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@jmr59, ditto.
We also have a steam room and spa where we stay. For me, coming in after skiing and hitting the wellness centre beats the heck out of the apres scene. A weissbier afterwards, followed by dinner with a few glasses of red, and then an early night is heaven on a stick!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| ulmerhutte wrote: |
@jmr59, ditto.
We also have a steam room and spa where we stay. For me, coming in after skiing and hitting the wellness centre beats the heck out of the apres scene. A weissbier afterwards, followed by dinner with a few glasses of red, and then an early night is heaven on a stick! |
Same; I then love a bit of chamber music followed by some poetry recital, colonic irrigation and then bed for 9
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Chamber music during the colonic irrigation is better.
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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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Obsession with skiing non-stop so much that do not stop to appreciate the scenery.
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Old men who constantly like to remind us they learned on straight skis and sneer at the rest of us who didn't.
Last edited by You'll need to Register first of course. on Fri 24-03-23 22:43; edited 1 time in total
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Even 1958 skis weren't completely straight. I just measured mine (87-69-76mm). I doubt I could ski on them now (assuming the wood wasn't too brittle now anyway). Anything which makes skiing more fun gets my vote.
(see what I did there: I sort-of confirmed we lived in an (extra tough) paper bag in the middle of the road, but hey, I'm happy we don't need to now.)
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| snowball wrote: |
| (see what I did there: I sort-of confirmed we lived in an (extra tough) paper bag in the middle of the road, but hey, I'm happy we don't need to now.) |
A paper bag? We didn't dare dream of the luxury of a
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Actually back then you probably were privileged if you could go skiing.
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People that use "Epic" and "Awesome" to describe an average to good day.
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This is very subjective. If you live in the mountains I suspect the threshold is different than if you only visit a few days a year. Neither seems right or wrong to me, just people enjoying themselves.
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As above skiers who make no attempt to face down the fall-line, happily twisting their torso in the direction of their skis across the slope
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I thought you were supposed to do this on long radius carved turns?
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As above skiers who make no attempt to face down the fall-line, happily twisting their torso in the direction of their skis across the slope
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I thought you were supposed to do this on long radius carved turns?[/quote]
Have your shoulders follow the line of the ski yes, but not twisting the torso. The skis always initiate the turn (apart from a full on jump turn on steep off-piste)
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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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I agree about making no attempt to face down the mountain, but I don't quite understand how, if your torso keeps following the direction of the skis, you could be twisting your torso.
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@snowball, I think thy were describing "shoulder steering" where the shoulders and torso are used to try and muscle the skis into a turn.
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You know it makes sense.
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| snowball wrote: |
| Even 1958 skis weren't completely straight. I just measured mine (87-69-76mm). |
We've got some on our wall, even older than that I think, with cable bindings. Just measured them at 86 71 78, 220cm long. Which according to http://member.fis-ski.com/skicalc.htm gives them a radius of 74m. +- a bit, cos my measurements were not precise.
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I doubt I could ski on them now (assuming the wood wasn't too brittle now anyway). Anything which makes skiing more fun gets my vote.
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I've never tried these, full of wordworm holes as they are, but I recall some of the other instructors where I used to work in Engelberg went out on old wooden ones for a retro-day one time and finding them not too bad. Would love to give it a go some time.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Dr John wrote: |
| The skis always initiate the turn (apart from a full on jump turn on steep off-piste) |
Agree, but I don't see why people get annoyed at others not doing this. We all had to start somewhere and I know I had to work hard on getting the full dissociation of lower and upper body to where I am now.
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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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@Weathercam, how was the pow-pow?
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One thing I have noticed this year is the number of youths that, on entering a bubble, will split their skis so that they occupy two slots. Is there some good reason or are they just being selfish bar stewards?
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Twin tips?
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Probably relatively wide skis and twin tips. The slots in some older telecabines aren't designed for them and they won't fit unless split. I skied on twin tips until recently and discovering that my skis wouldn't fit and have to be split is one of the reasons I would always prefer a chairlift or a drag lift to the faff of a telecabine. Even if it's snowing and windy 
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Possibly, but certainly not always the case. There was a liftie at Belle Plagne today who was putting lone skis back together.
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Not all beer and skittles is it, this skiing lark? Such trials.
