New Ski Helmet Bill Proposed in California by Senator Yee
By Matt Sampson – SkiHelmets.org Director
ARVADA, CO – We are very excited to announce that California State Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) has proposed a new ski helmet law for anyone under 18 on the slopes in California. The bill was introduced the past Wednesday.
At skihelmets.org, we understand the magnitude of such a bill and [...]
Mandatory Ski Helmet Use Pressure hits Ski Areas
Vermont doctor/skier/boarder can provide expert analysis during National Ski Safety Awareness Week, January 16-22
(Vocus/PRWEB ) January 7, 2010 — Several recent skiing & boarding accidents, new helmet requirements at major resorts and the death of actress Natasha Richardson have made helmet mandates a pressing issue in the U.S. ski industry this season. Safety Awareness Week [...]
Quebec’s Ski Helmet Law… Almost?
After Natasha Richardson’s fatal ski accident in Mont-Tremblant last March, it looked like a mandatory helmet law might happen.
MONT-TREMBLANT, Canada — It was here, on the crowded, tree-lined slopes of one of North America’s most popular ski resorts, where actress Natasha Richardson suffered a fatal accident last March. The fact that she was not wearing [...]
Austria requires Ski Helmets for more now
Another area of Austria has made it mandatory for children under 15 to wear helmets. Some though question whether laws are the best way to improve safety.
Lower Austria made it compulsory last season and now Upper Austria has followed suit. The provincial parliament passed the new law this week.
It follows the death of a [...]
Intrawest puts emphasis on Ski Helmets
Children in classes, students at terrain parks will be required to wear helmets this year
Steamboat Springs — Intrawest, the parent company of Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp., is increasing awareness of helmet use at its resort this year.
Intrawest will recommend this ski season that all skiers and snowboarders wear helmets at its resorts, and it [...]
JHMR to appeal citation
Jackson Hole, Wyo.-A Jackson Hole Mountain Resort spokeswoman said the resort will appeal a citation it received following the death of a ski patroller who was fatally injured on the job last winter.
Brand director Anna Olson said JHMR management and a ski industry trade organization representative will meet next week with officials from the Wyoming [...]
New measures will do little to make skiing safer
Measures introduced this season to make skiing safer are unlikely to put much of a dent in the tens of thousands of injuries each year, according to experts.
Around 80,000 residents of Switzerland are injured every year either skiing or snowboarding in the Swiss Alps, and the total rises to over 100,000 when foreign tourists are [...]
Alpine resorts crack down on speed-freak skiers
Those carefree days of hurtling down the piste at breakneck speed with the wind freezing your face and the powder spraying beneath your feet may be numbered.
The Swiss Alpine resort of Grindelwald has set a precedent on the ski slopes of Europe by introducing a 30km/h (19mph) speed limit on one of its pistes. The [...]
Enforcers keep speed down on slopes
Like a yellow traffic sign warning of rough roads, Ralph Thomas warns skiers and snowboarders to slow down.
Thomas is supervisor of the Yellow Jackets, a team at Heavenly Ski Resort that educates people to slow down in heavy traffic zones and family areas.
On Nov. 28, when the 2003-04 ski season was still in its infancy, [...]
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