On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 09:44:48 -0700 (PDT), Richard Henry
wrote:

On Sep 3, 7:30*am, pigo wrote:
On Sep 3, 5:13*am, Dick G wrote:

http://www.skinet.com/ski/blogs/2010...s-to-cap-avoid...

Makes a ton of sense for kids, but simultaneously I hate the fact that
government once again intrudes in our private lives and tells us what
we can and cannot do

Welcome to the nanny state. It's only going to get worse for the next
few months anyway. Common sense says that children under 18 should
wear helmets everytime they leave the house.

It's like the newest controversy over texting. I've heard reports that
it's 10X more dangerous than driving with a BAC of .25 ! If that is so
why don't they move resourses from DUI to text patrols? As with the
helmets it's just some special interest group that wants control over
someone to make themselves feel needed.

I think snowboarders should be required to have someone walk 50 feet
ahead of them waving a red flag to warn other snowsporters.
Averagely speaking, what is the ratio of skiers to boarders on a hill
at any given time? I was thinking it is somewhere around 70% skiers,
30 boarders. The danger for our sport might be the adoption of
boarding by the younger crowd which I have seen at 60-40 or 50-50 on
some runs/days