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Use your helmet and save your melon
With all the rollerski chat happening lately, thought I'd post a
reminder resulting from a fall I took today. Don't know how I managed to do it, but I took a mistep at speed and fell flat on my back hard enough to dent the back of my helmet. Some serious thinking about what would have happened to my head if I didn't have the helmet on. |
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nordvind wrote:
With all the rollerski chat happening lately, thought I'd post a reminder resulting from a fall I took today. Don't know how I managed to do it, but I took a mistep at speed and fell flat on my back hard enough to dent the back of my helmet. Some serious thinking about what would have happened to my head if I didn't have the helmet on. You would probably have to put the sawdust back into your head again. -- Terje Henriksen Kirkenes |
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nordvind wrote:
With all the rollerski chat happening lately, thought I'd post a reminder resulting from a fall I took today. Don't know how I managed to do it, but I took a mistep at speed and fell flat on my back hard enough to dent the back of my helmet. Some serious thinking about what would have happened to my head if I didn't have the helmet on. Nice reminder. I assume you took it off and said 'thank you very much..." Also, time to get a new helmet - they are definitely designed to be 'one bounce'. Trivia - which Scandinavian National Team now requires helmet use (and why)? Marsh |
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I'm "pro-helmet" but I find this bit of science interesting: In populations of bicycle riders in which helmet use is necessary by law there are more head injuries than in populations with no laws about helmet use. Doesn't say much about the utility of a helmet in the event of a crash, but it does illuminate a short coming of statistics. Risk aversion while riding with out a helmet might be one explanation. I am assuming that the populations have similar cycling habits. Trivia - which Scandinavian National Team now requires helmet use (and why)? Guess(es): Norway. 1. Many roller ski crashes. 2. Insurance issues. 3. They want to prevent head injuries. Gary Jacobson Rosendale, NY where I have decided that I will train on bike or roller skis if I forget my helmet unless "I have a feeling", because the health benefits of a work out outweigh the risk of an injury. (How's that for rationalization?) "Marsh Jones" wrote in message ... nordvind wrote: With all the rollerski chat happening lately, thought I'd post a reminder resulting from a fall I took today. Don't know how I managed to do it, but I took a mistep at speed and fell flat on my back hard enough to dent the back of my helmet. Some serious thinking about what would have happened to my head if I didn't have the helmet on. Nice reminder. I assume you took it off and said 'thank you very much..." Also, time to get a new helmet - they are definitely designed to be 'one bounce'. Marsh |
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Norwegian national ski team. Some unfortunate mis-meetings involving
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Du er virkelig jo flink!
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Oops, sorry that last post of mine was meant for Terje.
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nordvind wrote: With all the rollerski chat happening lately, thought I'd post a reminder resulting from a fall I took today. Don't know how I managed to do it, but I took a mistep at speed and fell flat on my back hard enough to dent the back of my helmet. Some serious thinking about what would have happened to my head if I didn't have the helmet on. Nordvind, What type of helmet were you using? Nearly everyone here uses bike helmets for roller-skiing and these are usually of the "aero" type with a projection at the back. They don't look to me to be designed for a fall on the back of the head, and I have seen skaters in other more head-shaped designs. It seems to me that a backwards fall is quite common when roller-skiing and much more likely than on a bike. If you were using a bike helmet I would be interested to know how you feel it stood up to the crash. Clearly it was good enough that you are still writing to this board :-) Alex |
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nordvind wrote:
Oops, sorry that last post of mine was meant for Terje. You have to write in english. -- Terje Henriksen Kirkenes |
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Alex wrote:
Nordvind, What type of helmet were you using? Nearly everyone here uses bike helmets for roller-skiing and these are usually of the "aero" type with a projection at the back. They don't look to me to be designed for a fall on the back of the head, and I have seen skaters in other more head-shaped designs. It seems to me that a backwards fall is quite common when roller-skiing and much more likely than on a bike. It is also common on skis. I hurt a rib that way. -- Terje Henriksen Kirkenes |
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