Buying a ski helmet means considering two key things: style and safety. Less than 20 years ago, most skiers would schuss down the slopes with little more than a woolly hat to safeguard their heads. Nowadays, almost everyone wears a helmet.
From a safety perspective, it makes sense. Helmets clearly decrease the risk and severity of head injuries, according to a 2012 study by the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Injury Control. Plus travel insurance policies increasingly require you to wear one while skiing. But which to buy?
