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Snowboarding Safety
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) staff
is recommending skiers and snowboarders wear helmets to help prevent
head injuries from falls and collisions. In a January 8, 1999 report, the CPSC staff concluded
that helmet use by skiers and snowboarders could prevent or reduce the severity
of 44 percent of head injuries to adults, and 53 percent of head injuries to
children under the age of 15. The proportion of skiing and snowboarding head
injuries is higher in children than in any other age group. Read Full Story
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Teaching Your Child to Snowboard
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Unless you've been living on a deserted island in the South Pacific, you probably
know that snowboarding has become the winter sport. In fact, it is one of the
fastest growing sports, period. Snowboarding has had a huge impact on the culture
of an entire generation of young people, from music to fashion and lifestyle.
If you have kids that ski, they may already have asked if they can learn to
snowboard. Whether you are a snowboarder yourself or not, if you want your kids
to learn the sport from a young age, you probably have lots of questions about
kids and snowboarding. This article will provide some of the answers.
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