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Wear your helmet!

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Shark.
Posts: 3158 - Karma: 270
Dear NS just wanted to share this with you guys. I was skiing some little trees and caught an edge and was thrown headfirst into a thick juniper. Here's the aftermath. The crack went all the way through to the foam too.
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So NSer's, please wear your buckets! You never know what's gonna happen.
Stay safe, and happy holidays!
Dec 25 2010 7:07PM
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Elmo.
Posts: 4317 - Karma: 663
amen to this. dented my helmet kinda bad a week ago... probably would of had a concussion if i wasnt wearing it
Dec 25 2010 7:08PM
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541
Posts: 506 - Karma: 45
you ride bachy.....cause i could understand if you fucked your helmet they set everything so big. and least you were wearing it!
Dec 25 2010 7:11PM
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541
Posts: 506 - Karma: 45
nevermind you were in the trees.....stay on groomers till snows!...it's soooo icy!
Dec 25 2010 7:13PM
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PhilboydStudge
Posts: 3431 - Karma: 206
My friend hit a tree around this time last year while wearing a helmet. He suffered brain damage and had a bad concussion that he still is dealing with a year later. Pretty sure he would have died if he hadn't been wearing one, it's gnarly.
Dec 25 2010 7:14PM
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k-rob
Posts: 14217 - Karma: 2,891
this is my first season without a helmet, i wonder if my skull will end up like your hat
Dec 25 2010 7:16PM
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DERS.
Posts: 6299 - Karma: 1,293
agreed. caught an edge yesterday landing a jump in the park and wiplashed real bad. head hit the ground pretty hard but was wearing a helmet so only have a slightly stiff neck.
Dec 25 2010 7:16PM
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solitaryman
Posts: 3578 - Karma: 123
Mouth guards are actually much better for a crash like this, if you're not hitting your head on ice that is. Wear a helmet and a mouth guard if you can and you are almost guaranteed a brain injury free season!
Dec 25 2010 7:18PM
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cwillygood
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word! Preach it bro....two people died at my home mountain already this season...both not wearing helmet
Dec 25 2010 7:21PM
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Grilledsteeze212
Posts: 211 - Karma: 137
i know somebody that was skiing trees fell and his helmet shattered doctors and ski patrol said i he didn't have a helmet he would of most likely died
Dec 25 2010 7:23PM
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Shark.
Posts: 3158 - Karma: 270
i need to start wearin a mouth guard. i have a terrible habit of sticking my tongue out in the air. Have almost bitten it off twice already this season
Dec 25 2010 7:45PM
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DERS.
Posts: 6299 - Karma: 1,293
yea i really should wear one. but there so damn annoying to wear
Dec 25 2010 8:06PM
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Dustin.
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The helmet is a must.  I'm still nursing a stitched up lip too, so wear your mouth guards when you send it!  You don't realize what your teeth are up to until you bite yourself.  It hurts so much to eat which SUCKS when you go home and can't enjoy Mom's cooking,
Dec 25 2010 8:20PM
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ndye
Posts: 3756 - Karma: 7,088
I recently got a BAD concussion while i wasn't wearing my helmet. According to the new guidelines for my concussion (i passed out and had a seizure from it) im out for 6 months :/
Dec 25 2010 8:30PM
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