The Helmet Debat

well, they can be good and bad, cool or gay. they are good, because they protect you from the forces of a direct impact. however, they add more weight to your head (thats why lite helmets like the nine are so good) and can strain your neck like crazy. also, in a tumbling fall, the bigger ones can provide a fulcrom on you neck, and fuck it up. and there are plenty of 'cool' helmets, but mainly its wether they are comfortable (as in you dont even notice it).

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i normally wear one, maybe if it's raning/snowing and i want to wear a hood i wont. or if it's really really hot and soft. I read this quote somewhere: 'not wearing a helmet is like not wearing a condom. sure, it feels better, but it's kinda dangerous if you don't know what you're doing'

Life sucks, get a fucking helmet

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although helmets dont prevent fractures of the skull, there main purpose is to prevent internal bleeding in the brain, this causes brain damage and can make you brain dead. So even if you think helmets are gay youll think differently sitting in a hospital bed getting a hole drilled in your head to drain the blood and save your life.

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I always wear one and it's not one of the lightest either but it's fuckin' safe. I got a protec freeride one and it killz. sits well it's comfi and it looks cool too

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i ride the nine and after 2 seasons in it i just got another and looking at the condition of the old one i cant help but think if i wasnt wearing a helmet every ding would be my head hitting the snow or a rail, So yes its worth it but its every individuals choce and cool or gay should not be a factor.

 
wearing a seatbelt? cool or gay? If you care more about what people think of how you look than your health and saftey, you deserve to be brain dead.

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hit your head on a rock then ask yourself! one thing no one can refuse: seth morrison thought it xas gauy, then exploded his face. now, he only rides with it! helmet is gay when you do not need it! but the day you need it and do not have, well ... you think: it's deinitely not gay!

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helmets. theyre so hot right now. helmets.

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I wear a helmet not because im afraid of fucking myself up, but because i dont want to get fucked up by other people. A helmet wont save you from impact on jumps as much as it will save you from colliding with another rider. Besides that fact, nothing ventalates as well as a helmet, and i would rather have a wet gyro 9 than a wet beanie on one of snoqualmies rain days.

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Helmet all the way, its smarter, no helmet=injuries

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only day last year that i didnt wear one i ended up in the hospital for four day's.. helmets are totally worth it.

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Always wear my Giro 9, so comfy

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yeah, helmets are SO necessary. After two concussions, I decided that I would wear one. My Nine.9 mx is warm, comfy, and rad, and it provides a place to plaster a whole bunch of stickers. Pete Olenick always wears one...plus I was noticing that Tanner, Jon, Pollard, and a ton of other pros are starting to wear theirs more. I will always ride with one, I think.

 
Yeah I wasn't too stoked on them at first and when I got one i figured I'd just wear it sometimes. But I've worn it everyday since I got it. It's so light and comfortable I don't even notice. The visor is nice when it's sunny, snowing hard, or when skiing in the trees. It also saved me from getting hurt eve worse when I got a concussion last year.

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yes for helmets.. they save so many lives... some people donw use them.. and thats fine.. but theres little room for error when your not using one... if your are using one it makes getting a head injury much harder... BUT definatly dont wear a helmet if your out riding powder or freeriding.. but in the park there a good thing

 
I love my 9.9 mx. its super comfy, cool/neato and I feel like I can try crazier things with it. more pros are starting to were them too. there pretty much cool these days

yay skiing

 
i like my helmet now but when i first got it i crashed more in the first couple of days that i had it then the rest of the year combined. well worth it

 
well, i have gotten a few concussions with my helmet, so yay for helmet, plus now i got one with earfones in it

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i bought sick sony headfones though.

so ill pass on the helmet for now.

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Everybody who wears one seems to post. But I know the majority of us don't.

Well I'll say I don't wear one.

I don't like them. I know it's a dumb excuse. But I don't care.

One day I'm going to learn the hard way...

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Ya know. I too thought originally that they were gay. But the helmets I have worn have saved my life now 3 times. One time when my head was driven into the ground like a spike when I hit a drifted over waterbar. I won't ski without it. Mainly because it has extended my skiing days.

If I wasn't wearing it on those occasions I would be dead now. A good helmet should be part of everyones's daily ski gear. IMHO

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I always wear a helmet while skiing. i also think that im going bigger while having a helmet on my head, im not that scared.. so i had many more crashes after i started wearing a helmet :)

 
I always wear a helmet, if I hit a tree headfirst or slam my head on a backseat landing i'd still like to have a future, my helmets already saved me from a couple concusions.

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if it is the norm to wear helmets mountain biking, which it is, and people do even crazier stuff on skis, which they do, at times... it should be the norm for people to wear helmets. Its amazing how many more people are wearing helmets now than 5 years ago. The only reason I got mine was so I could take a recreational avy course through my high school and now I can't live without it. jea.

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i dont like helmets , not cous its cool not too , but just cous it throws me off in the air and shit , and i usually get hurt more with a helmet on

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Helmet are good,I want to hear about my bail after I fall on my head

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Wow this is really amazing. i remember having this debate a few years ago on this site and there was just as many people apposed to helmets as there were supporters. Now it seems like almost everyone supports them, needless to say there are still people who dont. I can understand the people who dont were them when they rec ski, but i for one support them 100% of the time. A lot of terrian parks are now requiring them like whistler, which i think is a good idea. I started to wear a helmet about 8 years ago when i started racing, and i wear it all the time no matter what.

For a litte personal experience, i do wear it all the time but for some weird reason i happen to not be wearing it one day and i ended up hitting my head on a landing, couldnt even remember what day it was, what i was doing or anything. luckly i was able to just ski it off and my memory came back to me in a few hours. but i have always had a helmet on except for that one time. Now i will not ski without one

 
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