Bulgaria Ski discussion board

"re:Boring old HelmetsGot to agree, my mates have took the p out of me for the last few years for wearing a helmet, but a guy we were skiing with last year told us about a fall he had two days earlier which had split and cracked his helmet and he was adamant that if he had not been wearing the helmet he may not have been so lucky to only be concussed and having to buy a new helmet.
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Hi John, that was Paul who is a friend of ours, we saw his helmet and it was split in two from the back of his neck up to the top. He would have had a nasty headache if not worse if he had not been wearing it. You do see a lot more people wearing helmets theses days, including me, and apart from being safer they are a lot warmer when it is very cold. You will see Paul in March as he is staying the same week that you will be with us.

I have a huge head! Recently I went into Snow and Rock. I explained my predicament to the sales girl who assured me that they would have a helmet that fitted. I tried every brand of helmet that morning and not one fitted. I tried all sizes and designs. The entire staff tried to help me out but after a couple of hours they gave up!

The problem is that I am wide at the temples so if it fitted there then it would be too long front to back. If it fits front to back then it is too tight sided to side which causes instant head aches.

I the went to two seasons and found the same issues there. I do have one of the new uvex plus 1 helmets now but you have guessed it within a minute or two of wearing it my head is banging.

I wear motorcycle helmets for no more than an hour and a helmet on my pushbike which don't seem to give me the same problems and agree that helmets really are a must but really struggle to find a ski helmet. I even struggle with sunglasses and have to wear Julbos as these are the only ones that will fit my massive dome.

Any Ideas? I will continue my quest but do not hold out much hope!

Moonhead