Comments on: Some Extremely Serious Gear

By: www.Facebook.com

www.Facebook.com — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:19:19 +0000

This is certainly the 3rd blog post, of your blog I really read through.
However I personally love this particular one, “The Ski and Snowboard Gear Used in Best in the West”
the best. Thanks -Leia

By: Sheryl

Sheryl — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:58:15 +0000

I think Emile should have a board too. I would add a helmet and goggles. Nice outfit though and great tech items.

By: Clark Vandeventer

Clark Vandeventer — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 05:38:11 +0000

Just don’t understand why everyone wouldn’t wear a helmet.

By: Matt Gibson

Matt Gibson — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 02:48:24 +0000

Personally, I was raised skiing and boarding in the days before helmets were worn for anything but racing. This year is my first full season of boarding since helmets became popular, so I’m not sure if I’d like to wear one. I feel that, unless you are riding on serious ice, the risk of a skilled rider getting into a situation where they need a helmet (the only one I can think of is hitting a tree) is so infinitesimally small that it seems a bit overcautious.

I guess there’s the possibility of being plowed into by a novice as well. I suppose that I think that myself wearing a helmet while snowboarding is about as useful as me wearing a helmet when out jogging for fear that I’ll run into a telephone pole or be bit by a car, or while surfing for fear that I’ll land on a shallow rock.

What do you think?

BTW: We just got our itinerary for N. Lake Tahoe. We’ll be there Jan. 7 – 14 and maybe coming to S. Tahoe after.