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I notice more modern gondolas now have at least 1 big ski slot on each door. And the smaller slots are at least deep enough to take a single twin tip.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Think the 1 big slot is designed for a board isn't it? I'd put my twin tips in there (if I had any) and wee wee the boarders off 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Back from a ski trip to Italy, I was speaking to an Italian that ran a local deli here, he asked where I'd visited, I replied Sauze d'Oulx, to which he responded "ooh, they're all polenta eaters up there" he from Rimini and self described as a beach person, wouldn't be seen anywhere near polenta
Just amused me, that invisible social division I was unaware of. |
It's more an unpolite way of talking about people from the "south" or people from the "north". People from the north will call southerners "terroni" (farmers) while those from the south will call northerners "polentone" (polenta munchers).
I'm Belgian but my girlfriend is from Feltre and our 4y old son really is a "polentone", it's his favorite dish. When we are hiking we don't need to promise him a gelato to keep going, just a rifugio at the end of the hike that serves polenta. Me myself, I'm not so much a fan, and I once got the typical cliché argument with my mother in law. She makes the polenta herself and I always or politely refuse or take a smal piece, but she once saw pics of me eating a big plate in a rifugio so she was quite insulted. (hunger is the best sauce).
But above totally off topic (my apologies). PS: I'm all for campari spritz (but really dislike apperol). A campari spritz costs about 3€ here.
My pet peeve is people big mouthing at the bar, taking out their ski tracker to explain to everybody around how fast they can ski. As if it's some sort of badge of honour and not understanding that literally NOBODY can ski +100 km/h on a normal piste, no matter what your stupid app tells you. Typically these are always the ego-males who in reality can't really ski that well.
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Nah in addition to the board slots. Maybe it's just Austria home of the rad Dope outfitted freerider and his Montec camo girlfriend with the cool girl helmet hair.
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You know it makes sense.
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TBH I’m not going to do well here. I understand why people do stuff so I get it, I just might not like it.
The modern trend for dicks with overly loud sound systems in their ruck sacks whilst skiing. Just plainly selfish and inconsiderate.
Another is listening to music via headphones/earbuds etc. Again I get it but that makes you more of a danger to me.
Actually I’m on a roll now. Yeah, people skiing fast, at 100% of their ability. I get the excitement for you, but please crash into a tree instead of me.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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The one that always gets me is people in white ski clothing. As soon as any visibility drops it's like they're wearing an invisibility cloak.
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Poster: A snowHead
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The one that always gets me is people in white ski clothing.
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That's the army and they want to be invisible.
On the mismatch of twin tip skis and telecabines. It worked really well in Japan. On approaching a cabine you hand your skis to the lift attendent who carefully puts them in the slots for you. At the exit another attendent takes them out and hands them to you while the other attendant blows the snow out (there is a lot of it) with a leave blower. All very civilised.
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| Doofenschmirtz wrote: |
| The one that always gets me is people in white ski clothing. As soon as any visibility drops it's like they're wearing an invisibility cloak. |
I saw a snowboarder out early in the season when there was snow and the odd patch of mud showing through. White pants was clearly a bad choice for snowboarders who sit down a lot in such conditions!
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| Doofenschmirtz wrote: |
| The one that always gets me is people in white ski clothing. As soon as any visibility drops it's like they're wearing an invisibility cloak. |
Saw a guy at the Galzigbahn load in a white, Bogner onsie, emblazoned with FIS sponsor logos, and beautifully coiffured hair. Obviously no helmet for that would wreck the hours of pre-ski grooming. I was tempted to ask him if he was lost - surely he had taken the wrong turn off the Montana terrace. 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Dressing up and doing hair, particularly for guys is such a euro thing that I find bizarrely hilarious. First time I saw someone with a hairstyle in matching jacket and pants I surreptitiously took a photo to send to some mates.
Most people here dress up in their hi viz work gear or farming waterproofs to ski.
I’m a rare beacon of style in a nice flannel shirt  Generally a mullet needs very little day to day maintenance either and a beanie won’t affect the overall look.
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@ski, variations of the "It's alreet but t'aint like Yorksheer" when looking at the Grand Canyon as I once heard a stubborn Yorkshire accent declare.
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@Dave of the Marmottes,
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| pam w wrote: |
| Not all beer and skittles is it, this skiing lark? Such trials. |
You're not kidding, I'm always surprised that it ever caught on and became a thing !!
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FAQ
I'd used the lift a couple of times already and found that I had to bring them both into the cabin and trap them between the doors, which was perfectly acceptable to the other operators, but this one wasn't having it. 
