 Poster: A snowHead
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@carolyn, @Chris_n, good luck in the race on Friday. Will anyone dare to beat Sepp this year? He told me he would be having words with Andreas for forgetting his true place in the rankings last 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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6th April still excellent and sunny, too
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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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Thanks, it was great fun 
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Still sunny and the snow getting softer now
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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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So tomorrow is our last day of the season and it's snowing again! Thanks for everybody's input and I'll be back next season with hopefully good news about conditions here in beautiful Niederau. Cheers for now, Carolyn
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It seems a pity to waste all that snow. Can't the season extend a bit?
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@carolyn, another season of cheery updates. Thanks very much. One day I'll get to Niederau......
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Let's hope there is at least as much snow next winter, but starting before Christmas instead of mid January. I haven't forgotten Chris' instructions regarding my boots and goggles for next year. Goggles research is underway and I have asked friends to plan a date with me to go to Ski Centre and sort the boots out now it is not so busy. 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Hope you enjoyed your last weekend of skiing Carolyn. Thank you for all your cheery updates - it's much appreciated, especially when I'm stuck at my desk dreaming of snow! I'm now looking forward to my summer fix of Niederau, and another visit to the Talfest. Enjoy your summer Rhian
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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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@carolyn,
Thanks for the weather reports leading up to the Jumbulance trip.
Hope to be back next year, so might eventually meet/see you on the piste.
David
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You know it makes sense.
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Anything to be better than last Christmas
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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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Good to see your reports back on , Carolyn
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Poster: A snowHead
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@carolyn,
Just keep the snow until Feb please.
Jumbulance are on their way again!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Will do!
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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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Seen reports it is snowing in Tirolean Alps already Getting excitng.
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Yes it won't be long now Had a day in Hintertux on Tuesday just to see if we can still ski! Very good, sunshine and lovely snow but not as fabulous as Niederau!!!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I have booked into the Snowheads ski test at Hemel Hempstead on 10th October. I have never been to such a thing before, but thought it might be a good way to start my prep for Niederau in February. I still need to get my boot linings adjusted.
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That's a good idea, let us know how it goes Snow canons are being installed here and are already in place on the Lanerkopfl!
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Hi Carolyn, I assume the usual Christmas Day carol concert will be happening this year? This time we hope our daughter won't throw a wobbly just as we are about to set off for it.
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Enjoyed testing out the skis with Snowheads at Hemel Hempstead yesterday. Found out I am better with stiffer skis and although the slimmer ones feel more familiar I actually liked the wide ones. I found them easier to steer in the chopped up mess at the bottom of the slope and easier to turn with when hitting a fluffy pile of looser snow if I hadn't turned soon enough higher up. A great opportunity for a warm up before the season.
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Sounds like you've found the right ones! You'll have to chat Eric up for the same when you get here
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Snow cannons in place at Harfenwirt and big ones lined up in the gondola car park Snow line creeping down the mountain!
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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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Yippee!!! I have booked the first week of February off work now. Next to actually book the hotel etc.
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You know it makes sense.
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The helicopters have now got all the cannons in place and soon there will be pictures of the preparations on Facebook from Snow Crew Niederau. Just need you all to start the snow dancing now, please !
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Happy feet 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Off to Pembrey ski centre to get boot linings adjusted on Sunday. Preparations are underway for coming back to Niederau.
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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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Big frost overnight Dancing is working!
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@Chris_n, I have just got home from the ski centre at Pembrey, where I went this morning to get my footbeds made thicker so that my feet can't slide out of them instead of my skis unclipping when I fall over. They sorted it out without charging me and I managed to buy a set of goggles with pink lenses while I was there. Was there anything else I need to sort out before I get back out to Niederau in February? 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@J Rhiannon, I think you have everything covered now, I was still getting asked about the boot incident at the instructors end of season meal! They tell me you have been working on your fitness too so looking forward to seeing how you progress this season.
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@Chris_n, I have been frequenting a gym, yes. Enthusism is still quite high, but I'm about to go to Portugal for 2 weeks playing golf in the sun, so we'll see if I can keep it up through the cold damp months when I get back. I need to keep the Niederau trip in sight as a target. I don't want to start in a beginners' class this time.
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@J Rhiannon, absolutely no need for a beginners class! People who have done a red don't do beginners.
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@Chris_n, I've just booked myself onto the early flight out of Birmingham for my skiing holiday. That means I can collect my skis, lift pass and ski school ticket on the Saturday afternoon when I arrive. I'll be able to get out onto the snow a bit earlier on the Sunday that way and practise a few runs from the top of the Harfenwirt slope before the groups are sorted out. That's the plan.
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I went this morning to get my footbeds made thicker so that my feet can't slide out of them instead of my skis unclipping when I fall over.
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 I'm no expert but sounds like something fundamentally very wrong if your boot can come off rather than the binding releasing. The closure around your lower leg must surely be too sloppy by half and that would worry me.
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I went this morning to get my footbeds made thicker so that my feet can't slide out of them instead of my skis unclipping when I fall over.
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I'm no expert but sounds like something fundamentally very wrong if your boot can come off rather than the binding releasing. The closure around your lower leg must surely be too sloppy by half and that would worry me.[/quote
I had difficulty getting boots wide enough around the calves to fasten up and needed to have a pair 1 size too big customised for me and the additional space around the feet filled up with molded footbeds. Those are now 6 years old and have compressed leaving too much space. Also the boot linings have compressed. I now have an additional thick flat footbed under the molded one. I can now also buckle the boots on the 3rd notch rather than the very last one - and move them tighter after the first couple of runs. |
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