As some of you chaps may have noted in my previous post(s), I lost a summer�s worth of disc golf fun in the sun to a vicious head wound which resulted from being struck in the back of my head by a drive from a member of my playing foursome�
My wife at the time was nice enough to attend matches for me that summer and report back on the action complete with instamatics. (Just as a quick aside: It turns out my former wife met her future husband during that summer and I understand that the two of them run a trampoline rental business in Nova Scotia�)
My angst at being unable to play disc golf that summer was nearly insurmountable and I vowed to never find myself in such a tough predicament again� Since that fateful summer I have experimented with wearing protective headgear to protect myself from a similar instance wherein a head injury could rob me of the sport I so dearly treasure as well as the company of my dear �comrades in arms��.
I first started with a modified football helmet � of course without the facemask! -- I found the helmet to be too heavy, sweaty in the heat of summer, and rightly or wrongly I felt it played havoc with my finishing position�I thus changed to the use of a baseball helmet with double ear flaps. I sawed off the bill of the helmet when I determined that it was responsible for my acquiring a rather semi circular tan line along my high cheekbones � which is a Carruthers family trait interestingly enough �
Then one day while watching a bicycle race on Outdoor Channel, I was struck like a disc golfer wearing metal adult diapers in a lightening storm by the genius of wearing a bicycle helmet! This lightweight, durable, breathable yet sturdy headgear could safely encase my head and allow me to fully enjoy my chosen sport while maintaining a high level of personal safety. (Just as a side note, I wear a hair replacement system due to a prematurely high forehead which has long been a curse of the Carruthers� women: The use of the bicycle helmet in this application has been a godsend as it protects without impinging on my hair system.) Funny story: I once played with an older chap who also wore a hair system � it was a blistering hot day and due to profuse sweating, his hair system slipped and covered his eyes during his drive: He lost his sight for a moment and his wayward disc careened off a maple tree and into the rear basket of a passing bicyclist�We have both recalled that story countless times over wine-spritzers at his bed & breakfast of which I am quite fond�Ahh, good, good times�
I have since retrofitted my bicycle helmet by attaching a tinted eye visor which cuts down on glare. I believe this �dual purpose head protection system� serves two purposes: I feel safer when �tossing the pizza� as they say, and I believe the tinted visor eliminates glare that could have caused one of my throws to be misdirected and possibly hurt one of my playing partners and/or an innocent bystander. I�d like to open this up to the group and get your feedback on where you all stand on the use of personal head safety devices (?): I expect some grief from players who will snicker at the safety precaution but I believe in my heart of hearts that this is a concept very much ahead of its time: I believe you will see a day when the standard outfit of every disc golfer is a tank top, cargo shorts, sandals, and personal head safety gear. I�d like to think that that will one day be my own personal legacy to the sport I love.

ROFLMAO

Yes I applaud your efforts in personal safety. However if I was in your group, I would have a difficult time concentrating. While I ran track in high school, I was hit by a discus twice. Once in the leg while spotting the discus competition, and a second time in the chest, while the discus throwers were goofing off where they were not supposed to be, I was ironically playing Frisbee and turned around just in time to see it smack me in the breast bone.

I personally do not feel the likelihood of being hit with a disc is that great to justify wearing a helmet, but kudos to you.

Do you buy these helmets or do you have them custom made like your discs? Does the great H Merkin also wear these helmets?

ah first the gloves and now the helmet.what a sight this must be!

If I saw that guy on the course, I'd aim right for his face :mad:

WHATTTT! does it have a chin strap?.....I know why you wear it ...your mom dropped you on your head like 100 times when you were young..thats got to be it......and your ex wife...no we live in texas running a trampoline rental buisness.

Wow.

Ball golfers and bowlers should probably wear helmets too!

Wow.


well put sir
i could have not said it better my self

Ya'll think I'm joking......something tells me bixby enjoys freestyle walking and freestyle scooter....I can just tell...

I think we need to see pictures of this cranium safety device, in use, to fully comprehend it's impact on our beloved sport.

Have you considered therapy?

I really like this idea, as I was with Bixby when he was hit in the back of the head. Come on, Bixby, why dont you let everybody know that it was The Great Harry Merkin that threw the disc? What happened was, Harry missed the mando, and had to go back to the tee, and Bixby told him to tee off again. Then Bixby, standing a mere 600 feet away, turns his back? OUCH!
Hey Bix- is the helmet gonna be the "orange traffic cone color? Because we need a little help with handling traffic at our next tournament. And do you put on your gloves first or your helmet?
And to The Great Harry- I was talking to Malarky yesterday, and he told me that you were rehabbing your hammy and almost ready to get back out on the course. Great News! He said that you had perfected The Harry Hammy Strap, with the help of Ron Popeil.

