Gov. Brown vetoes ski helmet bill in CA

Sacramento — Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday smacked down what he called overbearing and expensive proposals for state regulations by vetoing bills that would require that kids wear helmets when on ski slopes and increase fines for people who talk on cell phones or text while driving. The move came as lawmakers this week consider [...]

New Jersey leading the way with Ski Helmets!

I must admit that I did not expect New Jersey to become the leader in Ski Area safety, but as of last month, New Jersey is taking charge and will become the first state to require ski helmets for any riders or skiers under the age of 18. We would all like to send our [...]

Man Dies Two Weeks After Ski Accident

A 73-year-old man from the Kunkletown area of Eldred Township, Monroe County, died Saturday morning of a head injury he suffered during a skiing accident two weeks earlier, Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim said today. Brian Lock, of Douglas Lane, struck a tree about 12:15 p.m. March 4 while skiing at Blue Mountain Ski Resort [...]

Illinois will not be first state with Ski Helmet Law…

SPRINGFIELD — A bid to force Illinois skiers and snowboarders to wear safety helmets crashed in a Senate committee Tuesday. The sponsor of the measure, Sen. Ira Silverstein, acknowledged he’s never skied before. But the Chicago Democrat said making Illinois the first state in the nation to mandate helmet usage on the slopes for children [...]

Snowboarder dies at Northstar without Helmet

Two deaths occurred earlier this week at two Lake Tahoe ski resorts, one involving a snowboarder at Northstar-at-Tahoe and the other a skier competing in the Freeskiing World Tour competition at Kirkwood Mountain Resort. Jeffrey Halperin, 30, from San Francisco, died Sunday while snowboarding, according to Paul Schmidt, chief deputy coroner for Nevada County. Schmidt [...]

Man found dead on Tahoe Slopes with no Ski Helmet

TRUCKEE, Calif. — A Bay Area man was killed Sunday while snowboarding at Northstar-at-Tahoe after rescuers found his body upside down in a tree well, officials have confirmed. In a Tuesday phone interview, Paul Schmidt, chief deputy coroner for Nevada County, identified the snowboarder as Jeffrey Halperin, 30, from San Francisco. Schmidt said the cause [...]

No Ski Helmet? No Ski Insurance.

In a move likely to enrage many flocking to the slopes, a leading British insurer has signalled that it will become the first to insist skiers wear helmets if they are to be covered for head injuries. Stuart Bensusan, the co-founder of Essential Travel, told The Sunday Telegraph he was working to make his company the [...]

Health Matters: Helmet Usage and Snow Sports

ere is convincing new evidence showing helmets help protect downhill skiers and snowboarders from head injuries. Experts say now more need to be done to encourage their use. Austrian researchers wrote in the British Medical Journal that a surge of interest in ski helmet occurred after some high-profile skiing related deaths in Europe and North [...]

Neeson describes Richardson’s tragic Ski Death

Liam Neeson has described how he found out about his wife Natasha’s tragic ski accident and his huge struggle to cope. For the first time he described to Esquire magazine his rush to the hospital to be with her after her skiing accident. He told “I’d been to Montreal maybe twice before. And for some [...]

Ski Helmets may cut ski injuries: STUDY

“Ski helmets reduce head injuries by 35% in adults and 59% in children under 13,” BBC News reported. The news is based on Canadian research which looked at whether helmets prevent head and neck injuries for skiers and snowboarders. The research combined a number of studies that compared injured and uninjured skiers and snowboarders to [...]

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