Almost No Skiers Use Self-Arrest Grips

[administrator]

Do you think self-arrest grips do more harm than good? Is risking a self-inflicted injury from the blades worth avoiding falls like these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkjhETjstwU

In the following video, if the snow had been a bit firmer, the skier would have certainly smacked into the rocks below. The bug on the windshield thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWGs-lOFR0Y

No need to remind me why I use self-arrest grips when skiing dicey, steep, scraped out, firm faces and couloirs in the backcountry. The number one reason is; I get more turns if I fall, because I can stop the fall quickly, get back up, make more turns. Oh, and the obvious, I don't die or become seriously injured from a long sliding or tumbling fall.

To learn more about these grips go here and scroll down to article: http://www.weekendwarriorsguide.com/bac ... kiing4.htm


Would be great to hear from someone else that uses Self-Arrest Grips. Am I all alone?

[rbbrbndman]

Would be great to hear from someone else that uses Self-Arrest Grips. Am I all alone?

Never left home without them.