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* STAR PRIZE! * Week in Austrian Chalet for you & 12 friends!
Austrian Adventures is situated in the town of Radstadt, within the heart of Ski Amade, Austria. Our accommodation, Haus Susanne, is just a 45min transfer from Salzburg Airport and offers bed and breakfast, self-catered or catered chalet stays.
Haus Susanne is owned and run by snowHead, Flangesax (aka Ben), and he promises to provide you with a memorable holiday in the Salzburg mountain ranges. Austrian Adventures (Haus Susanne) have provided the star prize for the last few years and it seems to be coming quite a popular haunt for snowHeads!
Once again, Flangesax is offering one very lucky snowHead the chance to fill up Haus Susanne with up to 13 snow lovers!
EITHER A week for up to 13 people in a self catered (can be upgraded to catered) chalet at Austrian Adventures (Call us a cult if you like, but at snowHeads we think you should trick all your non-skiing friends into having fun too, just like we do So here’s your chance! ) OR A week for 2 people in a catered chalet at Austrian Adventures.
Terms & Conditions:
Subject to availability.
Must be taken in the 2012/2013 season.
Prizes option must be claimed and chosen by 31.12.12 otherwise claim will be void.
Available check-in dates from Sat 29th March 2013 until end of 2013 season (Sat-Sat).
Or from 30th November - 21st December 2013 (inclusive, so no need for Sat-Sat changeover).
Prize is for a MINIMUM of 10 persons.
Any prize winner with an existing booking made before the prize draw results can use the prize for the 2012/13 season; so you have nothing to loose if you make a booking now!
Should there be less than 10 persons the winner can either
(a)take a compulsory upgrade to full chalet board for the whole group or up to 9 (this will not be an exclusive booking but potentially a shared chalet)
(b)enjoy a free week of full chalet board for 2 persons during the listed dates
(c) accept a discount voucher of 20% off any full chalet board, self-catered or fully catered chalet future stay at Haus Susanne excluding peak weeks.
* ANOTHER STAR PRIZE! * Pair of Kneissl Black Star SM Skis
The Kneissl Philosophy:
Handmade in Tyrol – Kneissl's original claim, and one of which it is still proud. At Kneissl, great importance is attached to tradition; mass production of products was stopped long ago. Quality is more important than quantity, uniqueness counts – a philosophy that has helped the brand gain cult status.
The pure classic design of their models shows the attention to detail they've been using in Kufstein for nearly 100 years.
Kneissl Skis have donated a pair of Black Star SM skis (in length of your choice) for one lucky snowHead!
* AND YET ANOTHER STAR PRIZE! * GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition HD Cam
Release your inner Tarantino and capture the carnage on the snow with this amazing camera. You'll be the first, it's not even in the shops yet!
The most advanced GoPro Camera ever, this is the most advanced HD Outdoor camera made to date. It features WiFi integration and a remote control system, providing the capability to produce stunning videos and photos.
Edge&Wax, donors of this amazing prize, are one of the UK's leading independent suppliers of winter sports equipment. Visit their showroom and workshop in West Sussex, or buy online from the extensive website 24/7. Now on winter hours, the shop and showroom are open 7 days a week.
That's not all folks! Here's yet more great prizes...
Launched this season, the Black Diamond Covert AvaLung backcountry ski pack is loaded with functional features for on-the-mountain practicality, the most important being the built-in respiratory system enabling you to breathe fresh air from the snowpack, thus buying precious time if buried by an avalanche. Built with with Black Diamond’s patent-pending ergoACTIV™ suspension, its hipbelt and shoulder straps move effortlessly with you, both on the skin track and the descent.
We have one Black Diamond AvaLung backpack to be won in this Draw. You gotta be in it to win it!
Ortovox leather freeride ski gloves with Swiss Wool insulation new from Ortovox. This may be be the best ski glove on the market! (... and just in case you're not lucky enough to win them, they're available from Snowshepherd)
Jon's Ski Tuning was launched to provide discerning skiers and snowboarders with a quality hand tuning & servicing facility for skis & snowboards… in addition to offering a hand tuning service, Jon's Ski Tuning is now firmly established as the country’s leading supplier of personally tested quality tuning products and tuning advice, at the most competitive prices available in the UK.
super/mega snowHead Spyderjon is giving one lucky winner the chance to learn how to tune his or her own skis or board with a free lesson and tune in his workshop in Nottingham! If you've ever wanted to become a pro in looking after your kit, this is your chance!
