New helmet

Just to endorse what Brucie said, Get someone with helmet experience to help you get the proper fit. The two most important things are comfort and function. They are both achieved by getting a quality helmet and having it fit properly. In Canada, it's hard to find a helmet for sale that is not CSA approved, that is it meets a minimum safety standard. After that, you get what you pay for. If it's not comfortable, you won't wear it, if it does not fit, it will not provide the protection you are looking for (i.e. you will look funny and it serves no purpose). Or even worse, it looks great and it serves no purpose!!

Having both been a ski patroller in Canada (South Rockies) for many years, and a father of ski family, this is a subject I tend to ramble on about.

Get a good one, protect your investment (your head).



Heading out tonight for yet another ski weekend, getting excited! destination: http://www.skicastle.ca/

Helmet arrived in the post today, I had already had it fitted in a shop i spotted it in and then ordered it off the internet as it was £40 cheaper :) I'd forgotten how comfy it was! The visor does have foam on it and whilst it doesn't feel as snug on your face as a pair of goggles, it still feel as though it will keep you well protected from the elements!

I am off to Meribel next Sunday, so i will let you know how it dealt with wind/snow (hopefully) on my return.... :thumbup:

I'm very interested in how you like it. Please let us know.

Yep, please give it a go with a buff. Interested to see if this causes it to fog up.

I'd be more concerned about the conditions in Meribel than your helmet at the moment!!!!

Why be concerned about the conditions? I have booked it now, so there isn't much i can do about it! :D All i'm bothered about is that i go and have a great time with my mates and get away from it all for a week. If the snow is rubbish - it's just bad luck and we will make the best of it! :-) and if it turns out to be good snow, well that's a bonus to what will already be a fantastic week away!

That's my attitude towards snow conditions anyway! :D

No matter what make or type of helmet you buy it's most important that you do the strap up properly, if you wear it loose like this

it could come off in a fall or collision.

Last season whilst riding on a chair lift I saw a helmet rolling down a piste, the person who had been wearing it was lying unconscious some distance above it, shortly afterwards a helicopter arrived.

Next time you're standing in a lift queue, look around and see how many people haven't got their chin straps fastened properly.

blackpool-skier wrote:Why be concerned about the conditions? I have booked it now, so there isn't much i can do about it! :D All i'm bothered about is that i go and have a great time with my mates and get away from it all for a week. If the snow is rubbish - it's just bad luck and we will make the best of it! :-) and if it turns out to be good snow, well that's a bonus to what will already be a fantastic week away!

That's my attitude towards snow conditions anyway! :D

Wise attitude!

Anyway the Meribel webcams show that there seems to be plenty of white stuff so all will be fine for you. VT will likely be slightly better due to altitude so I'd make sure you get the 3V pass just in case. You can lift out of Meribel and into VT in no time now since they replaced the old bubble that looked like it was from a 60s Bond film

Good luck on the Helmet too - I've looked at that style a few times but couldn't quite commit to the full "Top Gun" look -)