 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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David . . . GET A LIFE . . . now! 
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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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Looks like those poles would be better suited to the Cam....
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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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Spot on, PG. Also, if one looks at the evolution of the ski pole, it's become a more and more lightweight (in both senses) device. We now have bladers not using them at all.
Is the ski pole heading for extinction?
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You'll need to Register first of course.
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As always, us boarders are way ahead of the game whilst you dinosaurs on sticks are still trying to work out what to do with your hands . . . sad 
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Masque, you have been seen using poles. You may recall they're a aid to getting upright again.
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Only 'cos I had one working leg and a dislocated shoulder, what's your excuse?
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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This thread is about ski poles through the ages, not contemporary crutches.
Hypochondriacs are welcome to converse elsewhere.
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| David Goldsmith wrote: |
This thread is about ski poles through the ages, not contemporary crutches.
Hypochondriacs are welcome to converse elsewhere. |
Let's see . . . I think that's a perfect metaphore for a modern carbonfibre ski pole.
And regretably my injuries are all too real and demonstratable 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Is the ski pole heading for extinction?
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as long as resorts have flats or even rises, we need 'em to punt along. But for downhill, skiing techniques now hardly need them at all. The 'firm pole plant to initiate the turn' has rather gone out of favour.
What is the point of the single long pole used in telemarking ? Is it just carrying on the tradition or is it functional - like a tightrope walker's balancing pole ?
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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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From the few bits of old movie I've seen, the single pole was used for pushing but also steering by applying a kind of fulcrum behind the skis. I wonder if there's a bit of old movie on the web.
I'll also have to dig out the decade when single poling gave way to double poling. Telemarking is, I believe, a separate issue and may actually have come about as a result of using two poles so the skier had a more equal balance and was able to perform comfortable linked turns.
But I wouldn't claim to be an authority on this.
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| David Goldsmith wrote: |
| Is the ski pole heading for extinction? |
You can ski any piste without moguls without poles but there is a lot more to skiiing than piste bashing.
Your photo must date from around 1900, by 1910 my Great-Grandmother looked like this:
Skieuse circa 1910, massif central, France
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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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Alastair Pink, a lovely contribution. Thanks!
davidof, it all fits into place now. Your great-grandma strikes me, from the photo, as a committed back-country skier.
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Poster: A snowHead
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.........did Venice have some particularly deep snow fall on the canals that year 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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No, but it's got lots of gondolas. Unfortunately they only travel horizontally.
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