Wear your helmet!

Natasha Richardson, wife of Liam Neeson, suffered a head injury after she fell during a private ski lesson in Quebec. She wasn't wearing a helmet!

I can't stress enough how important it is to wear a helmet people. There's only a little bit of fluid in your skull cushioning your brain. Most of your know I do news and write for powderroom.net. I can't tell you how many times I've run across articles saying that helmets can save lives. Quebec is thinking of making it the law to wear a helmet no matter how old you are while you're out on the slopes. I've also run across numerous articles where people have fallen off the lifts or had crashes and died of head trauma because they weren't wearing their helmet.

Whether you ski or snowboard or know someone who does, it's important to wear your skull protector. It's not there to make you look like Special Ed from Crank Yankers or block aliens from receiving your brain waves. The helmet is there to protect your head.

Yeah sure she was just taking a lesson, but do you know what it feels like to fall on hard packed snow and ice? The bunny slopes aren't powder. It's hard packed, groomed snow so you can glide. If you fall and hit your head, it's gonna hurt and most likely cause some damage as in Natasha's case.

So, next time whether you, family members, or friends are out on the slopes make sure you wear a helmet!