To Be Safe Or Not To Be Safe
...well as feet warmers in the boots, we question what exactly it is that makes this sport so fun. Loading the skis and the ski boots, the poles everything seems to be in place and ready to go, however one important thing is missing, a helmet. "According to statistics from the
National Ski Areas Association, which represents U.S. mountain resorts, 40 people each year have died while skiing or snowboarding." (http://www.fwsa.wbees.com/page/page/689601.htm) With this number of just mortality you would think people would do anything and everything to keep them selves safe and protected. We wear coats and hats to prevent frost bite and goggles to protect our eyes but when it comes to the safety of a collision, we fail to believe helmets are important enough.
I have been skiing since the age of three. By the time I could run and play I could ski down the hill like a little professional. My first real ski accident is a blurr, I was 8 years old and we were skiing at Boyne Highlands, a ski resort in Harbor Springs, Michigan. I can't remember the actual accident; I just remember accelerating down the hill through a short cut and a tree sneaking up on me. The next thing I remember is seeing the sky fly by as I was rushed down the hill in a snow mobile to the infirmary. I was told I had a slight concussion, a sprained wrist and that people needed to keep an eye on me for the next forty eight hours. If I had been wearing a helmet, I would have escaped with a hurt wrist and. "The US Government got on the bandwagon and commissioned the controversial CPSC study which in January 1999 concluded that more than 7,000 head injuries on the slopes each year in the USA could be prevented or reduced in severity by the use of a helmet."( http://www.ski-injury.com/helmet.htm). With the increase of head injuries occurring, the government is finally wondering if they too should...
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