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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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OK I am going to buy in popcorn and extra food for this one 
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Best Safety Equipment Manufacturer NEW
Ortovox
Haglofs
Cambridge Ski Safety
Black Diamond |
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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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OK, so Scotty Dog gets one vote, but who deserves the other - UK tour operator?
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and
Best technological innovation
Dhu
Scott
Rossignol
RESQSKI
Black Diamond
Currex Sole
Faction Skis
Atomic
Cambridge Ski Safety !!!!
Butta
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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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livetoski, I see there up for another award too:
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Best technological innovation NEW
•Dhu
•Scott
•Rossignol
•RESQSKI
•Black Diamond
•Black Diamond
•Currex Sole
•Faction Skis
•Atomic
•Cambridge Ski Safety
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...they wouldn't have a stand at the show by any chance????
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Interestingly, a third judging method is mentioned for "best ski insurer" and "best specialist travel agent" ...
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| The best ski insurer and specialist travel agent categories are being assessed by independent research. |
The Telegraph are currently retailing ski insurance policies via one of the shortlisted finalists - Michael Pettifer Insurance - so one can see why something independent is going on there. This arrangement has therefore been approved by snowHeads Scrutineers (SS). I wonder who's carrying out the research?
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A friend has recently pointed MPI out to me for ski insurance. Having looked at it, it does seem far better (and also cheaper) that many other policies out there - apparently the owner is a keen skier and his daughter(?) races.
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The Pettifer family have been in ski insurance since the year dot. Michael Pettifer's father John was Chairman of the SCGB in 1988-9. The Pettifers operated a firm called Douglas Cox Tyrie, which was the SCGB insurer for a long period ...
http://douglascoxtyrie.com/
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we don't qualify as a specialist retailer... because... yup you got it we don't sell skis/advertise in the magazine* delete as appropriate
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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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By the way, the Telegraph report linked to at the head of this thread ...
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| Frank McMusker, president of the Ski Club of Great Britain |
... isn't correct. The President of the Ski Club of Great Britain is a different Frank - Gardner - who is also the BBC's Security Correspondent. This can be confirmed by the White House. [That's the White House, Wimbledon]
[For the Telegraph's additional information, the President of the United States is Barack Obama, which can be confirmed by the White House in Washington.]
[That's enough presidents and White Houses. Ed]
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Can I just mention that we won? "Best Travel Agent"
(its a big deal for us because we're new and working hard to grow in a somewhat shrunken ski industry)
We don't advertise with the Telegraph, but they hired an independent testing company to call everyone in our category, to choose the best service etc. so I don't think any advertising could have an influence anyway.
I got to meet Graham Bell... which was nice.
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You know it makes sense.
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Well done Sno, and I just hope they didn't give a certain beeper company an award!
Last edited by You know it makes sense. on Mon 4-11-13 14:13; edited 1 time in total
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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Big fan of MPI here, with a healthy attitude not only to off piste cover, but also cover for wrinklies, including those with pre-existing medical conditions.
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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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| davkt wrote: |
| Well done Sno, and I just hope they didn't a certain beeper company an award! |
thanks!
we're chuffed to bits here I the office
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OK so have to ask, which bit of of clothing won them that?
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OK so have to ask, which bit of of clothing won them that?
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They seem to make quite a lot!
http://www.ortovox.com/merino
The Guardian shell has also won an ISPO award (whatever that is).
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Ahh, had forgotten the Guardian which is on my wish list! Was wondering as most of the other stuff seems fairly standard.
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Hmm so Non Stop Ski are now best Mainstream TO? No vote rigging by their seasonaires presumably. Farcial.
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Sno, congrats
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Hmm so Non Stop Ski are now best Mainstream TO? No vote rigging by their seasonaires presumably. Farcial. |
Not farcical. Any of the other companies could have called upon their previous customers to vote for them in droves, but either didn't or didn't have enough interest. Hardly Nonstop's fault.
Edit: full disclosure, yes, I am one such seasonaire. Yes I did vote for them, but why not? They were amazing, with impeccable service throughout.
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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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thedrewski, No problem with them being exceptional, and I'd have no quibble with them as specialist TO, but they are hardly in the right category & the public vote is rather easy to mobilise for them given that most of their ex customers are probably still networked in some way.
Awards are always like this of course which is why the paying public probably pay little heed to them
....and why sniveller/snowweasel-in-chief stropped off from snowheads cos he could do better 
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