I agree on the personal preference to some degree on snow. Cycling is a different story. I am on the bike 5-6 days a week and still race a little bit. I am always shocked when I see people cycling witout a helmet. That is just insanity. Concrete and asphalt are hard and in most falls on a bike the head hits the pavement.
Getting back to helmets for snowsports, I think the statistics are pretty clear that you are always better off with a helmet. Still I see many great skiers that will just never wear one (unless racing). Harald Harb is one. Now Harald actually falls about once every 2-3 years so I can undrstand why he sees no need to wear a helmet. Most mortals are better off with one on.
Lastly, now that I have a bluetooth helmet (deeply discounted on sale) and this year I will be able to answer my phone by pressing a button on my ear piece, there is absolutely nothing lsot wearing a helmet!!
Harald is more apt to being hit on the slopes than falling (and I don't mean attacked 
)> He stands still, a lot, on trails that people ski at higher speeds, white teaching and explaining in doing so, he is not paying attention to wayward skiers coming down the slopes at hight rates of speed. He is a sitting duck.
Harald is a perfect example of a figure head of the sport, and should an example of proper safety too,, as all instructors and patrollers.?
Phils point is dead-on, all should be wearing them. If nothing else, it's a good example but if you are teaching a class you can't be paying attention to the extent you or I do while chatting or talking or Skiing for that matter. It only takes a second for someone to get out of control or pop out of the woods or fall and slide into you.
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