

Correct me if I'm wrong though but the bill is something like this: All kids (under 18) in ski programs must wear helmets. All people in the terrain park must wear helmets. Its not that EVERYONE is required to wear a helmet. I heard this story on the local news last night so I may not have all the details quite right.
 
doesnt make a difference for tremblant because you have to wear a helmet in every park in quebec. its been like that for like 2 years i think
 
OP, intrawest doesn't own breck, they do own Copper, Whistler, Winter Park, and steamboat
 
Get the story right before posting a headline like that

"Beginning with this year's ski season, Vancouver-based Intrawest -

which owns a string of resorts, including British Columbia's Whistler

Blackcomb, a host venue for the 2010 Olympics - will recommend that all

skiers and snowboarders at its resorts wear helmets.

Protective headgear will be mandatory for children and teens in ski

school programs, and for all students in freestyle terrain park

programs, regardless of their age. The new guidelines also include

requirements for employees that will be phased in over the ski seasons

of this year and the next."

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/intrawest-pushes-helmets-for-all-skiers/article1309321/

 
Helmets are mandatory in the park at most of the hills I've skied at. At the two places where I ski the most, ski patrol will kick you off the hill if they see you in the park without a helmet. Intrawest does not own mammoth, and I think they might possibly own 1 of the places you named. Do you have a source where you got this information?
 
Starting this ski season, resort owner Intrawest is requiring helmets for all youth in ski school and students of any age in freestyle terrain parks.

Age limits for "youth" will be determined by each resort.

Previously, parents could opt out of having their children wear helmets in certain programs at some resorts.

By the 2010-2011 season, on-duty employees will be required to wear helmets in terrain parks or if they are guides or teachers for programs where guests must wear helmets.

The rules affect Copper Mountain, Winter Park and Steamboat resorts in Colorado, Stratton Mountain in Vermont, Mountain Creek in New Jersey, Tremblant in Quebec, Panorama Mountain and Whistler Blackcomb in British Columbia, and Snowshoe Mountain in West Virginia.
 
Its probably because they had a death at blue mountain ontario. There was also two other skiing death in ontario last year too. I think its smart.
 
There was a kid killed at Copper also, he was ealy good skier. I forget his name but I guess he hit his head and they flew him to Denver but he never made it. He hit his head pretty hard. if I remember correctly he was wearing a helmet. i am sure soneone on here will know his name and help me with this.
 
Ahhh so this is why Mountain Creek is making park passes next year. Fucking awesome, wayyyy too many gapers, it is totally worth it.
 


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/intrawest-pushes-helmets-for-all-skiers/article1309321/

When actress Natasha Richardson

died in March after falling on an icy beginner slope at Quebec's Mont

Tremblant Ski Resort, many wondered if she would have survived had she

been wearing a helmet.

That question remains unanswered, but the company that owns the

resort where Ms. Richardson's tragic accident turned a global spotlight

on ski industry practices yesterday introduced new helmet guidelines

that are expected to have a ripple effect at resorts in Canada and

around the world.

Beginning with this year's ski season, Vancouver-based Intrawest -

which owns a string of resorts, including British Columbia's Whistler

Blackcomb, a host venue for the 2010 Olympics - will recommend that all

skiers and snowboarders at its resorts wear helmets.

Protective headgear will be mandatory for children and teens in ski

school programs, and for all students in freestyle terrain park

programs, regardless of their age. The new guidelines also include

requirements for employees that will be phased in over the ski seasons

of this year and the next.

For helmet advocates like Richard Kinar, the guidelines are welcome - and overdue.

"If they would have done this when we first started lobbying, we

could have saved many, many lives and the health-care system an awful

lot of money," Mr. Kinar, a director of the Brain Injury Association of

Canada, said yesterday in an interview.

Mr. Kinar has lobbied for increased helmet use for more than a

decade, and has been a key player in a push to develop a Canadian

safety standard for ski and snowboard helmets similar to those in place

for hockey equipment.

The Canadian Standards Association developed an alpine helmet

standard in March. But the standard is not mandatory for manufacturers,

and no CSA-certified helmets are currently on the market, although

there are some are available that have been certified under different

systems.

