http://www.highlyobsessed.com/2008/02/17/the-ski-and-snowboard-helmet-debate-continues/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:35:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.highlyobsessed.com/2008/02/17/the-ski-and-snowboard-helmet-debate-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-1464 George Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:15:58 +0000 http://www.highlyobsessed.com/2008/02/17/the-ski-and-snowboard-helmet-debate-continues/#comment-1464 Before we rush again with more restrictive legeslation - something thay may eventually require licences, governemnt training and then outright ban - consider some facts : Skiing/Snowboarding has a 0.69/million risk of death, bycycle is 7.1/million, boating 17/million, hiking 19/million - let us not go overboard each time there is an accident. After all - 585 hikers are injured for every snowboarded - perhaps we should legislate against hiking. Before we rush again with more restrictive legeslation – something thay may eventually require licences, governemnt training and then outright ban – consider some facts : Skiing/Snowboarding has a 0.69/million risk of death, bycycle is 7.1/million, boating 17/million, hiking 19/million – let us not go overboard each time there is an accident. After all – 585 hikers are injured for every snowboarded – perhaps we should legislate against hiking.

]]> http://www.highlyobsessed.com/2008/02/17/the-ski-and-snowboard-helmet-debate-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-1418 Tom Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:41:26 +0000 http://www.highlyobsessed.com/2008/02/17/the-ski-and-snowboard-helmet-debate-continues/#comment-1418 I am exactly with you on the helmet thing. Once a trip I thank my lucky stars I am wearing a lid. Sometimes even with a brain bucket I get my bell rung. Anytime I see someone riding without a helmet I figure either they are way more skilled than I am, or they are very, very lucky and luck is better than skill, or they're not trying hard enough. Best $110 worth of insurance I've ever bought. I am exactly with you on the helmet thing. Once a trip I thank my lucky stars I am wearing a lid. Sometimes even with a brain bucket I get my bell rung. Anytime I see someone riding without a helmet I figure either they are way more skilled than I am, or they are very, very lucky and luck is better than skill, or they’re not trying hard enough. Best $110 worth of insurance I’ve ever bought.

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