 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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Loving the braking technique at 2:03 
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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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Awesome!
Oh, I wish... I wish...
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Too cute! Love the full-sized goggles too.
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zzzzzzzz
Go to Norway and have a look a the feral toddlers on skis.
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He looks way too drunk to be skiing. Dude can barely stand up.
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| MagSeven wrote: |
| He looks way too drunk to be skiing. Dude can barely stand up. |
Not easy walking in ski boots when you have just mastered walking on feet. He falls over very casually though
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Sideways_Jnr was only a couple of weeks into his third year when he took to skis and the first thing he wanted to do was go over the little jumps and the see-saw they had setup in the learners area... No hockey stick but did use some extra long reigns we picked up at the snowshow the year before...
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fantastic!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Totally didn't do it for me. Like people who put their kids on bikes with stabilisers and kid themselves that they're riding a bike. The only bit I saw where the kid was actually skiing he ended up out of control and had to be hooked onto the ground with the hockey stick before he damaged someone.
Pushy Parents
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TheGeneralist, was just thinking the same thing, not clever and potentially dangerous for the kid
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| TheGeneralist wrote: |
Totally didn't do it for me. Like people who put their kids on bikes with stabilisers and kid themselves that they're riding a bike. The only bit I saw where the kid was actually skiing he ended up out of control and had to be hooked onto the ground with the hockey stick before he damaged someone.
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One person's pushy parent is another's providing maximum opportunities. I did have the same thought but decided on balance that the kid would have been throwing himself on the ground and crying if he genuinely wasn't having fun. I know instructors are generally anti-leash these days but hockey stick struck me as a sensible prop that I hadn't seen before.
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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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ALQ, thats Smith, not SH.
The more I think about the Stick, more I like it... but maybe a problem if you get sin-binned for high slashing a toddler.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| TheGeneralist wrote: |
Totally didn't do it for me. Like people who put their kids on bikes with stabilisers and kid themselves that they're riding a bike. The only bit I saw where the kid was actually skiing he ended up out of control and had to be hooked onto the ground with the hockey stick before he damaged someone.
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You must have been watching a different video from me.
Tremendous balancing skills on and off the box
Tremendous balancing skills and stance holding on to the hockey stick and skiing on his own
Already skis freer and more relaxed than the vast majority of resort skiers.
Great watch, thanks for posting.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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+1 for the hockey stick. A perfect instrument for child control 
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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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Mike Pow, I see a kid who can hardly walk in ski boots clinging for dear life onto a pole as his parents drag him around a fun park. As soon as he isn't holding onto the pole he falls over, first clip on snow he falls over, later on he almosts skis into the back of an adult, which would hurt the kid a lot more than the adult!
He's also got a cut/black eye presumably from when he falls over carrying his skis at the start..or where he does the face plant off the box...
but he does seem to be enjoying it
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kitenski, I think we can accept it wouldn't make the BASI manual on safety but I had the same thoughts as Mike Pow on stance and balance. Great freestanding shuffling and confident stance on unaided freerunning. OK so he can't stop himself yet and is better on skis than off but he's already got skills that would put most adult beginners to shame. The carrying his skis in the lodge did look a little cruel.
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| kitenski wrote: |
Mike Pow, I see a kid who can hardly walk in ski boots clinging for dear life onto a pole as his parents drag him around a fun park. As soon as he isn't holding onto the pole he falls over, first clip on snow he falls over, later on he almosts skis into the back of an adult, which would hurt the kid a lot more than the adult!
He's also got a cut/black eye presumably from when he falls over carrying his skis at the start..or where he does the face plant off the box... |
You've written 'falls' three times and that might be the crux of it.
A young boy this age will be falling on a regular basis off snow in street shoes as he develops the strength, co-ordination and dexterity for walking and running. Quite possibly the cuts & bruises were sustained hitting the pavement or furniture.
I would suggest that falling whilst skiing feels very normal for this little legend and explains his rapid progression and comfort on skis.
IMHO the fear of falling and failing are the biggest obstacles to ski improvement and explains why many children leave their parents behind, figuratively and literally.
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| but he does seem to be enjoying it |
I think so, you can't fake that body language.
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Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Thu 17-10-13 6:45; edited 1 time in total
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Bah humbugs (some of you) - he didn't look distressed in fact the opposite - absolutely brilliant esp the goggles 
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but I'm the best skier on the mountain
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A bit of wee came out at 2:03
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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a bit of spam popped out at 21:15
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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themutecollective,
hi emma if that really is your name, probably best not just shamelessy pimp your own product so blatantly across multiple subject areas.
It dont go darren well in theeese parts..... and there are, i am led to believe, some very strange folks around here including sme who may have guns, some who eat strange foods and we even have a mad little dutch troll who puts his head up now and again. 
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You know it makes sense.
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Looks like many of the 2 year olds I've taught. Balance and stance is mainly ok and appropriate for his age. However, he's not really engaged with what he's doing (although he is obviously having fun) - put most sturdy toddlers on skis and physically direct them and you'll get the same result. I know 2 year old skiers and a 2 year old snowboarder who can turn and stop independently.
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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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I see a kid who can hardly walk in ski boots clinging for dear life onto a pole as his parents drag him around a fun park. As soon as he isn't holding onto the pole he falls over, first clip on snow he falls over, later on he almosts skis into the back of an adult, which would hurt the kid a lot more than the adult!
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Are you watching the same video as me? Yeah sure he can't really turn on stop, but he has got amazing balance and feel for the skis already and seems to be loving it.
The walking in boots holding the skis was a little funny/mean at the start though.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Yeah sure he can't really turn on stop, but he has got amazing balance and feel for the skis already and seems to be loving it.
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It seems to be a natural thing for them, they haven't got that fear of falling. My son was 2.5 last jan and started skiing. Same thing - no control, but perfect balance and enormous fun.
I had to stop him every 20 miters to control his speed and he kept pushing me away.
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