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~Tamworth Snowvember SkiTest, Wed 26th Nov 2014~

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The SnowVember Ski Test at Tamworth (SNovTest_TAM)

- Will run from 20:00 to 22:30 on Wed 26 Nov 2014
- And be in Tamworth SnowDome

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Like last year, we have a mid-week November Ski Test slot at Tamworth.

The test runs, officially, between 8:00pm and 10:30PM however the slope pass we're getting lasts from 8pm Till 11pm.
It's not easy getting discount in these places in November but Tamworth have given us a pretty good discount of a shade over 30% for the session (super/mega's do even better Cool )
The cost is £26 or £22 for super/mega-snowHeads

We're doing this one in partnership with our old pals Ellis Brigham so their extensive test fleet will be available.

Brands with reps in attendance...
Confirmed:
Armada, Blizzard, Nordica, Dynastar, Head, Volkl, Line, K2, Kneissl, Movement, Whitedot, Rossignol, Atomic, Salomon


It was really nice last year to run into a few snowHeads I'd not seen for a while snowHead (and meet a few new ones!)
A great way to spend a chilly November evening!

If you're saying to yourself, "I'm not a good enough skier to properly tell the difference between these skis", DON'T! Wink
Different skis do feel enormously different to each other. Think about it, you turn up for your holiday and compared to last time you have different snow on different pistes, different weather, maybe a different fitness level and on top of that, different skis! How can you possibly figure out what's you, what's the skis, what's the snow? And by the time you're back to where you were last time, it's time to go home!
One of the best things you can do for your skiing is to A/B different skis in a controlled environment. You learn very quickly that some suit you better than others. Most importantly though you get an amazing insight into the boundary between what is the ski and what is you.

And anyway... it's a chance to mess about on snow on new skis with a bunch of snowHeads: what could be better? snowHead

As usual:
Everybody
Yes, even kids. Yes, even girl-friends. Yes, even snowBoarders.
coming needs to sign up from their own snowHeads account so if you've got a +1, please sort them out with their own snowHeads ID.

(I've made this big as no-one seems to read it and I kept getting asked for +1's)
Are you coming to the SNovTest_TAM?
I'm in! CLOSED, SORRY
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I'll be there to say "Hi" but wont be skiing :-(
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Yes, almost certainly.
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Hopefully so...
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Please pass my details on to button-pushers anonymous
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Yep, I'm in snowHead
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Sorry - I somehow I got the date wrong. It's Wed the 26th Nov, not the 19th
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You can't shake me off that easily admin, I'm still in wink
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scubadancer, that's good! Smile

dbeatski, that's a shame Sad
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Yep definitely in.

looks like it wanted me to pay then said I owe nothing Puzzled
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I don't have a price from TAM yet.
When I do there'll be a new button "I'm in - Sign me up!" and it will want money from you Wink
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Present and correct sir.
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So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
See you all there
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You know it makes sense.
I'm an almost. Will be a definite when I have persuaded OH he really wants to go Little Angel .
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Past my bedtime to get back home after that - any chance of doing it during the day or earlier? Maybe the slopes are too busy then?
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@Jake43, it's a Wednesday so during the day or earlier makes it impossible for most working people.
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im so poo poo'd about this. I really wanted to come, but was booked in for henrys avalanche talk in mancs tonight. Here I am sat in traffic on the M56 not moving, and going to now miss both the talk and the ski test gggrrrrrrr. Why cant people just learn to drive and not crash just because the clocks have changed Evil or Very Mad
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@PaulC1984, this Ski Test is on the 26th November - we're still in October!
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oh shag!!! haha, youve made me happy now!! Its your fault for getting the year wrong, you put me off my stride.

Wheres the embarrassed smiley?! I think id best check my travel plans for the S11BB - Ive probably got the wrong month / city or even planet!!)

