A ski mask that really grows on you: Company creates neck warmer that looks just like a BEARD

• U.S. company Beardski have made a neck warmer that looks like a beard
• Headgear comes in different styles including The Biker and Pirate
• Masks designed to protect skiiers’ skin on the slopes

 

A U.S. company has created a piece of skiing equipment that could certainly grow on you – a neck warmer that looks like a false beard.

The humorous headgear was invented to protect skiiers’ exposed skin from harsh winds and bitter temperatures.

The bizarre masks are created in the shape of foot-long beards and have been dubbed The Biker, Pirate, Santa, Rasta and Prospector.

U.S. company Beardski has created a neck warmer which looks just like a bread. They come in various styles, including the Prospector, which is pictured

Each beard, which can be worn by both men and women, provides thermal insulation as well as transforming and disguising an appearance.

 A ski mask and a fake beard in one, they are made from thermal fleece with a waterproof reopreme lining.

The fun headgear was invented to protect skiiers’ exposed skin from harsh winds and bitter temperatures

The Rasta beard

The Pirate beard

The Biker beard

The one-size-fits-all equipment covers the ears, face and neck fully, protecting you from the chilly winds up on the slopes.

All the masks follow a fun theme. The Biker headgear looks just like it sounds, with a shaggy grey beard and a brown Velcro straps.

If you would rather be a Pirate, you would be sporting a long, black beard.

Or you could welcome the festive season early by opting for the Santa, which would give you a full white beard to match Father Christmas’ facial hair.

You could bring a bit of sunshine to the slopes with the Rasta, which has a dread-locked beard, or if you’d prefer something understated there is always the Prospector, which

The beards, which are made by Beardski, cost $34.99 and are available from http://www.beardski.com

Champion skier Lindsey Vonn says she’s dating golfer Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods confirmed he is dating Lindsey Vonn and posted this picture of the pair on Facebook. Source: Supplied

TIGER Woods, the 14-time major golf champion whose infamous sex scandal led to a 2010 divorce, is dating ski star Lindsey Vonn, the two US sports icons have announced.

“I guess it wasn’t a well-kept secret but yes, I am dating Tiger Woods,” Vonn said in a Twitter posting and a longer statement on her Facebook page that included pictures of the couple.

“Our relationship evolved from a friendship into something more over these past few months and it has made me very happy. I don’t plan on addressing this further as I would like to keep that part of my life between us, my family and close friends. Thank you for understanding and your continued support! xo LV”

Woods posted a Twitter message that said, “Just posted some pictures of @Lindseyvonn and me on Facebook” and wrote his own statement revealing his relationship with Vonn on his Facebook page.

 

“This season has been great so far and I’m happy with my wins at Torrey and Doral,” Woods said. “Something nice that’s happened off the course was meeting Lindsey Vonn. Lindsey and I have been friends for some time, but over the last few months we have become very close and are now dating.

“We thank you for your support and for respecting our privacy. We want to continue our relationship, privately, as an ordinary couple and continue to compete as athletes.”

Double tragedy as father follows son off mountain

 

WORRIED DAD: Peter Saunders on the phone to emergency services when he fell from the mountain.

 

SLIPPED: Charles Saunders died after falling off a mountainside in the Swiss Alps.

 

A British father watched his son fall hundreds of metres off a mountain only to die himself while trying to raise the alarm.

According to the Guardian, Charlie Saunders, 12, and his father, Peter, 48, died at the weekend while exploring a trail in the Couloir des Bossons on the Mont Blanc range above the Chamonix valley in the French Alps.

It is thought Charlie fell first and then his father called for help before searching for his son, and fell to his death while trying to help him.

The Guardian reported the rescue centre at Annecy received a brief call from the father about 3pm on Saturday (Sunday NZT), saying that his son had fallen and disappeared.

“He said he could no longer see him and couldn’t get to him,” said Captain Patrice Ribes, the deputy commander of the mountain rescue gendarmerie at Chamonix.

“We think the father tried to find his son after he called us and asked for rescue. We believe he fell as he tried to find his son.”

The gendarmerie – a military force tasked with civilian policing – said the father told them he was near Les Houches, a village next to Chamonix.

The gendarme who took the call said he tried to ask Peter Saunders some questions to find his exact location but “he was very, very panicked and then the line was cut”.

The gendarme tried to call back, but was immediately diverted to voicemail.

“The conversation was very brief. We believe the father died very quickly after his son, possibly trying to rescue him,” a gendarmerie spokesman told British Press.

A rescue mission was launched but it took some time to establish whether the pair were skiing, walking with snowshoes or on foot.

They were found a day later and had to be identified through Interpol with British police. Charlie had fallen about 300 metres into the couloir while Peter had fallen 200 metres.

According to locals the walking route they chose was popular in summer, but not in winter, when it needed to be traversed with special equipment and only experienced hikers would dare tackle it.

Source: stuff.co.nz