Browsing entries tagged with Helmets
31 Jan 2014
As doctors slowly bring Michael Schumacher out of his medically-induced coma, helmet manufacturers say they are virtually sold out following the racing driver’s accident. Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher,…
31 Jan 2013
British skiers are lagging behind their European and North American counterparts on wearing a helmet while on the snow. Of 13,597 people who went skiing and snowboarding last season, 51% wore a helmet,…
31 Oct 2012
If you’re not wearing a ski helmet, you won’t be covered on insurance with one UK firm from 1 November. From tomorrow, wearing a helmet while skiing or snowboarding is mandatory for anyone taking out…
26 Sep 2010
A proposed new ski helmet law in California has failed because Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger did not sign all parts of the bill. It was a ‘yes’ but ‘no’ conclusion to the legislation,…
18 Feb 2010
A British mother of three has died following a collision on the slopes in Kaprun, Austria, during a half-term holiday with her family. The tragedy happened on a blue glacier run at Kaprun’s Kitzsteinhorn…
6 Oct 2009
To wear or not to wear a helmet …? Children taking ski school lessons in a North American resort run by Intrawest won’t have a choice from this season. Intrawest, the company operating nine resorts…
1 Jul 2009
Las Lenas in Argentina has announced that children under 12 years old must now wear a ski helmet.The decision is the latest move towards making helmets mandatory - for children at least - and follows the…
13 Mar 2008
If this doesn’t make you consider wearing a helmet…what will?;A skier who fell while schussing along a piste in Zermatt last week, was saved from serious head injury by wearing a helmet.Mark…
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