Intrawest's new guidelines are backed by the National Ski Areas

Association, which represents U.S. resort operators, and Canada West

Ski Areas Association, which represents resorts in Western Canada.

Potential lawsuits from injured skiers or their families, new

equipment that allows skiers and boarders to go downhill faster, and

increasing public acceptance of helmets make guidelines such as the

ones that Intrawest announced yesterday inevitable, several long-time

B.C. skiers said yesterday.

The Canada West association, following legal advice, will be asking

its members in the next two months to approve a reworded helmet policy

that "recommends" helmets for skiing and snowboarding.

Up to now, the group's policy has been that customers "consider" using a helmet, president Jimmie Spencer said yesterday.

For a crop of skiers that has grown up with helmets, the new guidelines will likely go unnoticed.

Eric Pehota has had a season's pass at Whistler for 26 years and has

had both his sons, now in their teens, on the mountain since they could

walk. They wore helmets, strapping them on as routinely as they do

their boots and skis.

"It's just part of their checklist - I can't imagine them skiing without helmets," Mr. Pehota said yesterday.

Both boys race and have taken spectacular tumbles; one son took a

fall that cracked his helmet and left him with a concussion, an

accident that Mr. Pehota knows would have been more serious, or even

fatal, without the head gear.

Mr. Pehota admits he doesn't always wear a helmet himself, saying

the equipment makes it hard to hear and is sometimes uncomfortable. But

he's going to try again this season, in part because his sons are

giving him grief for skiing helmet-free.

If he does become a helmet head, he'll have lots of company. Helmets

are common at Whistler Blackcomb, where they're worn by beginners,

intermediate skiers and long-time powder hounds like Judy Bishop.

Ms. Bishop, a Vancouver-based consultant, started wearing a helmet

12 years ago, after a friend - an expert skier - died of a head injury

resulting from a ski accident. She appreciates her helmet for its

warmth, added protection and style. And she wouldn't dream of taking to

the slopes without it.

"I just thought if a skier like him could die, based on a slip, then I am certainly not immune," Ms. Bishop said.

^^^^^^

That is the article that talks about the helmet implementation,

And here is the list for resorts that Intrawest owns:

http://www.intrawest.com/index.htm

 
everyone should wear a helmet

i hit my head on ice once very hard

who knows what life would be like today if i didn't wear one
 
no kidding. it was already on tgr and the op got this topic from there it was clearly stated that they "recommend" helmets, not requiring them for everyone
 
One not so well known celebrity dies, and the whole world cries. Big deal! Lets call it survival of the fittest; we are weeding out the unfit beings. The reason there has been ardent lobbies for helmet use, centers on the fact that helmet companies stand to make dough. I have no problem with people wearing helmets; I don one from time to time. Just let me make the choice for my family and myself!!
 
Oh well, I already always wore a helmet.

The human skull is actually almost too hard because it doesn't crack or give even a little bit under pressure which is why we humans get concussions. The only time it does crack or give is if the hit is so extreme that you probably would have died anyway.
 
well then, i guess i failed. I was just passing word that i got from my friends father who usd to work with the company. you should just wear a helmet anyways, regardless of law.
 
i have nothing against people who don't wear helmets but i've gotten 2 concussions with a helmet on and the helmet definitly saved my life so i think this is a good idea.
 
Word...I have hit my head pretty hard on tough snow and would probably of gotten way more messed up without a helmet. Plus it makes me feel safe.
 
if that lady at tremblant wasnt such so dam rich and didnt get a helicopter ride back down to new york or some stupid shit just went to the hospital their and went through all the test right a way there she would prob still be alive but they waited.
 
honestly it should be mandatory to wear one imo. i dont wear one but i've heard some stories of poeple who would have got really fucked up if they hadnt been wearing one so i plan to start this season. if everyone wore one nobody would care you know? i dont see how it could hurt.
 
BUT THEN MY STEEZEYNESS IS ALL THROWN TO SHIT! That is the reason people bitch about this sort of stuff.
 
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