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Letter to the Editor of SnowboardSecrets.com about Tara Dakides

Read Lauren's reply

September 4, 2004
Subject: lay off
from: Jamie Tine

Why have you singled out Tara Dakides for not wearing a helmet?
Have you been on the slopes to see the amount of riders without them?
The people kids have daily contact with are responsible for them not wearing
helmets.
On top of that, the pictures you have on your website has your riders
without gear.
Trust me, I am 30 years old now and I wear protective gear, getting old
sucks, but to single out a rider and badmouth them the way you did is
immature and sets another "bad example"
I like the way the rest of your site addresses safety, and I think you are
doing a great thing with your site, but leave single riders alone. People
have been saying wearing pads is {sissy} since I can remember.
My point is that the way you addressed the problem just looks like an
attack. I guess that's how Americans handle everything they don't agree
with, attack it.

Here's something to think about, when I was a baby there was no such thing
as car seats. My dad jokingly says "we used to just let you roll around on
the floor." The way we raise kids today is to be afraid to get hurt. That
pain and physical contact is bad. Now you may need you use your imagination
here, but a kid who is afraid to use his body to defend himself will pick up
a weapon. My kid will come home with bruises, and will probably break a bone
or two, and they will be stronger for it.

I think Tara set a great example: wear a helmet and avoid ambulance rides.
You see we are not that different, I just found something positive, and you
found a way to attack and be negative.
Have you thought about what you are teaching young impressionable minds with
your statement?
Everybody wants to be a hero. Well true heroes don't have an agenda, it just
happens to them.

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