damian 0 Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 Have I been looking in the wrong spots ? Why does a shop have 5 levels of gear and only 5 scone caps to choose from? I assume that the supply is a function of demand? Same for gloves/mittens. Heaps of gloves, bugger all mittens. Gloves leak more as they have more (much more) seams. Who here wears a helmet for boarding? cheers Link to post Share on other sites
talisker 0 Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 i wear a K2 semiautomatic....looks stupid but feels great....awesome light worth the wonga...donT worry there will be plenty of over priced bonce protectors floodingthe shelves soon.... Link to post Share on other sites
mogski 0 Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 Same helmet as Talisker and same opinion. As far as prices go anything is cheap compared to the possible circumstances of not wearing one. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 I've got a helmet. That wasn't funny was it. But anyway, it save me head last year from a dangerous encounter with a rock, and I thank my helmet for that. Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 No helmets, please! Once we get passed a certain threshold, they'll become law!!! Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted September 30, 2002 Author Share Posted September 30, 2002 miteyak - why dont you wear one? Or do you wear one tokidoki and want to retain the right to choose when you wear one? Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 I, personally wish everyone to retain the right to do whatever they like when it comes to personal safety, lifestyle, etc. Anything that doesn't effect others. Me, wear a helmet? only when events outside my control come into play, mountaineering mainly. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted September 30, 2002 Author Share Posted September 30, 2002 I kinda agree. If I choose to risk hurting my head that is my choice. Like you say, so long as it doesnt affect others. Also like you say - I would always go for safety when events out of my contril are at play. Like riding a sports bike - you cant assume that cars drivers see you and that is out of your control. At this stage the ability to snowboard it out of my control, so I will be strapping on the 'mut. cheers Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 A full-face helmet keeps your nose warm and offers good protection for the kind of face plants at which I specialize. It's a requirement for the other kinds of boarding I do where there's no soft snow. It also gives the impression that you're some kind of speed genius, which I most certainly aren't. The choice of mittens in shops here is usually quite limited, and when they do have them, they're never long enough to cover your sleeves with a waterproof margin. Ones that friends have bought in the States and Canada look really good. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted October 1, 2002 Author Share Posted October 1, 2002 Bugger me, a full faced number. You really do take the helmet thing seriously. Link to post Share on other sites
Mudguts 0 Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 I'll never go up the mountain again without my lid. Once had a skier fly down the mountain through a crowd a crash right into me. His unprotected head hit my shoulder so hard it knocked him straight out and down the mountain on the ambulance and left me with a bruise the size of a melon. A worst case scenario could have seen our heads clash instead of the shoulder and who knows where I'd be now. The next oppotunity I went and bought a helmet. The moral of the story is you don't have to be the one to make the mistake to end up in hospital or worse. Wear a lid! It's much warmer than a beanie,too(tuk-if you're N.American) Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 Got myself a Giro Carbon pattern. started wearing mine 5 years ago after a bad drought in Dec. Had a bad feeling one day so I put on my old speed ski slash racing helmut. My friend then rolled over a rock. The helmut has never come off. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 Actually I didn't want a fullfaced skid lid - I only got it coz I got it cheap in a closing down sale. But I'm glad I have it now. For riding in the undergrowth, it stops the twigs that would otherwise whip right across your chops. Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 Helmet - definitely. Why don't skiers seem to wear them at all? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 i know that as soon as i don a `coconut protector`that`s tha day i hit a tree/rock with me head! CASE STUDY: i`d been surfin for about 15 years when i made me first trip to G-land, and i`d never worn a `brain bucket` before, but after hearing how hollow a wave it is, i decided to slip one on. low an` behold, first wave- headbutted tha reef! had to go in, slightly concussed. next surf, no `skull cap` and no accident. no accidents since either- touch wood! never worn one since, never gunna! but i agree, try not to wear `em bcos tha more peeps who do, tha more peeps will be made to wear `em. Link to post Share on other sites
mogski 0 Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 I am gonna stay way clear of full face and fixed visor helmets! Don't want my head ripped off when I just happen to misjudge the height of the tree branch! Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 Yeah, it's disgusting when you find helmets with the heads still inside dotted about all over the tree runs. First the helmet and its ghastly contents clunk along under your board, then you run into the body. Euuch! Happens all the time though. Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted October 4, 2002 Share Posted October 4, 2002 Ocean, sounds like a scene from about any Japanese movie. Helmets will soon be law I believe. Already you need them to run most competitions. The Advanced park at Whistler/Blackcomb now requires them too. I have a K2 that I run from time to time. Not particular to it though. I'll wear it on a huge pow day that I think could take me far into the back country. My buddy got saved big time on a jib day when a rail slide went bad and he smacked his head. Luckily he was sporting the lid that day. Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted October 4, 2002 Share Posted October 4, 2002 Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh... soon to be an outlaw? Link to post Share on other sites
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