Ski Helmet Saves Young Girls Life
A 6-year old girl’s life was saved by her ski helmet according to doctors. She hit a tree head first in Afton Alps ski resort in Minnesota, USA. Doctors said that without a helmet Julia Griggs may have died and would certainly have had significant brain injury after she smashed into a tree. She broke [...]
Ski helmet saves Gardiner boy from serious injury
I’m an 11-year-old boy from Gardiner. I am writing about the ski helmet discussion in the newspaper. Last week, while I was skiing at Black Mountain in Rumford, I went off a small jump while looking for my friend. My ski stuck into the snow, it popped off, and I fell forward and hit my [...]
Ski helmet use an important safety issue
In his Jan. 23 column, Bob Mentzinger argued that the benefits of ski helmets are “dubious at best, misleading at worst,” and that they provide merely a “scoche” head injury insurance. He also suggested that we would spend our skiing money more wisely if we purchased an advanced ski school lesson instead of a helmet. [...]
Ski helmet saves Gardiner boy from serious injury
I’m an 11-year-old boy from Gardiner. I am writing about the ski helmet discussion in the newspaper. Last week, while I was skiing at Black Mountain in Rumford, I went off a small jump while looking for my friend. My ski stuck into the snow, it popped off, and I fell forward and hit my [...]
Gear Up Properly for Safe Winter Sports
Topeka, Kan. – infoZine – With the 2006 Winter Olympics coming up in February, kids will be watching some of the world’s best athletes compete on the slopes and the ice. Safe Kids Kansas urges parents to take a moment to remind kids of the importance of proper safety equipment, training and supervision. Nationwide, more [...]
Snowboarders can avoid injury by getting in shape
Last year, veteran snowboarder Brad Christensen made one of the most common boarding mistakes – and paid the price. He wasn’t paying enough attention on his way down the slope when he started falling and stuck his hands out to catch himself. “It’s a mistake that anybody can make, no matter how long you’ve been [...]
Ski Safety Celebrated Next Week in Tahoe
Truckee, CA (Tuesday, January 10, 2006) – California’s Sierra-at-Tahoe and Northstar-at-Tahoe ski and snowboard resorts will again participate in the seventh annual National Ski Area Association’s (NSAA) National Safety Week from Jan. 14-20, 2006. Throughout the week, ski areas nationwide will advocate slope safety by promoting the NSAA’s Responsibility Code and Smart Style campaigns to [...]
Safety Researchers Urge Helmet Use
Burlington, Vermont (Ski Press)-“Ski like a local…Wear a helmet.” is the slogan for this year’s effort by the Vermont Snow Sports Research Team to get every skier and snowboarder to wear a helmet while on the slopes. The Vermont Snow Sports Research Team is a partnership of Vermont Children’s Hospital at Fletcher Allen Health Care [...]
Helmet made crucial difference – mother
Claudia Currie says her son Chris’s accident is further proof skiers should always wear helmets. “Most doctors that I’ve talked to, in the most critical stage, I said, ‘So what would it be like without the helmet?’,” Claudia Currie told The Daily News from the hospital ward last night. “And they said, ‘We wouldn’t be [...]
When It Comes to Ski Helmets, Use Your Head
During alpine mishaps, helmets separate your skull from icy moguls, errant ski poles and slope-side flora. As a bonus, they defy the windchill to keep your dome toasty. Wearing a helmet has become a no-brainer for more and more skiers and snowboarders. So why aren’t snow-safety advocates overjoyed that helmets have become accepted, even cool, [...]
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