That being the case IM IN Happy (not that I need more skis!!)
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I think id best check my travel plans for the S11BB - Ive probably got the wrong month
And in that you honestly wouldn't be the first - I'll tell you sometime about my friend the nuclear reactor safety engineer - it seems it's an industry where un-faulting attention to detail is not a prerequisite skill as one might assume.
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Happy I ran some work up at Sellafield, and I will have to agree with you Shocked
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@Jake43, it's a Wednesday so during the day or earlier makes it impossible for most working people.


Yep but some of us don't work or at least can bend time off - just don't fancy getting back home at after 1am.

Just grasping at straws as I can't make the Manchester one
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@Jake43, Also, slopes are groomed just before 8am, before then they usually have sledging etc on. Be a dirty stop out if you dont work Happy
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@davkt, @PaulC1984, good to see you two chaps signed up for this... mind you, I'd expect nothing less snowHead and... @PaulC1984, good to see you've heeded my advice about signing up for a bash this season... you won't regret it mate snowHead
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@scubadancer, Indeed I cant wait Happy, ive not loked at the list but are you going to any?
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@PaulC1984, sadly not I'm afraid. I was waiting for PSB buttons which didn't arrive (and I couldn't do the 'Not the PSB' dates anyway) so I've booked to go to Kaprun (Austria) instead.. a week on Saturday in fact! Then I'm off to Winter Park in February for 10 days, and Sauze d'Oulx for a week in March... so I can't really complain. Based on what you told me previously about Winter Park, I'm seriously excited about that let me tell you! I'm a bit gutted to be missing out an the bashes this season though, so will make sure I'm on one in 2015/16 instead snowHead
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How busy does the slope tend to get on these kind of events, also i've got a mate who snowboards that might be interested in coming along too - is that allowed and if so i take it he'd just use one of the snowdome's boards as usual?

We are off out to Tignes a couple of weeks later (incidentally coincides with the 'not the PSB' trip) on one of Mountainsun's pre-season breaks - so in one respect would be a really good warm up but on the ski testing front i may have already shot my bolt as somehow accidentally bought some new skis last week whilst on a non ski related holiday in Germany! So i a little afraid that if i test out lots of different skis that i might end up preferring something else to the ones i've already bought.
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@Atomic_Mick, this one's a mid-week session so it doesn't tend to be very busy at all.
The other thing is, as we noticed at the OktoberTest in Hemel, as it's ski testing, at any given time, 25-30% of people are choosing, changing skis or discussing skis with the reps or with each other.

Yes, your snowBoarder is welcome to come along on our ticket. As usual, he'll need to register as a snowHead (but it's for his own good anyway snowHead)
If we had a decent turn-out of boarders at any of our tests I'd get test boards in too (that's not likely here though).
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@admin, Cheers i'll have a word with him then and i'll see if my gf wants to come too.
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@Atomic_Mick, Wed nights are ski only at Tamworth
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@Atomic_Mick, Wed nights are ski only at Tamworth
Oh! Shocked
That's news to me.
Sorry, I stand corrected.
I wonder if we'd be allowed to bring our own tame boarders Puzzled
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@admin, to shoot, publicly ridicule or befreind? Happy
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@PaulC1984, oh we can't be shooting them Shocked
We have a few who are virtually fully domesticated.
Of course it would be foolhardy to ever consider them 'pets' but, with the right care they can become quite caring companions and quite safe as long as they are not provoked.
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Actually looking the site doesn't mention it any more but Wed is the ski coaching night so not many boarders venture out.
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@admin, Very Happy Toofy Grin Very Happy
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If my work schedule works out right I'll be in a hotel just down the road, if it doesn't I'll be at a hotel just off the A43. I'm hoping it's the former but can't commit til next week
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Will there be any childrens skis to test. Our daughter is 10 years old 135cm tall and can ski most runs. She will be skiing for about a month this season so purchasing will be cheaper than hiring but I would like her to try before we buy.
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Your daughter is very welcome but sorry no, there are rarely any kids' skis on test.
Kids come in so many different sizes.
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Mr Admin sir, I have paid but im not green, could you check to see you have received. Thanks muchly
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@PaulC1984, did you pay long a go?
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