 Poster: A snowHead
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why not enjoy tucking when the conditions allow?
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Er ............ see post above.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Lizzard wrote: |
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why not enjoy tucking when the conditions allow?
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Er ............ see post above. |
Why, because you think it makes people who do it look ridiculous? What judgemental nonsense! Just so long as people are having fun and aren't a danger to other slope users why should they have to conform to some standardised idea of what is acceptable behaviour for their age? 
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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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I even get into a tuck on my bicycle and I'm not even a racer - but after what Lizzard has said I must look a bit of a prat so from now on I will sit bolt upright when I'm whizzing downhill with a steep incline up the other side.
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funny, but one never knows how bad one looks until one is told by someone else 
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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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You'll need to Register first of course.
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yip, nasty new invention that video stuff for middle aged lardies in the tuck position 
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Surely the more modern position is to stand upright but bend forward at the waist while holding poles neatly behind you. Still exposes back bottom crack for middle aged lardies but you look more "down with the kids". To be truly & literally down with the kids you would simply recline totally on the back of your twin tip skis before "skiing it to the road switch" but I suspect back spasms would prevent the latter part from being possible.
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fatbob, I saw a new style yesterday: Ski switch, flex forward at the waist to grab the ski tips, then throw your weight forward so you are skiing on the tips and the central part of your ski is up off the snow (bit like doing a wheelie, but facing backwards).
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| Scarpa, you'll get more speed and better control from staying on your edges than you will from stuffing your head between your knees and hoping for the best. |
But who says that I do that. When I tuck I am still in full control and able to steer.
I use my edges when in a tuck at times, but I've been in a group all blasting at the same speed and by simply tucking in I've overtaken them all and made it to the end of the flat section well ahead. It's amazing how much difference wind resistance makes. Sitting up on a bike at 150 loses about 20-30mph in seconds, skiing shows a similar effect (although at smaller speeds when not on the flying k).
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Scarpa, is that before or after your arms detach from your body?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Longer skis help with fore and aft balance in choppy conditions, but it's not just about length. I can ski much much faster on 165cm Fischer WC SC or Atomic SX11s than I can on a pair of 176 Bandit B1s before it feels unsafe. If you were carving on the edge of your board, you should be able to carve turns with a higher level ski that feels good at high speeds.
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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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by simply tucking in I've overtaken them all and made it to the end of the flat section well ahead
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Becasue we're all in such a rush on the mountain aren't we. 
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by simply tucking in I've overtaken them all and made it to the end of the flat section well ahead
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Becasue we're all in such a rush on the mountain aren't we. |
Some people like to go slow, some people like to go quick. Aren't both attitudes equally valid?
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You know it makes sense.
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rob@rar, I wanna go fast!
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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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| rob@rar, I wanna go fast! |
Brilliant, just make sure you stay safe 
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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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Peter Leuzzi, Hi Peter, Once I mastered tracks on a board i rather perversely quite enjoyed them (providing they were not full of slow sliders)as the narrowness meant turns were limited and I could just blast them. On skis I tried a similar thing (once I got past the overwhelming urge to turn sideways) and found my skis chattered uncomfortably. Once I was told to keep my weight forward (shins to boots) which the tuck encouraged I found it pretty comfortable and an opportunity to rest which was never available on a board.
Now if I knew what to do with poles and could stop myself turning sideways on chairs I'd be sorted...........
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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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Sounds like a Racing snowplough. Your poles must be vertical.. .. ..
And if you you can find someone to 'draft' you go even further without walking, the downside being loosing an eye when they stand up and start polling unexpectedly 
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