Are you a real skier?

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I fail on (6) - a sabbatical I could imagine, but not jacking it all in.

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Megamum, looks like you qualify to me - 3.5 in the first 6 questions is good enough. anyway, you could add a question;

have you done more than 2,500 posts on snowHead

in approx 1 year Laughing

Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

rpft, How about 3,100 in 6 months Shocked

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Spyderman, crikey - you got warren smith on here too didn't you Shocked

Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

rpft, Only for 3 posts though, for PR purposes. Toofy Grin

Chairman of Snowsports England too Shocked

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Spyderman, you just come here for the bother Twisted Evil

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Spyderman, well done you - do you suppose they 'lurk' now Twisted Evil

After all it is free

boredsurfin, rpft, X Files 'The truth is out there' only 'Hidden' when it doesn't suit them. Twisted Evil

Does this mean that I'm not a real skier? Laughing

1. do you spend hours on internet ski forums & manufacturers websites?
Only Snowheads

2. Have you read the ultimate gear guide, cover to cover?
NO

3. Do you own your own equipment?
Yes

4. Do you check webcams weeks before you go away to see how much snow has fallen?
NO

5. Does a weeks heli-skiing sound better to you than a new car?
Yes

6. Have you ever considered jacking it all in & moving to the mountains for good?
Already there

7. Are you still looking at webcams - yes you - in June/July/August etc?
NO

8. Do you look at your ski's more than once a week?
I only look at them when I'm skiing

9. Does the vast majority of your X weeks of holiday allowances go on skiing trips?
No

10. Do you spend your entire inheritance from a distant member of family on skis and ski holidays?
NO

11. Do you say at least once a week 'I want to go skiing'
NO

12. Do you check equipment sites regularly throughout the Summer, waiting for them to stock the next season's products
NO

13 Do you go to the Snowheads ski tests in the summer
NO - I went last year, but wouldn't give MK the time of day again! Anyway they're all during the season

14 Do you post your comments on the skis you tested on Snowheads
couldn't find the page/form so no.

15) Do you GO skiing at least once a week, year in year out (and get withdrawal symptoms if it's not twice)!
I don't go skiing out of season - in season is more than enough thank you

16) Do you drink Jagermeister in the apres ski bar (or whinge about it being aniseed)?
NO

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easiski, living in the mountains and skiing through the season is the real way to be a real skier. These other things are displacement activities.

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easiski, your look at your skis while skiing? Puzzled

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easiski, you are the first one to answer yes to 5? Cool

1. do you spend hours on internet ski forums & manufacturers websites?
snowHeads and days rather than hours I think.

2. Have you read the ultimate gear guide, cover to cover?
What is?

3. Do you own your own equipment?
Yep

4. Do you check webcams weeks before you go away to see how much snow has fallen?
Uh-huh and post them into snowHeads topics too Wink

5. Does a weeks heli-skiing sound better to you than a new car?
Absolutely - and by continuing to ride my bike I should be fit enough to make the most of it too.

6. Have you ever considered jacking it all in & moving to the mountains for good?
It is my duty to consider this regularly

7. Are you still looking at webcams - yes you - in June/July/August etc?
erm Embarassed

Val-T is looking quite green at the moment http://new.valthorens.com/webcam/webcam.jpg

8. Do you look at your ski's more than once a week?
Well since they are sat in the hallway, every time I leave the room Laughing

You know it makes sense.

admin, 2nd person to say yes to no. 5. The ultimate gear guide is fall-line's gear review.

No. 6 I think about all the time Sad

Mr. rpft added one that I hadn't noticed;

can your 5 yr old & 7 yr old recognise bode miller? (even if they can't pronounce his name - he is bogey miller in this house Laughing

)

Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:

Do you just talk about it or do you just do it?

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JT, I normally ski a couple of times a week. kids once a week.

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Are you familiar with Luton Parkway/Gatwick/Other station in the early hours of the morning?

Have you stood in the dark waiting for an early morning bus listening for the sounds of bombs?

Is your immediate answer to most repair questions duct tape?

Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

Edit : Double post removed to avoid looking like a browser malfunction induced stalker. Obviously these all sound vaguely sinister but then surely there is a dark side to any hobby. I've never been heli-skiing but I'm sure Ride of the Valkyries would need to be on my MP3 player for the purpose wink

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fatbob, getting really spooky now Shocked

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rpft, this is because I've never had an even remotely new car - my new new one is 18 years old already - and BTW thanks for your help. Laughing

After all it is free

I'd answer Yes to No. 5. Toofy Grin

fatbob, I'm from Northern Ireland. Wink

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1. do you spend hours on internet ski forums & manufacturers websites?
Um
2. Have you read the ultimate gear guide, cover to cover?
Yes

3. Do you own your own equipment?
Yes

4. Do you check webcams weeks before you go away to see how much snow has fallen?
Yes

5. Does a weeks heli-skiing sound better to you than a new car?
Yes

6. Have you ever considered jacking it all in & moving to the mountains for good?
Yes

7. Are you still looking at webcams - yes you - in June/July/August etc?
Yes

8. Do you look at your ski's more than once a week?
Sometimes

9. Does the vast majority of your X weeks of holiday allowances go on skiing trips?
Yes

10. Do you spend your entire inheritance from a distant member of family on skis and ski holidays?
I wish

11. Do you say at least once a week 'I want to go skiing'
Yes

12. Do you check equipment sites regularly throughout the Summer, waiting for them to stock the next season's products
Yes

13 Do you go to the Snowheads ski tests in the summer
Yes

14 Do you post your comments on the skis you tested on Snowheads
Yes

15) Do you GO skiing at least once a week, year in year out
No

16) Do you drink Jagermeister in the apres ski bar?
And at home. But I work near Mutzig.[/quote]

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easiski, anytime Very Happy

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You know it makes sense.

fatbob, great choice of music - though still don't understand bus's & bombs - am I being fick or are you being obscure? Very Happy

Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:

Reasons to be up before dawn include a powder day hence waiting for a skibus while avy charges are set off around the mountain.

(Caveat no matter how early you get up there will always be someone in line for the lift before you)

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fatbob,

Like Francois and Manu.....who just have to test those routes...))))))))))

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fatbob, of course, me def. being fick. Great powder ski pics btw & JT, I like your pic too Very Happy

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Megamum, David Murdoch, It's a bad habit I have - but I also have no desire to look at them when I'm not actually going skiing and they're tucked away in my cassier. Very Happy

Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

Hurrah! - It's great to know that you don't have to be a good skier to be a 'real skier'! wink

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thankfully....no

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- wot - no reply from DG ?

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