Snowshepherd, the off piste ski equipment specialist, test all the ski equipment they sell, not just for a couple of runs at a ski test, but over many weeks, or even whole seasons, before writing up the tests and reviews and offering the equipment for sale.
mega-snowHead livetoski of Snowshepherd has donated SIX pairs of Venitex yellow snow gloves to be won!
Solutions 4 Feet are a new dimension in footwear fitting, footwear modification and footcare based in Bicester, Oxfordshire.
Solutions 4 Feet fit modify all types of footwear from day-to-day footwear, to specialist sports shoes including running shoes and ski boots. Pain in the ball of the foot in ski boots is one of the most common complaints, one Solutions 4 Feet have great success in resolving. They stock the full range of Superfeet orthotic footbed products and zipfit ski boot liners in the clinic.
super/mega snowHead CEM is giving one lucky winner the chance to own his or her own pair of custom footbeds!
Ellis Brigham is a name synonymous with outdoor activity. For winter sports everything from base layers and performance jackets to the most advanced mountaineering equipment - including skis and boards - is offered here at no-nonsense prices, whilst on the shop floor a committed team are on hand to provide advice and inspiration on all facets of snow sports.
Ellis Brigham have donated a 40L Salomon Backpack and a pair of Scott Goggles for two lucky winners!
People want natural garments that perform. Garments that are comfortable, wicking, renewable, quite cool, durable, biodegradable, and that minimise odor ...
Frankly® is not a brand that creates landfill or uses depleting resources. In fact, they like to say that Frankly® grows old gracefully with you and gets better with age.
A refreshing and simplified way of looking at products that need to perform. Long term.
It's about getting back to basics, and it's about having fun.
Frankly have kindly offered one snowHead a chance to own an item of their clothing range
(size, design and colour dependent upon it being in stock, of course)
Surfanic have been making performance snow wear since 2003 with a brand which stands for style, functionality and fun at very affordable prices. They believe in a lot of things (including The Yeti) but most relevant to you is:
1. Everything they make has to be combination of fun, enthusiasm and down-to-earth values.
2. Having fun on the beach or snow is what life is about.
3. A snowboarding trip shouldn't cost an arm and a leg and no way should the kit cost more than an air ticket to the mountains.
4. Never eat yellow snow...
We have a gorgeous black Surfanic Ladies Jacket with fur-lined hood to give away to one lucky snowHead and, for the men, a pair of Surfanic ski trousers and a Surfanic ski jacket !
Committed outdoor enthusiasts and adventure equipment specialists Facewest have a massive array of top-of-the range equipment in their on-line store, in addition to an online blog on equipment and outdoor-related topics. "These days everyone seems to want their partner to be skinny and their skis to be fat," says one post. Win the £40 Facewest voucher and use it towards some new fat skis, or liposuction for your partner.
We have a snowHeads fleece to give away to one lucky snowHead...
and a snowHeads T-shirt to another...
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Considered by many to be the best British ski teacher of his generation, Ali Ross is back with 80 minutes of lessons and hints to lift you off that intermediate plateau!
We have the Ski Better with Ali Ross DVD to give away to one lucky winner!
Now for those there darn rulz… (the same as last year)
Draw to take place on Fri 14th December 2012 .
Open to any registered snowHead not 'down a crevasse'.
One prize per snowHead – sock puppets (and their owners) will be disqualified and publicly ridiculed .
All entries must be submitted before 0900 GMT on Fri 14th Dec 2012.
Entries will be drawn randomly from the metaphorical hat.
Names will be drawn and winners will be allowed to choose their prizes in order of draw.
Draw will be announced on snowHeads.com and winners notified by email to their snowHeads registered address.
If after 24hrs a winner has not responded with their choice of prize, the queue will move forward and another winner will be drawn.
All prizes are subject to availability and must be taken in the 2012/2013 season unless otherwise specified.
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