Seriously, is 'hair replacement system' equal to 'wig' as 'post traumatic stress disorder' is to 'shellshock'? I'm trying to explain this to another forum.

I don't think you could explain this topic to save your life. I still like the vision of this doofus walking around the course in a football helmet. Whats next? Wrist, elbow, and knee pads? Then we could rollerblade while we disc golf, yeah that would be cool....not.

maaaan ... i just got done laughing really hard

great thread...

I don't think you could explain this topic to save your life. I still like the vision of this doofus walking around the course in a football helmet. Whats next? Wrist, elbow, and knee pads? Then we could rollerblade while we disc golf, yeah that would be cool....not.



lol!!!!!!!

Reminds me of a time I was in a mosh pit, and this little 110lbs punk girl was wearing a BRIGHT pink Pro-Tec skateboarding helmet with band logo stickers all over it. I don't think that qualifies as safety in the pit, but it sure was cute on her ;). Good times!

I found a picture of Bixby in his ealier years, before he thought of using a bike helet.
http://www.villagephotos.com/image.asp?id_=11572947

When posting to this discussion board, I had hoped for an intelligent discourse on the safety advantages of wearing head protection gear while engaging in a hearty game of disc golf. I especially love the sport as I have long felt it was absent the malice and one-upmanship that I found so prevalent in ball golf.
Imagine my disappointment at the barbs that have been attached to my thread by the various posters to this board pertaining to my discussion suggestion for head safety gear and its viability for both the tourney level and casual disc golfer. I am really not certain what prompts such malice and can only marvel at the blind eye most of you are turning at the advantages of personal cranial safety that also doesn�t lend itself to profuse scalp sweating and skin irritation. I am especially hurt by the barbs concerning my skin sensitivity as it pertains to contact with dog feces found in our fields of play. I have lived with this sensitivity for many years and since I also experienced the same sensitivity with deer and raccoon droppings when playing ball golf I was better able to hide my need for protective surgical gloves by wearing golf gloves on both hands over and above my surgical gloves. None of my disc golf playing partners has ever mocked my skin sensitivities and I found all of these chaps to be very understanding of my situation. I recall one such playing partner gave me a warm embrace following a particularly grueling match and said he admired my ***** for being so dedicated to our game that I would risk extreme digital dehydration by wearing said surgical gloves in the midst of a particularly hot summer�s day. I returned his warm embrace with one of my own so as to say �I hear you, and I acknowledge you, and I embrace you for being there with me on this journey.� I�m happy to say I made a friend that day�We have since shared many caramel mochas and I have met his family and they have been very accepting of our friendship so if these great folks don�t harbor any ill will towards me, I have to ask myself why such venom is being thrown my way here at our posting board�?
One chap has even gone so far as to suggest that I was mistreated as a child? I abhor that thought as I was very close to my mum who taught me a great deal about life and was a very special lady: How many mums do you know who would crochet their son a special ball cap featuring built in bangs when that child was mocked by other children for his especially high forehead�? I thought not! My mum was also very adept in the kitchen and passed along her skills to me to the extent that I am always asked by my playing partners to prepare my special sherry battered artichoke dip for the annual season ending cookout. Can any of the dear readers make that same claim? Again, I thought not!
Finally, I felt comfortable posting my inquiry and mentioned my hair replacement system by way of explanation of the value I found in wearing my particular helmet style. Chaps, the $79 I spent on my hair replacement system is simply the best investment I have made in my life. As a lifelong environmentalist, I can assure all the readers that this completely natural hair replacement system is biodegradable and no animals or dolls were harmed in its manufacturing process. So if the venom that was directed towards me concerning my hair system was brought about by some misconception that I was harming the environment by wearing a hair system, I�d like to assure one and all that I would sooner go au natural under my helmet than damage the environment.
I sense a good deal of � dare I say it? � anger directed at my thread topic: All I can say is that I hope that some of you will heed the words of a very wise chap I once took a steam with some years back: �That�s why God made foursomes: If you�re not getting along with one of your fellow players, you can still enjoy the fellowship of two other gents who share your passion!� Truer words were never spoken and I have lived by that credo. So to each of you who ignored the thrust of my safety inquiry and decided to launch into personal invective: I may not have made a friend in you, but I still have two other members of my playing foursome with whom I can share a warm embrace�

Well, I am simply amazed that you would see the humorous replies to your suggestions as angry or mean spirited. While I will admit that few (none) of the posters took your issue to heart, they did not flame you or play down the importance of your ideas. They just have not been exposed to the need of cranial protection that flying discs can cause.

