 Poster: A snowHead
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It is kicking off as I write - 8,000 spectators, 36 of the world's best snow-riders and 66 tons of snow.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, there are some enthused comments about the riding on the SCUK website this morning ...
http://www.snowboardclub.co.uk/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-7789.html
... Mention of the crowd being a bit subdued - maybe Red Bull need to invent a drink that makes you scream, whoop, cheer and make high-pitched bird noises - but no photos anywhere.
The images on the Red Bull site (above) look to be the ones shot in Glasgow last year.
Seems strange to stage a massive event like this and not get any photos out. If anyone's seen pix, please post links below.
Any comments on the event? Anyone go to the apres-party?
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Edit - ifyouski.com have a report on the evening's events:
http://www.ifyouski.com/news/newsarticle/?ObjectID=7547515
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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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David Goldsmith, Sky News (at least the feed to this part of the world) had a bit on it last night but my signal broke up just as it started.
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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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Nick L, cut and paste won't work. You can register on snowMedia Zone (our sister site for pics and videos) then upload your stuff onto there. There is a size limit on vids but I'm not sure what it currently is.
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Thanks kuwait_ian, have done that this morning and will post a picture of the stage and possibly a vid or two from home later
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Nick L, OK once you've done the uploads it's nice if you post here with a link to your stuff. Saves us wading through all the rest. Cheers
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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OK, you know what I am going to ask next:
How do I insert a link? 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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Thanks Alan Craggs, , I will try and re-format the vids, re-upload and post later (I managed to nip home at lunchtime to do the uploading earlier.
Here is the only still photo I bothered to keep:
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You know it makes sense.
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Yippee - I did it! 
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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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Nice photo, Nick!
It's interesting that this massive amount of money went into a show like this - maybe the biggest outdoor snow show in London since a big nordic ski jump was built on Hampstead Heath in 1950.
Clearly, Red Bull could have put all that money into the ski/board show at Olympia, which is getting pretty tired now ... but they're right that the outdoors is where people want to be.
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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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Well done Nick. For some reason my media player crashes when trying to play directly from the thumbnail. I suggest the "right click and save target as" option if anyone is having the same problem.
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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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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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It works!
Thanks for all your advice kuwait_ian, and Alan Craggs, . It has been a real learning experience - my camera is a new Canon digital and I now know how to download videos and even joint them together and now post them! Wow now I'm a real 
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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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Great stuff Nick L - and my media player plays them from the thumbnails now
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Loads of photos now loaded on to the SCUK site - here - including this one, which shows the neat set-up.
But is it spectacular enough? Maybe the public want big ramps, big air, big landings? It's interesting that everyone talks about Tyler Chorlton's 'warm up' front flip over the entire flight of steps - thus arguably rendering the rails obsolete!
Here's a little vid of that stunt, posted by bronze5alive onto the SCUK site:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/bronze5alive/railstorm2.gif
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Agreed that a Big Air would have been fantastic. I am not sure how much length of slope and run-off area you need for a Big Air but as you can see from my vids there was a fair gap between the grandstand (for old f%&rts like me) and the stage which was taken up by standing spectators - so presumably they might have been able to accomodate less punters of they had had a Big Air.
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David Goldsmith, one of the reasons i didn't go in the end...........seemed a long way to go for a few rails.
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FAQ
We were sat in the grandstand - excellent view but no opportunity to jump about.
(8Mb for a short clip 
). If you know how to convert avi to mpeg or other format may I respectfully suggest that you give it a try. If not, I'm sure that tips and advice will be forthcoming here 
