Snowboarding @Sochi: Why you should always wear a helmet

Even the world’s most talented snowboarders should always wear a helmet. Sarka Pancochova demonstrated exactly why during the women’s slopestyle finals this morning. The Czech boarder took a serious fall, splitting her helmet open.
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Not only did Pancochova get up, but she got back on her board to ride the rest of the way down.
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Once she got to the bottom of the hill, her teammates saw up close the reason why they wear helmets.
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On the strength of her first of two runs in the slopestyle finals, Pancochova finished in fifth place.