 Poster: A snowHead
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Warren smith coaches celeb's on skis now on C4
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I haven't seen it but it's getting panned in the papers.
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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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What BASI level is Graham Bell at? See him wearing his badge on his Nevica sponsored jacket.
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The first episode is literally on now - it's the normal tacky reality stuff but it features skiing so I'm watching!
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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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I'm really liking this! Better than the usual crap that's on tv!
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Yeah, it's actually quite fascinating - as a bit of newbie to skiing, it's quite nice to see people who aren't necessarily that proficient!
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Wozza is making very good progress with Amy Childs
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Who is that Henry guy? Christ he is annoying.
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We are watching too - Go Sir Redgrave! Anyone else desperate for a go on the course?
Henry is from made in chelsea show I think.
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Yep want to go play at this, was there any doubt Sir Steve was going to wipe the floor with them on something that needs a degree of fitness?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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nicky clarke is more camp than a row of tents
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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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I'm sat here saying to the mrs I would love a go at that. Let me guess, we all think we would beat the winning time as well?
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You know it makes sense.
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Ricklovesthepowder, Yep 
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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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The baby skijump doesn't look too bad either!
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Poster: A snowHead
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I'm about to watch it. Someone told me Steve Redgrave was doing a good job on the GS
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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And quite fancy a go at all the other things except the skating they are doing!
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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, tell you what I bet that jump is actually quite scary - fair to play to them all, even though I laughed all the way thru it
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Anyone know what the jump is they are using?
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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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red 27, Quite probably when you are sat on the start rail but still looks fun!
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My goodness, if Redgrave is BASI qualified that is staggering. He was an awful skier in my opinion. Virtually no clean carves through any of those turns. BASI level 1 maybe, I think he'd struggle with anything higher.
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Some painfully bad skiing with cringeable quotes from D list celebs. The jumps actually look quite serious for the length of time some of them have been on skis, surprised the HSE culture allowed it especially with the ACL threatening forward fall shown from practice but doesn't really make for good TV. I notice while they give them mini jumping skis they don't give them free heels 
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But the ladies are doing skeleton bob tomorrow. That looks pretty scary to me!
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A frightening insight into how low the skill of the British rec skier really is given that Clarke and the fur bloke presumably had done a fair bit of skiing before. Redgrave was unbelievably wooden - arthritis setting in?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| joe1978 wrote: |
| But the ladies are doing skeleton bob tomorrow. That looks pretty scary to me! |
I've been down the bobsleigh in la Plagne. That was scary enough for me.....
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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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| fatbob wrote: |
| A frightening insight into how low the skill of the British rec skier really is given that Clarke and the fur bloke presumably had done a fair bit of skiing before. Redgrave was unbelievably wooden - arthritis setting in? |
Yeah it is odd - I was thinking maybe just the curse of cameras often highlighting the bad, but have a shot of me on hemel on sat looking much more like a human being rather than a piece of wood. And I'm very very average for a brit holiday skier. Told to look stiff for the cameras? Shot chosen from a big set especially for the least competent looking to play it up for the show?
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I'm a three times a year skier with 40+ weeks under belt and I'd like to think I'm a very decent skier. Last year I had a go at a giant slalom and videoed it. I looked awful! I thought I was fast but the video made me look painfully slow. Seemed really stiff too. Think it's something to do with looking ahead at the gates and worrying where you going to start your next turn. Very different to your technique just coming down any piste where you can choose your turns.
PS I really enjoyed the programme but as I was watching I was thinking 'I bet some people will go on snowheads and moan about it'.
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You know it makes sense.
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I think a moan is in order - the production is pretty terrible. That haggard old yoke Davina making SHOUTY NOISES about SOMETHING VERY EXCITING does my head in. Also, I'd have been much more interested to see more of how the skiiers progressed from totally hopeless to not entirely useless, ie the actual coaching from Warren etc. No atmosphere, and Z list celebs. Similarly, the way they shot the GS, with a side view of peoples heads was fairly rubbish. However, it was skiing, on the telly, so 
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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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Ricklovesthepowder, a.j., Henry isn't from Made in Chelsea, although he definitely could be. He's a fashion writer apparently, can't say I've ever heard of him though
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Handy Turnip wrote: |
| The first episode is literally on now - it's the normal tacky reality stuff but it features skiing so I'm watching! |
Pretty much this /\.
I'm not going to comment on the skiing ability of the "stars" because it look slike some have made good progress but if any of those are BASI then god help us all.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I felt it made 'Splash' look like quality tv!! absolutely pants 
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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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Henry is the son of an ex (I presume) M.P. who was investigated over the payment of expenses to his relatives for "keeping it in the family" research work. He has used his 5 minutes of fame to carve out a living as a "socialite", fashion writer and party planner. The "flamboyant" Henry is easily googled. Apparently.
red27, if you think Nicky Clarke is camp how would you describe Henry? Or did you get them mixed up?
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| garethjomo wrote: |
| I'm a three times a year skier with 40+ weeks under belt and I'd like to think I'm a very decent skier. Last year I had a go at a giant slalom and videoed it. I looked awful! I thought I was fast but the video made me look painfully slow. Seemed really stiff too. Think it's something to do with looking ahead at the gates and worrying where you going to start your next turn. Very different to your technique just coming down any piste where you can choose your turns. |
I wasn't thinking about the GS, where I thought they looked fine tbh (i've been video'd doing slalom too, and was horrible) it was the hemel runs of the 'good skiers' that shocked me.
Richie from not skiing to even doing the course is great, I'm glad he made it through.
I enjoyed it! Great to see some wintersports on the tele.
Last edited by You need to Login to know who's really who. on Mon 27-01-14 15:47; edited 1 time in total
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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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I was fascinated by the clear lens goggles - looked like jockey goggles - never seen them on the slopes - a gimmick, so that we can see their faces or useful in a flat light
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What a load of garbage!
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When you said wazza I thought you meant Wayne Rooney. Now that would have been funny
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Couldn't watch it live as Davina the fog-horn brings me out in hives but I'll give it a go on c4 player (ff through the Davina bits).
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a.j., I thought Richie was fantastic. He had never skied before and progressed hugely in a short space of time.
I'd agree that it was the footage from Hemel should come with no excuses and for the amount of skiing some of them had done I was shocked at the lack of bad posture and technique. I think this clearly shows that the huge majority of Brit holiday skiers take lessons for the first week or so of their "career" then never seek further instruction 'cause they think they are fantastic skiers. This bravado was evident from Redgrave who said to Davina (when she was massaging his ego with LOUD SHOUTY STATEMENTS) "yes I've done a lot of skiing". That may well be Steve, but take lessons on your next holiday 
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FastCarver74, He is BASI L1.
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