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On the other hand, some people question the effectiveness of ski helmets.

But the Times notes that the use of ski helmets is on the rise.

A ski helmet must be properly fitted to provide maximum protection, performance and comfort.

Ski helmets come in a variety of sizes and styles for men, women and children.

Althaus was wearing a skiing helmet, while the woman was not.

While she was in a coma, our family decided to start a ski helmet manufacturing company to prevent injuries like hers.

Any bike or ski helmet will do.

If you had asked me a year ago whether I'd ever wear a skiing helmet I would have answered with a resolute no.

Peter Hardy, the Telegraph's ski correspondent, selects the best ski helmets, including budget options.

Perhaps a ski helmet would have saved the life of 12-year-old Louise Nicole A. San Agustin.

But she has studied research by the Federal Consumer Product Safety Commission that supports the wearing of ski helmets.

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A ski helmet or snowboard helmet is a protective head covering specifically designed and constructed for wintersports, often insulated against cold weather.

Following the commercial (as opposed to public-health) success of bicycle helmets, there have been successful attempts to promote the sale of ski helmets.

SpectraFlair pigment has also been used in coatings for autos, ski helmets and cell phones and many other fast moving consumer goods.

All the people opposed to Dr. Norman San Agustin's ski helmet bill should be forced to watch a child die from a head injury.

Three years ago, Tom Moore, an orthopedic surgeon in Crested Butte, started to give away ski helmets to local first graders.

In Syberspace, Lucky's uniform consisted of a red and white Jet Ski helmet with a black visor and lifejacket.

Plonked on top of the modest piano in the lounge of Vanessa-Mae's Swiss alpine apartment in Zermatt sits a somewhat battered ski helmet.

Hauser estimates that as many as 60,000 ski helmets of various brands were sold in the United States last season, an increase of about 20 percent from the previous ski year.

Many winter bikers use ski helmets, which often have adjustable ventilation and come with warm linings and ear flaps, and are designed for use with ski goggles.

ASTM and Snell's ski helmet standards are similar, Snell tests helmets obtained by purchase from randomly chosen retailers, testing the characteristics of the helmet as manufactured.

In 1998, Jones proposed legislation that would require children up to the age of 14 to wear ski helmets and would require ski areas to make them available for use by all underage skiers.

(Look for the Kennedy/Bono deaths to spur much talk of mandatory ski helmet laws, and look for the same sort of libertarian resistance that has marked motorcycle helmet laws.)

Dr. San Agustin, who persuaded the New Jersey Legislature to consider requiring children under 14 to wear ski helmets, said he would not end his crusade until helmets are mandatory in all states with ski areas.