Transworld Business reported back in June that California’s State Congress passed two bills requiring riders under 18 to wear helmets on the slopes while skiing or snowboarding . The category has already been doing well for specialty retailers with SIA reporting that high profile injuries helped boast helmet sales to 1.2 million units this year…without the helmet law. It’ll be interesting to see what next season brings. California boasts more snowsports participants and more snowboarders than any other state.

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Parents of children caught without helmets will be fined $25 and resorts are required to post signage and information about the law. Part of the House version of the bill also has a stipulation requiring resorts to report on the number of deaths that occur each year. Neither bill has passed both chambers of Congress and has therefore not been signed into law as of today.

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