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California Helmet Law
On Sep 3, 10:52*am, Dick G wrote:
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 That depends on the mountain. In SoCal, for instance, there is a much higher proportion of snowboarders at Bear Mountain than at Snow Summit, even though they are just a few miles apart and operated by the same company. |
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California Helmet Law
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, Richard Henry wrote: I think snowboarders should be required to have someone walk 50 feet ahead of them waving a red flag to warn other snowsporters. I agree! That way I'd always know jump were clear. And we could get them to carry a directors chair and urn of hot cocoa too! Do know anyone in the Department of Laws I could call to tell them about this? |
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California Helmet Law
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Dick G wrote: On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 09:35:14 -0700 (PDT), Richard Henry wrote: I bought my kids helmets after one of them slid off the edge of a trail and down through a grove of trees on an icy day at Big Bear. The day after we got them, the other son hit his head on a lift chair frame, and the only injury was a scratch on the helmet. But no one told me I HAD to do it. We did the same, bought helmets for everyone in the family. My wife and I had no problems with ours, got used to them very quickly. Biggest issue is the space that they take up in the Thule. My youngest daughter was ok with hers, she wore it as instructed. The oldest daughter was another story, she hated it.....what can you do I've worn a helmet for years and really like it, despite *not* being a Sooper XXXtreme snowboarder. It's super warm, branches just skitter off it and best of all - your googles don't fog when you slide them up on your head. The plastic and insulation keep the water vapor off them. That being said, I think it should be up to the snow sports enthusiast as to whether to choose to wear one or not. I say this with absolute seriousness. Shussing down open mountains for 50 years with the wind in your hair might be worth dying of a preventable head injury. I believe in personal choices and personal freedoms... for the medically insured |
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California Helmet Law
On 09/03/10 17:42, Dave Cartman wrote:
I've worn a helmet for years and really like it, despite *not* being a Sooper XXXtreme snowboarder. It's super warm, branches just skitter off it and best of all - your googles don't fog when you slide them up on your head. The plastic and insulation keep the water vapor off them. It's not cold where I ski, and there are no branches. The only reason I wear long sleeves after 10:00 am is to avoid sunburn. My goggles have never fogged up no matter what I do with them. Liquid detergent rubbed in/off works fine. That being said, I think it should be up to the snow sports enthusiast as to whether to choose to wear one or not. I say this with absolute seriousness. Shussing down open mountains for 50 years with the wind in your hair might be worth dying of a preventable head injury. I wouldn't dream of getting on a motorcycle without a helmet. The visor on my bicycle helmet keeps the sun out of my eyes. It's also supposed to protect my head if it hits the ground in a simple fall from 6 feet. The mathematically-inclined may inform us of its velocity when it hits the ground, but I suspect it's less than the speeds I normally ride at downhill. Uphill it's probably a draw. I see kids wearing bike helmets backwards, pushed far back on their head, no straps, too large, etc., and I realize that Darwin failed when their parents reproduced. I believe in personal choices and personal freedoms... for the medically insured A helmet wouldn't have saved my ribs, which broke when I didn't have insurance. The nice thing about broken ribs is they heal by themselves. There's a theory that perhaps it's better for people to die right off the bat from a split skull than to linger as a vegetable for many years. I'm amazed at the things kids get away with -- all because the ones who couldn't attracted Darwin's attention. If the governmental assholes want to save lives, fix the goddam potholes. -- Cheers, Bev $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ "The almost universal access to higher education here in the US has ruined a lot of potentially good manual laborers." -- Bob Hunt |
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California Helmet Law
In article
, Richard Henry wrote: On Sep 3, 4:13*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 I bought my kids helmets after one of them slid off the edge of a trail and down through a grove of trees on an icy day at Big Bear. The day after we got them, the other son hit his head on a lift chair frame, and the only injury was a scratch on the helmet. But no one told me I HAD to do it. A couple of years ago, one of the younger instructors up at Cypress came into the instructors' shack after have crashed on one of the cruisers -- where he'd hit a rock or a tree (I forget which) after he'd gone down and headed off to the side of the run. His helmet was cracked across almost in two... ....but his head was still in one piece. I think I'm buying a helmet this year. -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg |
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California Helmet Law
On Sep 3, 9:31*pm, Alan Baker wrote:
In article , *Richard Henry wrote: On Sep 3, 4:13*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 I bought my kids helmets after one of them slid off the edge of a trail and down through a grove of trees on an icy day at Big Bear. The day after we got them, the other son hit his head on a lift chair frame, and the only injury was a scratch on the helmet. But no one told me I HAD to do it. A couple of years ago, one of the younger instructors up at Cypress came into the instructors' shack after have crashed on one of the cruisers -- where he'd hit a rock or a tree (I forget which) after he'd gone down and headed off to the side of the run. His helmet was cracked across almost in two... ...but his head was still in one piece. I think I'm buying a helmet this year. -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg Ny skiing injuries have been limited to a sprained ankle (hit a water bar I didn't see when a wind gust blew snow across my vision and I went flying) and a bruised knee (hit a rock hidden in a shallow-snow cat track and landed on another one). No helmet would have helped those. |
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California Helmet Law
In article
, Richard Henry wrote: On Sep 3, 9:31*pm, Alan Baker wrote: In article , *Richard Henry wrote: On Sep 3, 4:13*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 I bought my kids helmets after one of them slid off the edge of a trail and down through a grove of trees on an icy day at Big Bear. The day after we got them, the other son hit his head on a lift chair frame, and the only injury was a scratch on the helmet. But no one told me I HAD to do it. A couple of years ago, one of the younger instructors up at Cypress came into the instructors' shack after have crashed on one of the cruisers -- where he'd hit a rock or a tree (I forget which) after he'd gone down and headed off to the side of the run. His helmet was cracked across almost in two... ...but his head was still in one piece. I think I'm buying a helmet this year. -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg Ny skiing injuries have been limited to a sprained ankle (hit a water bar I didn't see when a wind gust blew snow across my vision and I went flying) and a bruised knee (hit a rock hidden in a shallow-snow cat track and landed on another one). No helmet would have helped those. I like to ski fast... ...really fast. I grew up as a ski racer and there's nothing I like better than heading down a groomed run at 45mph+. It's a consideration. -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg |
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California Helmet Law
On Sep 3, 9:31*pm, Alan Baker wrote:
In article , *Richard Henry wrote: On Sep 3, 4:13*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 I bought my kids helmets after one of them slid off the edge of a trail and down through a grove of trees on an icy day at Big Bear. The day after we got them, the other son hit his head on a lift chair frame, and the only injury was a scratch on the helmet. But no one told me I HAD to do it. A couple of years ago, one of the younger instructors up at Cypress came into the instructors' shack after have crashed on one of the cruisers -- where he'd hit a rock or a tree (I forget which) after he'd gone down and headed off to the side of the run. His helmet was cracked across almost in two... ...but his head was still in one piece. I think I'm buying a helmet this year. Given your mental illness, delusional thought processes, and pathological lying, I would have thought your brain was damaged a long time ago. Do you know I was wearing a helmet when we waited for you to show up at Whistler, but you were such a ppppppuuuuuusssssyyyy you chickened out? |
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California Helmet Law
On Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:31:36 -0700, Alan Baker
wrote this crap: I think I'm buying a helmet this year. Do us a favor. Don't buy a helmet. This signature is now the ultimate power in the universe --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- |
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California Helmet Law
On Sep 3, 6:42*pm, Dave Cartman wrote:
I believe in personal choices and personal freedoms... for the medically insured Now there's an idea. Allow helmet free skiing if you present a valid insurance card. |
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