 Poster: A snowHead
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dulcamara, ...exactly...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Don't think there's a category for me - I think "Asshat"would work.
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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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it might be a bit of fun if it were remotely funny. Or clever.
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Odd combination: Mrs Ed and I both have far too much Patagonia stuff. My current jacket is the free replacement for the one which used to be held together with duct tape. My backpack is sun bleached and our kids have a good smattering of (outlet and ebay) Patagonia gear between them. The 5 year olds jacket is seam sealed with duct tape and the 12 year old telemarks but the 9 year old has a full set of Dare 2B . We ski as much as we can (bout 3 weeks a year) I think we are Techie, pistie, gnarly wannabes. definitely no Bogner or Spyder ewwwww. Vomi frequently features on our holidays but it is a bit of a lottery as to who will go first (hence the game "Vom-stakes" a bit like a sweepstake on the Grand National but with vomiting).
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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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ed123, you are definitely in a tribe of your own. An excellent one. 
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I did use the Rabbit's gaffer tape one Birthday Bash, does that make me Gnarly? 
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NeddySkiGoon, Only if you were making a DIY condom . . .
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I did use the Rabbit's gaffer tape one Birthday Bash, does that make me Gnarly?
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No, 'fraid not. It just makes you an Old Gaffer.
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pam w, 
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That is probably one of the most irritating websites I've ever looked at. 
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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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Lord im half Tech half Gloss! 
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pam w, ....broadly true...I spend day in day out on serious academic research (except when I'm on the hill) where I am trying to chase elusive truths in areas where getting it right matters quite a bit ... But,,rightly or wrongly, I relax those standards a bit when it gets to general comment about skiing.
Avalanche stuff, ski prep stuff and some other tech stuff is different and I feel demands the same standards of evidence I use in my normal work.
So you're right, style alt articles not all well grounded in profound evidence |
I think represents many of us without spending day in and day out in serious research. We expect folks like you to do your work seriously, and journalists report with same seriousness.
But when the latter fail routinely, and substitute with fluffy "fun" stuff with increasing frequency, it cease to be "fun" any more. Just plain silly.
Looking at it as a single piece, it can pass as harmless fun. But given so many intentional bias reports and lazzy shoddy "research" proliferating on the internet, it's understandable the "humor" is lose on many.
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You know it makes sense.
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I really don't like the website, but that 'what tripe are you' was a little funny. Guess I'm halfway between STEEZIES (for the block colours and bright hues) and TECHIES (for the actual snowboarding - but I'm not middle aged).
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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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Well, if we don't like the chosen words and definitions, why don't we make some up of our own?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Megamum, Masque's effort was pretty good.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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pam w, Ah, yes! I missed that. As I said I'm sure I don't fit any of those categories, but I don't think I fall into masque's new category either.
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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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Megamum, but do you want to fit into a "category"?
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'what tripe are you'
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yes, tripe indeed.
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pam w, good point, the answer to which I think is covered by my signature. I reckon I'm unique!
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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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abc, pam w, Agreed that this Style Altitude website is not the greatest contribution to human knowledge – but I thought the ‘tribes’ notion was reasonable, even if the specific descriptions are not.
But actually, few websites and magazines ARE a genuine contribution to human knowledge. Skiing journalism tends to be of a very poor quality – see my thread on ‘just who reads the mags’ of last year. I won’t rehearse what I said there, but I will say that there’s scant insight into equipment, maintenance, mountaincraft etc out there. In the escalation of human knowledge of which pundits so often talk, there are few beacons of well-evidenced, thoroughly-researched guidance and discussion (which doesn't need to be dry as dust, it can be written with sardonic wit too). Style Altitude is not one of them, but then neither are most of the British magazines or related websites.
Equipment reviews tend to be a genuflection to the manufacturers; ‘technical’ articles on ski structure, servicing etc are hopelessly superficial; and most trip accounts too truncated (editors should be far more bold regarding length) and anodyne. It’s not good.
The ‘tribes’ stuff is just a bit of fluff, and in posting it I merely attempted to raise a few smiles – wry and other. Do I regret posting it now …. er kind of … but some of the responses are fun and it keeps the SH site active at a time of year when winding down can be an issue....
What SH can occasionally supply, outside light-hearted threads, is genuine insight into avalanche safety, equipment, technique and medical matters. It can offer quick advice on flying places, on the things which specific places offer etc – all good stuff.
I’d like a stories section.
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SNOWHEADS:
WHO: Middle aged, middle income millennials who occasionally display more sense than money, think weed is cool but are too frightened of getting caught so stick to 'roll-ups and Chardonay
WHAT: Anything from TKMax as long as it matches/co-ordinates with boots, skis, thong etc.
WITH: Undersized Merino Smartwool everything . . . and a glass of something alcoholic always to hand.
HOW TO WEAR: Usually with a safety pin to avoid the 'pop' when bending to adjust their boots and forever discreetly pulling the butt-sean from their crack . . . anonymity is guaranteed with a helmet glued on till end of day . . . zips, flies, buttons always closed . . . the sartorial equivalent of OCD.
BRANDS: rarely noticeable and never co-ordinated
LEAST LIKELY TO SAY:
"You're all a bunch of аrѕеs"
MOST LIKELY TO SAY:
"You're all a bunch of аrѕеs"
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discreetly pulling the butt-sean from their crack
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Sean is going nowhere near my crack, thanks very much.
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Bin Dun, and several times before...
Of course, by snowboarders who have a sense of humour about such things...
