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Amen, lynn. I teach riding to beginners and there is
NO WAY they will get on a horse at my place under my
supervision WITHOUT  a helmet!  No excuses. I have
helmets here in every size, so it doesn't wash with me
to say "I forgot it."...

I also teach distance riding and they wear helmets
with me. lWhat they do on their own time is their
business, but when they are my responsibility, we will
be as safe as we can.

I think this instructor is opening herself up for a
big lawsuit someday. 

chris
--- Lynne Glazer <anyone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for giving me a grim laugh, Rosemary.  That's
> the biggest load 
> of doo doo about why not to wear a helmet I have
> ever heard!  
> Especially with today's very lightweight
> helmets--tells me it's been a 
> long time since she tried one on herself, and that
> she doesn't care for 
> her students much, nor interested in the extensive
> testing results by 
> Pony Club and others.
>
> Bikes are one thing, falling from 5 feet high
> perhaps underneath 
> something that weighs 1000 lbs with a mind of its
> own is quite 
> different, to anyone with the ability for rational
> thought.  Even the 
> best riders can't always control the trajectory and
> speed of their 
> involuntary dismounts, nor the possibility of that
> dreadful rock with 
> YOUR name on it.
>
> Lynne
> who needs the brains she started the ride with, at
> the end of the day
> and who has laid many damaged helmets to rest, with
> fervent thanks
> and who still rides a unicycle, so it's not a
> balance thang
>
> On Jul 12, 2004, at 8:05 AM, Rosemary Brinkerhoff
> wrote:
>
> > ??? My horse trainer does not use helmets when
> riding or?in her riding 
> > classes with the students.? Her argument against
> the use of equestrian 
> > helmets?is that a person can injure
> themselves?more when falling with 
> > a helmet...she?believes that you?don't
> fall?as?safely?when you're 
> > wearing a helmet because you've got an
> awkward?bulky mass?on your head 
> > which can?interfere with the fall and contribute
> to?injuries.???(We 
> > did wear helmets in skydiving but?not when we
> practiced 
> > falling.)???She does humbly admit that she fell
> onto lava rock and 
> > split her head open requiring numerous stitches
> but this has not 
> > changed her view?on helmets.? It has freaked out
> her family tho and 
> > this lady is approaching her sixties!
> > ?
> > ??? Thanks,
> > ?
> > Rosemary Brinkerhoff
> > St. George UT
> > ?
> > .?
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