Remain steadfast in your belief and when one of these jesters is struck in the head by an errant disc, you can have the last laugh.

Wow.

And you actually spent all that time writing that. Send it to comedy central as an idea for a new show.

"Man with faulty hair replacement system learns to throw frisbees real far while wearing a helmet for "safety" '

Napolean Dynamite, Get out of the way! Here comes Bixby!

Bixby I understand you completely. Since I was hit in the EYE (http://atlas.walagata.com/w/cdale600/Picture026.jpeg) while competing in a tourney a week and half ago I have played all my rounds wearing THIS (http://www.millerwelds.com/products/weldinghelmets/images/med-XLix-StarsStripes.jpg). Displaying my patriotism is just an added bonus.

Bixby I understand you completely. Since I was hit in the EYE (http://atlas.walagata.com/w/cdale600/Picture026.jpeg) while competing in a tourney a week and half ago I have played all my rounds wearing THIS (http://www.millerwelds.com/products/weldinghelmets/images/med-XLix-StarsStripes.jpg). Displaying my patriotism is just an added bonus.



HOLY MACARONI

edit: I would like to add that I do not find any humor in someone getting struck in the head by a disc.

My mum was also very adept in the kitchen and passed along her skills to me to the extent that I am always asked by my playing partners to prepare my special sherry battered artichoke dip for the annual season ending cookout. Can any of the dear readers make that same claim? Again, I thought not!




My special sherry battered artichoke dip would kick your special sherry battered artichoke dip in the bung hole any day of the week.

Assuming this is not a troll: :)
Does your helmet protect the back/side of the neck?
That's another favorite target.

Also maybe one of those dingaling things that hang down from a baseball catchers' mask :) Wait, that will fly around in a drive, forget that one.

More important than those elbow and knee pads are the shin guards. Man those shin whacks sting like a #*@($*#(* !!!

im gunna tape pilows to my arms

cause ive been hit their before. and it hurt!

Oh I agree that it is not funny for anyone to get hit. My buddy got hit last week, I about creamed a guy from 350ft, and I have been hit with a DISCUS!!! twice. Just the context of his posts, and the mental image of his cranium safety device, makes me laugh. Thats all.

Sorry I'm just not really understanding this as the courses I play on would not warrant a helmet. Do the fairways that you play on accually get that close to each other? Or are people just idiots and aiming for you? I always watch what is going on around me.. I was hit hard one time and after that one time you become quite aware of what is happening.
As for the H.R.S comment... get rid of the H.R.S. Your living behind a lie, you are who you are.. shave it... Chicks don't dig fakeness no matter how good you dip is.

I have personally been hit in the Jaw from point blank by a driver and I would rather be hit again than be caught wearing a fruity helmet. Seriously though, rather than a helmet, use common sense. Don't stand in the possible throw area of someone who is driving. If it's a right handed person driving, I stand back and on their left so I can see their back. There is no way to get hit when in this position (unless the person is throwing sidearm).

I have personally been hit in the Jaw from point blank by a driver and I would rather be hit again than be caught wearing a fruity helmet. Seriously though, rather than a helmet, use common sense. Don't stand in the possible throw area of someone who is driving. If it's a right handed person driving, I stand back and on their left so I can see their back. There is no way to get hit when in this position (unless the person is throwing sidearm).


If your solution is so fool proof how did you get jacked in the jaw? /msgboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

id probably wear a kevlar vest at my local course before id throw a helmet on. im not worried about the golfers, im worried about the hood! well the hood and walter sobchak! (OVER THE LINE!!)

If your solution is so fool proof how did you get jacked in the jaw? /msgboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif



Well let's just say I learned the hard way :cool:

this is the cranium safety device we of the druid hill zoo crew (and as it appears, superman as well) prefer--

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/lroe8/reevebeer.jpg

I have an alternative for wearing a helmet: wear your glasses. And, oh yes, step away from the bourbon.

Paul's more a natty boh type :D