Helmet use and its correlation to traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, and risk-taking behavior in snowboarding and skiing: A VERY brief review of literature. David “Splitstoke” Benton. Mount Rainier, February 2015, just a few weeks before he nearly lost his life to a Traumatic Brain Injury. Photo: Paul Stanley David is a fast, powerful snowboarder, and it was with a halting CRACK that his skull impacted the tree at Stevens Pass, Washington. He had been snowboarding all morning with his friend Jay. Although it had been the worst winter in recorded Northwest history, they were enjoying soft