Ski resort giving out free helmets for kids
The Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort is giving away free ski helmets to youth visitors throughout January to spread awareness about ski and snowboard safety. The Resort, in partnership with MountainView Hospital and Fremont Emergency Services, is sponsoring Lids on Kids, a national program that provides free ski safety education and helmets to children. [...]
2011 Ski & Snowboard Helmet Preview
Transworld Business recently published a few previews of ski and snowboard helmets with a “ramped up rad factor” coming down the pipes for the 2010/2011 ski season. While these designs are still subject to slightly change, here is a pretty good preview of what you can expect from the snowboard helmet side of things next [...]
Ski Helmets become almost Common on the slopes
SANTA FE, N.M. — For years, Billy and Angela Flores pleaded with their son Nicolas to wear a helmet while hurtling down the slopes on his snowboard. And each time, Nicolas shrugged off his parents’ urgings with the typical aplomb of a free-spirited teenager. “He kept saying he couldn’t fly with the helmet on,” Angela [...]
Ski Helmet saves 6 Year old from Serious Injury
A young girl who collided with a tree when skiing at Afton Alps in Minnesota last week may have died had she not been wearing a helmet, according to a doctor who treated her. Six-year-old Julia Griggs of Mahtomedi, Minnesota broke her nose and her leg in the accident, but a dent in her helmet [...]
A sad reminder to wear protection on the slopes
The death of a teenager at Breckenridge should be a warning to all that safety gear is essential in winter mountain sports. The untimely death of a 14-year-old skier at Breckenridge so early in the season reminds us of the inherent dangers of one of Colorado’s favorite pastimes. Last Friday, Haley Rose Gans of Colorado [...]
Calling all Artists: 2010 Olympic Ski Helmet Design Contest
Artists and Olympic fans, Lindsey Vonn wants you to design the ski helmet she will wear at the 2010 Winter Games, where she hopes to win her first gold medal after a record-setting World Cup career. Fans 13 and older can submit artwork to nbcolympics.com/lindseys-helmet/ by Dec. 21. Three designs will be chosen, followed by [...]
Bode Miller announces return to U.S. Ski Team
Saying he could identify with Brett Favre’s inability to walk away from football, Bode Miller today announced he is rejoining the U.S. Ski Team after a two-year separation, 20 weeks before the Vancouver Olympics. “I can relate,” Miller said of Favre at a Los Angeles press conference. “You enjoy your sport, you dedicate your life [...]
Skiing touched family life of late Senator Ted Kennedy
In the wake of the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy on Tuesday, the professional career of the Massachusetts senator from the nation’s most famous political family has drawn significant attention. Away from Capitol Hill, Kennedy’s family life often involved vacations at ski areas in places such as Stowe, Vt. and Aspen, Colo. The sport took [...]
Skiing: Wearing a helmet is dead serious
The recent death of actress Natasha Richardson from a head injury after a fall at Quebec’s Mont Tremblant Ski Resort underscores this truth: The sport has its inherent dangers – and they aren’t confined to the expert trails. Last year, there were 53 skiing and boarding fatalities at US resorts. Helmets can help reduce head [...]
Prepare and you many avoid skiing injuries
Now that Cincinnati has had its first major snowfall this year, many of us are dusting off the skis or snowboards. As we hit the slopes and hills, avoiding injuries should be our main priority. Proper conditioning before skiing or snowboarding is important. Start your exercises months ahead. You should work with a trainer to [...]
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