Courtesy of Whitelines
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Thats practically racist - Im a skier and have a sense of humour 
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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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PaulC1984, nah, it's probably just vestigial for your life before skis. Go on over to the BZK area and immerse yourself in an inner tip lead thread technique throw-down and the last vestigages of humour and fun will soon melt away. You'll be much happier that way...
And by happier, I mean happier in a teutonic, joyless way.
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You know it makes sense.
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True racers, in my experience, never give a crap about their kit - the less they care the better because then they are more willing to rag the back bottom out of it. Those with shedloads of technical expertise are too busy still worrying about niggles and protecting the kit to just absolutely batter it.
The only thing a racer needs to think about is "GO FASTER" and "FINISH" - everything else should be removed.
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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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| Richard_Sideways wrote: |
True racers, in my experience, never give a crap about their kit - the less they care the better because then they are more willing to rag the back bottom out of it. Those with shedloads of technical expertise are too busy still worrying about niggles and protecting the kit to just absolutely batter it.
The only thing a racer needs to think about is "GO FASTER" and "FINISH" - everything else should be removed. |
So true
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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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I still use gaffer tape, but for clothing the sailors friend, spinnaker tape, is even better, and it comes in a range of colours.
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I used to own a Bogner onesie!
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Buggger Bogner.
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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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abc, pam w, Agreed that this Style Altitude website is not the greatest contribution to human knowledge – but I thought the ‘tribes’ notion was reasonable, even if the specific descriptions are not.
But actually, few websites and magazines ARE a genuine contribution to human knowledge. Skiing journalism tends to be of a very poor quality – see my thread on ‘just who reads the mags’ of last year. I won’t rehearse what I said there, but I will say that there’s scant insight into equipment, maintenance, mountaincraft etc out there. In the escalation of human knowledge of which pundits so often talk, there are few beacons of well-evidenced, thoroughly-researched guidance and discussion (which doesn't need to be dry as dust, it can be written with sardonic wit too). Style Altitude is not one of them, but then neither are most of the British magazines or related websites.
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valais2, I wasn't looking for any additional "contribution" to human knowledge from magazine/websites, just the dissimilation of these knowledge. Particularly the knowledge that I have yet been exposed to. That's not too much to expect, is that? If it's also entertaining, that would be better though not required.
But I see it is too much to expect:
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Equipment reviews tend to be a genuflection to the manufacturers; ‘technical’ articles on ski structure, servicing etc are hopelessly superficial; and most trip accounts too truncated (editors should be far more bold regarding length) and anodyne. It’s not good |
Too many magazine/website had reduced to purely entertainment disquise as information/knowledge dissimilation. That's why some of us no longer enjoy the entertainment.
A bit of fluff on top of a cake is nice. But if there's no cake underneath, most of us would find the fluff annoying.
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I quite liked the article/post, actually.
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I'll put myself in the Wopgaps tribe:
Who: Well Off Pretty Good Actually Peoples
They may not be hucking themselves off cliffs and and skiing every minute of the day is no longer the priority it was now they have kids but actually they're pretty good skiers managing upto 4 weeks a year. The kids are all irritatingly good too.
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Well off enough to wear pretty much what they want, they can generally be seen sporting the higher end quality brands: Kjus, Arteryx (which they can't even be bothered to look up the spelling of) Noronno (same on the spelling) etc. and of course the perennial favourite Spyder. The German and Austrian branches of the family are pretty much born wearing Spyder.
How to wear:
Like they bought it because it fits them.
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Any and everywhere, often in groups with similat Wopgaps.
tbc
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I'll put myself in the Wopgaps tribe:
Who: Well Off Pretty Good Actually Peoples
They may not be hucking themselves off cliffs and and skiing every minute of the day is no longer the priority it was now they have kids but actually they're pretty good skiers managing upto 4 weeks a year. The kids are all irritatingly good too.
What:
Well off enough to wear pretty much what they want, they can generally be seen sporting the higher end quality brands: Kjus, Arteryx (which they can't even be bothered to look up the spelling of) Noronno (same on the spelling) etc. and of course the perennial favourite Spyder. The German and Austrian branches of the family are pretty much born wearing Spyder.
How to wear:
Like they bought it because it fits them.
Where:
Any and everywhere, often in groups with similat Wopgaps.
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+1 (well little one cant ski properly yet, as hes not 2 and on strap on skis, but im sure he will be awesome!)
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All these extra groups....pisties in denial
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Think I belong to "TIGHTIES"
Ski because they love it rather than because they can afford it
Wouldn't be seen dead in this years style or big label (unless it was slight seconds or two year old stock at 90% off)
Often ski alone because their mates at home are on the dole
Base layers come from Primark (via Oxfam)
Proud to be seen in 20 year old boots that the guy in the ski shop wants for the museum
Only owns one pair of skis that get replaced when they fall apart rather than fall out of fashion (same for all other gear but chances are, that was never in fashion)
Uses that one pair of skis equally at ease in 1m of powder as well as icy piste
The quality of fellow skiers is more important than the quality of the accommodation
Lunch is always 3 courses, 1st, what is left of the sandwich that has bounced around in the pocket all morning, 2nd the bits of cheese that have fallen out of the sandwich, 3rd the crumbs left in the bag.
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FAQ
Ive given up worrying about technique - former life as one of those horrible ski racers has led me to rebel and not give a t*ss 
- This is probably where all my kit confussion and poor style comes from, perhaps I should go and get help for my deep routed issues 