 Poster: A snowHead
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sorry put this in for sale in error - mod can you remove from for sale pls
Re the post today regarding snow socks....
Can anyone tell me if snow socks are a cool idea?
At the moment I wear ski boots. I think they are important since they need to click into the binding thingies on the skis. However, I have heard that some people are promoting snow socks. Are they as good as ski boots? I know that snowboard boots are good to walk in, and I can see that (insulated?) snow socks could be good.
Merino? Boiled wool like those old mitts in the 1960s? Do Icebreaker do them?
I would worry about pre-release with snow socks. But perhaps that would only happen in Marker bindings.
Please help, I need some useless innovation after doubt has entered into my mind on the proven technology of the ski boot....
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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valais2, just take yourself off to Saas Fee or somewhere, you have got the withdrawal thing very bad 
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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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Just go for normal shoes and some duct tape. Friend of mine was phoning his brother in the UK a few winters ago and was causally informed by said little brother that he had borrowed his old, binding less skis, attached himself to them with duct tape and was making use of the slope in the local park...
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sarah, 
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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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sarah, good point
Sitter thank goodness there's application number 1,073 for duct tape....
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I would worry about pre-release with snow socks.
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Forget about duct tape. What you need are some snow chains. Much stronger.
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I misunderstood what the OP was on about. When we were younger it was accepted practice to put old woolen socks over your shoes for waking on ice. They gripped well but wore out rapidly when faced with non snow covered pavement.
On all the ski trips I have been on 20% of the accidents among our party have been caused by slipping on icy pavements while getting the bread in the morning. Snow socks would have (among this admittedly small sample) led to a 20% reduction in insurance claims. Their use should be encouraged.
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DB, that's the ticket - a good dose of silliness to take my mind off the fact that I am not skiing.......
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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...and it's an rct with apparently reasonable controls - although I would have liked the inclusion of a placebo - people who were given socks which were not really socks - mock socks (??!)
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Not convinced that double blinding people walking on icy pavements is a good idea might be amusing though.
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