Cam FitzPatrick (right), and Kevin Pearce discuss protecting your head in Jackson Hole.
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Think Ahead As far back as kindergarten, I was given a choice: “You may do your work now or you may do it while the other kids are at recess.” For an active and social kid like me, the choice was obvious. Another choice that is obvious to me is to wear a helmet while riding. While I am thankful that ski resorts give us the freedom to decide based on our own beliefs and experience, it’s my personal
decision to protect my head by strapping on the brain bucket. My parents attached a Styrofoam helmet to my head at a very young age when I tagged along on their biking and skiing adventures. The neon and eccentric stickers made it all the more awesome and I often forgot to take it off when roaming the
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