We've gone a couple times. Goggles were definitely not necessary. I don't recall anyone wearing them. You are basically sledding-- if it's not something you would want or need to go sledding, it's not necessary for tubing.
Post by outnumbered on Jan 20, 2021 16:48:31 GMT -5
We ski so we have goggles and helmets. If it is bright we will wear our goggles tubing. One of my sons will wear goggles because his eyes are sensitive and get dry very easily in the cold. The goggles make it more comfortable for him. We always wear our helmets tubing.
We always tube with helmets and goggles. We mostly tube in California and Colorado so there is often lots of sun so goggles are a must to protect the eyes from the extreme brightness.
Post by starburst604 on Jan 21, 2021 10:26:42 GMT -5
I wouldn't call myself seasoned, but we did just go snow tubing this past weekend. Goggles aren't necessary, but would have been nice when we went since it was actively snowing. Also a helmet isn't a bad idea because I collided into our friend's 6 yr old when I came down. She and DD went first so I helped to seat and push them, but they didn't think to get out of the way even though I was sailing toward them yelling for them to move. My shoulder smashed into her head when we collided, fortunately she was fine but it could have been a lot worse.
Post by chickadee77 on Jan 21, 2021 18:36:42 GMT -5
We never did, but we also never wore helmets while biking (I'm old, I know lol). It's been years since I've gone - where I grew up (rural WI), tubing was definitely faster than sledding; also, with sledding, you typically face forward (unless you're on a saucer kind of sled), but on a tube, you could find yourself going backward really quickly.
So, depending on the hill and the conditions (ice vs. powder, etc.), yeah, I could totally see wearing helmets/goggles. If it's just the neighborhood sledding hill, I don't think I'd bother.
I'm late to this thread but I'm seconding the helmets.
I grew up going tobogganing every winter and my mother always made me wear a helmet. I hated it. I think I was the only kid who wore one (this was late 80s, early 90s). Years later I learned that Natasha Richardson had died from basically just falling into hard packed snow and hitting her head while skiing.
Toboggans, sleds and tubes go super fast. Things like tubes are especially hard to control and generate a lot of bouncing too. Even if it is a supervised slope and there's no danger of crashing into trees.