 Poster: A snowHead
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I love skiing deep slush. The kind that kicks up a wall of wetness with every turn. Better yet, large slushy moguls. The kind that seem to explode on impact.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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ive only been skiing one but what i love is
the views...breathtaking
theres something about the sun shining down on this massive snow covered mountain which is so beautiful
sitting in deep snow, its so comfy and wen its sunny you dont even get cold
but most of all
skiing itsself - carving your way down the hill with gravity propelling you
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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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feeling that you're progressing everyday and ending up actually enjoying the ride!!
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... on that that theme: getting to the bottom of a slope without fuss, and realising that it would have taken you half the morning some years ago.
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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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Watching my Mum (started at 52) really going for it, and hearing the odd little yelp of fear when she thinks shes going out of control!!
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The pure cold air,
the smell of fresh powder,
the silence of the mountain in moonlight--- on the terrace of a mountain hotel
your first run down on the first day and realizing your body hasn't forgotten to ski!
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Julieanne,
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your first run down on the first day and realizing your body hasn't forgotten to ski!
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I hope that one's true!!
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The first drink immediately after a good day's skiing.
Taking my ski boots off at the end of the day.
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| ami in berlin wrote: |
| I love skiing deep slush. The kind that kicks up a wall of wetness with every turn. Better yet, large slushy moguls. The kind that seem to explode on impact. |
Me too. On old straight skis. YUM!
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Two things:
- You're at the top of a mountain, 9 months since you last saw snow, boots tight, gloves on, edge forward..... that feeling of achievement when you realise that you haven't completely forgotten how to ski.
- After studying italian for a couple of years in the safe confines of a classroom, the first time I was actually able hold a conversation with someone in a foreign language . It may not sound much but I get a real buzz out of going to Italy and being able to talk to folks in a language I started learning in my mid-forties.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I saw this thread earlier in the day and no to add my twopenneth
- I still get a vaguely transcendental feeling when in the mountains which even now thrills
- that once a holiday feeling when it all comes together that makes you feel like a ski god no matter how c**p you really are
- the almost silent swoosh of your skis through new snow
- being almost completely able to cut off from work
- meeting lots of friendly new people - especially as you all have a common interest
- the beer and camaraderie at the end of a day
- and more recently the feeling of pride watching my 7 year old ski
- a strange anoraky appreciation of all the technology
I hope I never tire of it
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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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You know it makes sense.
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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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Useful hint: the vodka bottle should, at home, be kept in the freezer
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Indeed, as is the gin, but it isn't the same... 
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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, 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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Eating poutine three times a day and losing weight.
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comprex, agreed!
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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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Ice crystals in the air, sparkling in the bright sunlight, on a bitter morning.
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MarjMJ,
And the fifteenth 
Skiing behind a line of piste bashers in perfect corduroy.
Waiting in Austrian railway stations feeling like you're an extra in the Third Man.
Communicating with people who speak a different language to your own.
Sitting in a gondola and wondering how they ever built it up here.
The feeling that there is no other place on earth.
Not reading British newspapers and the only TV you watch is the resort's own channel to see what the weather is like up top.
Frauleins.
Strange looking but yummy fruit juice.
Cheesy Apres Ski music.
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comprex, arv, so true. I simply don't understand why skiing enables me to eat three times as much as I normally do, and still lose weight. It's not as though I push myself that hard on the slopes.
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Has anyone said excessive amounts of Jaeger, not that it is "odd"!
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arv,
You should never shorten the name of something so beautiful. Jagermeister.......AAAAAH!
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The smell of fresh snow (on the ground or about to arrive)
Linking several turns in the trees
The feeling that nothing else REALLY matters
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Corky,
Das ist des Jägers Ehrenschild,
Daß er beschützt und hegt sein Wild,
Weidmännisch jagt, wie sich’s gehört,
Den Schöpfer im Geschöpfe ehrt.
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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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Hey, Wir Wollen die Eisbaeren Sehen..
A song in german about polar bears.....
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enjoying a dinner with a glass of red wine after a long day of skiing!
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You know it makes sense.
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bertie bassett,
It is the hunter’s honour that he
Protects and preserves his game,
Hunts sportsmanlike, honours the
Creator in His creatures.
Apparently....
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Corky, I love your list, especially the railway station one for some reason, I've had some fab Austrian train experiences.
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Poster: A snowHead
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- the whole family ski-ing together ( the only sport we all do and enjoy at the same time save racket games )
- a rare cig in the clean mountain air as well described by skimottaret
- no hangover in the mornings ( as long as I remember to leave the window open ! )
John
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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This thread...
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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 don't understand why some people earlier in this thread thought that skiing a steep, narrow couloir where you have to do either jump turns or very tight controled turns somehow wasn't really skiing  It certainly gives me pleasure and satisfaction. And a little nervousness when you look down it adds some extra spice. Surely a bit of challenge is fun too? I am assuming, of course, that you manage to do it reasonably well. Just getting down it won't really do.
For me the best is being high up on a mountain top in the sun with just a few friends and a guide - with huge views and otherwise nothing human in sight, looking down at a big, steepish but not ultra steep untouched slope of white powder down which I am about to launch myself - anticipating the feel of speed and ballance, the dynamics of the body and ski in harmony with slope and the snow - my body ballancing the forces of long swooping turns as I carve out the first tracks in a new world.
But, then, it doesn't feel like there is anything odd there, so I suppose I haven't answered the question. OK, I too like slush - will that do?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Using my ski edges to trim back twigs and canes poking up through the snow.
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The distant sound of TNT.
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Megamum, not sure if you actually wanted to know, but the word is, I think, 'revelatory'.
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waking up and aching in places you never knew you had,
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No work, no housework, not having to think further than which run next (don't even do much of that coz I'm usually following Spydie), drinking and eating whatever and not caring, for a whole week, maybe even two if I'm extra lucky.
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