Poll & Discussion : Steeze Vs Safety - Do you wear a helmet?
| Poll: Steeze or Safety? Total Votes: 34 |
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|---|---|
| I always wear a helmet (love my brain). | 21  |
| Helmets are steezy. | 6 |
| I’m too fresh for a lid. | 2 |
| Only on icey days or in the park. | 4 |
| Never really thought about it. | 1 |
Jez what a handsome set of hair.
:sigh:
It seems I have a new dealbreaker..
Went on a date with a guy who had lots of potential… spent a lot of time snowboarding in Whistler the last 10 years.
Anyway he asked me what my worst incident as a patroller was.
Whilst I was searching for this article http://www.smh.com.au/travel/blogs/snow-it-all/when-a-ski-trip-goes-wrong-20140813-3dm4z.html he proceeded to tell me all the worst incidents “he” had witness. (which were stupid!)
The above article shut him up when I told him it was my worst. Somehow helmet discussion comes up and he proceeded to tell me
“why would I wear a helmet? the takes away the fun of snowboarding”
And then something along the lines of saying “if I die snowboarding at least i know I lived live to the fullest”. And all i can think of is the poor ski patroller who is truamtised after attempting to resuscitate his dead body. Made me feel sick! I wanted to leave there and then. The date went downhill from there.
:sigh:
It seems I have a new dealbreaker..
Went on a date with a guy who had lots of potential… spent a lot of time snowboarding in Whistler the last 10 years.
Anyway he asked me what my worst incident as a patroller was.
Whilst I was searching for this article http://www.smh.com.au/travel/blogs/snow-it-all/when-a-ski-trip-goes-wrong-20140813-3dm4z.html he proceeded to tell me all the worst incidents “he” had witness. (which were stupid!)
The above article shut him up when I told him it was my worst. Somehow helmet discussion comes up and he proceeded to tell me
“why would I wear a helmet? the takes away the fun of snowboarding”
And then something along the lines of saying “if I die snowboarding at least i know I lived live to the fullest”. And all i can think of is the poor ski patroller who is truamtised after attempting to resuscitate his dead body. Made me feel sick! I wanted to leave there and then. The date went downhill from there.
did you tell him?
I don’t like seeing resorts using riders who don’t wear helmets to advertise their product on social media pages. Setting the example from the top down is pretty important.
I did!
He was adamant that I will never have to rescue him, so I shouldn’t worry about it!
Not the point numbnuts!
And all i can think of is the poor ski patroller who is truamtised after attempting to resuscitate his dead body.
This bit, I’m sorry, but….
Most Patrollers volunteer for these positions, if not they chose it as a career. If you can’t handle this part of the position, simply do not do it.
No different for any emergency services, if you cannot handle what you might possibly come across in your day to day work, you should really think long and hard about your decisions.
Sorry your date didn’t work out, sounds like a dick anyway, not good enough for you by a long shot 
Azz I agreed with you.
But the world at large agrees it is still traumatic. Which is why counseling is offered after these events for all involved (even professionals, ie dr & nurses).
Nobody likes to watch people suffer which is why we put our hands up to do these jobs.
And all i can think of is the poor ski patroller who is truamtised after attempting to resuscitate his dead body.
This bit, I’m sorry, but….
Most Patrollers volunteer for these positions, if not they chose it as a career. If you can’t handle this part of the position, simply do not do it.
No different for any emergency services, if you cannot handle what you might possibly come across in your day to day work, you should really think long and hard about your decisions.
Sorry your date didn’t work out, sounds like a dick anyway, not good enough for you by a long shot
All the more reason to wear ya brain bucket!!! 
I always wear mine.
Should of had one on last night, bonged my head on the new workbench we are building D’oh!!
And all i can think of is the poor ski patroller who is truamtised after attempting to resuscitate his dead body.
This bit, I’m sorry, but….
Most Patrollers volunteer for these positions, if not they chose it as a career. If you can’t handle this part of the position, simply do not do it.
No different for any emergency services, if you cannot handle what you might possibly come across in your day to day work, you should really think long and hard about your decisions.
Sorry your date didn’t work out, sounds like a dick anyway, not good enough for you by a long shot
Yep!!!!!
I always wear mine.
Should of had one on last night, bonged my head on the new workbench we are building D’oh!!
That’s why bedrooms are made with cushiony type objects!!!!!
I always wear mine.
Should of had one on last night, bonged my head on the new workbench we are building D’oh!!
That’s why bedrooms are made with cushiony type objects!!!!!
Bahahahahaha!! Snap!! The ol “i banged my head on the work bench” story
I still can’t believe that oz and her mates volunteer for their positions. Absolute joke. You guys should be paid by the resort. Is there anywhere else in the world where the ski patrol is volunteer?
Awww thanks Cords.
But yeah it is pretty common around the world that pro patrol are supported by voli’s!
from the Falls Creek Snow report today
In praise of helmets.
Speaking of helmets, we only started wearing ours when our daughter started skiing in what is now the Renault SnowClub as a toddler, and there was no way of convincing her to do something we weren’t prepared to do ourselves.
That hasn’t changed much, but in the years since we’ve become completely converted to the wearing of helmets. Now if we go skiing for some reason without, we feel less than fully equipped. In Japan in the last off-season, I lost my helmet for a few days and suddenly all the spaces between trees became much smaller and tighter, and my head was certainly colder as well as more vulnerable (not a Japanese word). There is simply nothing as safe and snug as a head in a helmet.
When we first started wearing helmets, we occasionally looked around us with envy at all the carefree and beautiful people still wearing goggles over nice beanies. But now that look is itself starting to look a little bit like straight skis or skiing in jeans to us. These days when we see people out on the mountain without helmets we think their heads look too small. Mummy why does that skier down there have such a tiny head?
We still love our beanies, but not enough to wear them inside our helmets like some of our friends do. And we only raise the issue of helmets now because we had a near miss yesterday that left a nasty scratch on the side of our near-new blue helmet and the thought that there but for the grace of moulded polyaramid go I.
Our daughter’s original helmet still sits on her shelf covered with layers and layers of stickers from the places she’s been, the brands she’s loved and the resort mascots she’s left behind. One day, many years from now, we hope she sits down and has a little personal archaeological dig through her own skiing history, quietly excavating and stripping away the stickers on her first helmet, piecing the memories together, until she comes to the last sticker, the first one, and it says Falls Creek, Victoria, Australia.
We’re in the midst of another burst of midwinter spring this week, just waiting now for a little thin morning cloud to burn off before another bright day. The temperatures are still dropping well below freezing overnight, which is keeping the snowpack in great shape through the day. It’s another week of Rolls Royce skiing in Falls Creek, with sunny days and light winds into the weekend.