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akirk, yes, indeed, and the slope does sometimes get quite mogulled at the end of the day, but I've never seen 'organised' moguls like the ones shown.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| flowa wrote: |
| slikedges, undoubtably - they probably measure from back to front walls, not accounting for roped off areas and platform at the top. |
That's just part of the game - it's when they measure into the changing room and cafe at the front and the open air at the back that it gets silly...
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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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kitenski, Not for me........rather be out on my bike climbing hills and getting stronger, plus thinking of the new routes I'm going to nail next season in the Alps than playing on a ski themed hamster-wheel.
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Markymark29, Not for me either. Rather be out on my bike climbing hills and getting knackered. Thinking of not being able to keep up with my daughter when we ski next year. I don't nail any runs. Nailed my shoulder (and head) quite spectacularly when learning to carve last year. Got a round of applause off a passing French bloke.
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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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dobby, so you could easily work on carving indoors which would give you a chance of keeping up with your young 'un!
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| Pedantica wrote: |
| That's interesting. Do they ever make a strip of moguls at Hemel? I've never seen one. |
We can cut rut lines; but we can only go so deep!
We have had some discussions on building a set or two; but we need a business case to make it happen. If you want them (and enough people do) we'll build some.
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scooby_simon, I'm fairly sure the moguls at Cas and CFe are built up on top of the base, and can be bashed flat again fairly quickly.
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rjs, I know the Cas ones are pushed there by machine, I'd assume similar at CFe. There are more folk than I thought skiing the ones at Cas regularly....
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dennisp, You need to learn to ski slalom - then you'll get some more turns in.
the chairlift is painfully slow
Then use the drag! Or is that too steep? 
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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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the drag is only on when it gets REALLY busy, so its annoying on the in between bits. Plus, it wrecks my plums...
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You know it makes sense.
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indeed it is! plan on using it again tomorrow to the same effect 
Its actually about 15 seconds down an 4 mins up if you crank it. The drag lift is much faster but the inner thigh bruise and the crushed left plum almost isnt worth it.
Dome opens at 10am, so I get there at 9.30 so I have time to change and get 'first chair!'
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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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dennisp, my <1 min was squeezing in as many turns as poss. Not bombing it.
Used to be 9 on a Friday - not surprised they've changed it - I was often the only one there for the 1st hour. Bliss.
Enjoy - I do miss it - nothing remotely like it here in Doha. And no plans for one as far as I know. Pity.
EDIT - the web site still says opens at 9 on Fridays only. If it's right, it's worth making the effort.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| scooby_simon wrote: |
| Pedantica wrote: |
| That's interesting. Do they ever make a strip of moguls at Hemel? I've never seen one. |
We can cut rut lines; but we can only go so deep!
We have had some discussions on building a set or two; but we need a business case to make it happen. If you want them (and enough people do) we'll build some. |
Count me in - much more interest to me (as an old git) than a freestyle sesh..
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| bertie bassett wrote: |
| scooby_simon wrote: |
| Pedantica wrote: |
| That's interesting. Do they ever make a strip of moguls at Hemel? I've never seen one. |
We can cut rut lines; but we can only go so deep!
We have had some discussions on building a set or two; but we need a business case to make it happen. If you want them (and enough people do) we'll build some. |
Count me in - much more interest to me (as an old git) than a freestyle sesh.. |
Ooh - I'm more than interested too. I'm another old git who would very much like to get to grips with moguls. Having had a "holiday tune-up" session with a certain Mr Rees of Inside Out Skiing at Hemel earlier this year I'm a bit of a convert to instruction in fridges. I think a mogul session at Hemel would be quite popular with snowHeads - especially if IO were involved.
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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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| agw wrote: |
| Ooh - I'm more than interested too. I'm another old git who would very much like to get to grips with moguls. Having had a "holiday tune-up" session with a certain Mr Rees of Inside Out Skiing at Hemel earlier this year I'm a bit of a convert to instruction in fridges. I think a mogul session at Hemel would be quite popular with snowHeads - especially if IO were involved. |
They ran a mogul session in April - it was very good 
though we did have to sort of create our own moguls...
Alasdair
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| agw wrote: |
| ...Having had a "holiday tune-up" session with a certain Mr Rees of Inside Out Skiing at Hemel earlier this year I'm a bit of a convert to instruction in fridges. |
Made my day 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I'd be interested too!
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I was in Cardiff yesterday so decided to visit the proposed site
This will be next to the International Pool in Cardiff Bay adjacent to the ice rink
I spoke to the site foreman who advised the below:
Phase 1 is the development of a housing scheme opposite the ice rink
Phase 2 will be the demolition of the ice rink and the siting of a new ice rink and snowdome
Funding of Phase 2 will depend on whether Phase 1 sells well and enough profit is generated to put towards
the development costs of Phase 2
Timescales
Phase 1, the site has been cleared and levelled out, 2014 anticipated completion date
Phase 2, anticipated start date in 2015 (provided that enough profit generated from Phase 1)
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| sparklies wrote: |
| I'd be interested too! |
+1 Definitely
Gagging for some moguls at HH
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valleyboy, cheers. I am still doubtful given the time is takes to sell properties in the Bay.
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There've been some small-scale moguls at HH in the past. I certainly remember an interesting session with Philbo doing parallel slalom down them, IIRC skimottaret came a bit of a cropper and suffered a bit of an injury.
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I'd be interested in moguls - normally I tend to avoid them (and avoid pistes) but indoors skiing I am searching for something to do to keep 170 metres interesting. I normally alternate trying to do lots of extremely small, fast turns down the edge and getting enough speed on pure carved turns to really crank over for the last couple. The trouble with the latter is you can't do it if there are many other people littering the slope.
Perhaps I should go for the freestyle session and get more confident with jumps, but the trouble is I'm not interested in rails or trick jumps - more something a bit like I might do off cornices in the mountains.
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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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livetoski, true, but the main part of jumping off a ramp in a snowdome is coming down again with style. Unless you want to do spins etc, which I don't really (not starting at almost 65 with a slightly dodgy knee and back). To make up for that I tend to do quite a big run-up, though this can risk landing beyond the downslope.
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| rjs wrote: |
| Amneville is a more interesting model... |
Anyone know if you need to have passed a Eurotest to work as an instructor there? 
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You know it makes sense.
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| Sideshow_Bob wrote: |
| rjs wrote: |
| Amneville is a more interesting model... |
Anyone know if you need to have passed a Eurotest to work as an instructor there? |
I guess that would depend on whether it is a Centre de Formation, you might be able to work as a Stagiaire with TT.
It does have an ESF branch, at least one guy from there is listed on the results from the last Challenge des Moniteurs.
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