Ski Helmets – Should I Wear One? November 30th, 2012
Ski helmets and the debate about whether to wear one or not, is a topic that is constantly coming up in news.
I would definitely say that more and more people are wearing them each year on the slopes, a recent survey said that up to 77 percent of British skiers now claim to wear a ski helmet and that’s up from 62 percent just a couple of years ago in 2010. 77 percent is pretty impressive figure and I would be very interested to know how that figure breaks down by age group. Parents usually insist on children wearing them and it’s an essential cool piece of kit for most snowboarders too.
This year a major ski insurer, Essential Travel, has become the first in the UK company is insist that all ski insurance policy holders must wear a helmet on the slopes. This created quite a fuss in newspapers and on-line, but was it just a publicity stunt ? or just sound advise ?
So what are the arguments for and against ?
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