 Poster: A snowHead
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Haven't many of Britain's top racers over the years been schooled in Austria?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Some have to a limited extent. Martin Bell went to the Stams Gymnasium, for example. But schooled from Skihauptschule up, I don't think so - racerready (Neil) would know, he spent part of his childhood there, and raced there.
The GB team has Austrian Schwaiger as head coach. In fact the support side is virtually entirely staffed by Austrians, from technical and speed coaches for men and women through to physios and servicemen. They've had a training base in Lofer since 2001.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| David Goldsmith wrote: |
| PG. Just a point concerning your intro ...Killy won his three gold medals in 1968 in Grenoble. |
Obviously. Unsurprisingly, 'slips of the pen' occasionally happen when you actually write original articles rather than rehashing second-hand internet news.
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... which is exactly the wheeze copied by your goodself!
Cheeky boy.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I did once come up with news items you had missed - it was neither a "wheeze", nor a copy.
I always did a mix of both anyway - original reports and snippets from other sources. Now the bulk is original.
I actually can't remember if you've ever posted anything original in the past two years of snowHeads, which is why I'm baffled as to what the fuss is all about over T &C's.
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Pompous rubbish
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Fact
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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| richmond wrote: |
| One has the impression that 50 (or fewer) years ago, they just turned up, put their kit on, performed as best they could and buggered off, back to the day job or down the pub. |
Quite. 52 years ago, Roger Bannister did a full day's work as a junior doctor in London, before catching the train to Oxford to break the 4-minute mile barrier in the evening. There's no going back of course.
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| PG wrote: |
| David Goldsmith wrote: |
| PG. Just a point concerning your intro ...Killy won his three gold medals in 1968 in Grenoble. |
Obviously. Unsurprisingly, 'slips of the pen' occasionally happen when you actually write original articles rather than rehashing second-hand internet news. |
Oh dear! PG, David Goldsmith's correction wasn't couched in personal terms. It's quite possible there are readers who've never heard of J-C Killy. (Actually, he's the first skier I can remember, and I was glued to the black and white box for his achievement.) I think you probably wouldn't have responded in quite the way you did if someone else had made the correction! I say this as one of snowHead's worst pedants. 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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laundryman, you're quite correct - I definitely wouldn't! But I won't go into the reasons why 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Bit late to this so I haven't read all the way through...sorry.. but a friend of mine has a sister with children in Morgins and all the kids ski..well, they would, wouldn't they? And the boy is really talented they say....but it is the lesser talented younger girl they say will get the furthest because she is SO determined and will not be beaten. At a certain level, talent is a givien, it's what else you have. And you can bet someone somewhere down the line is going the extra yard, so that becomes the standard of the day...
And we wonder why we don't complete..? the alpine countries have every village feeding this talent pool and of course, some fall by the wayside.... and then they have an infrastructure and, erm. mountains with snow. God knows how our kids get this ground work done..??
I think we do well with our efforts but its hardly a level playing field... we do well to be in the same race as these countries..
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We have to keep this in balance. Yes, it's a hard life. Many drop out through injury or lack of performances along the way. But for those who can make a career in ski-racing, there is more variety in conditions and venues than in any other sport I can think of. It's an always-changing sport, with a lot of "uncontrollables" that racers have to learn to accept - good preparation for life in general.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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FAQ
All in all I'm very glad that I didn't have the talent to be top class (and was told so), and had the sense to see there wasn't any point going through all that to be second rate - and that was back in the dark ages ( around 1968 ish). I realised then that I'd have to give up everything to race ski & I was apparently B team material!!
