Poster: A snowHead
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Is this a common experience whilst skiing and is there a remedy? it affects me when visibility is very poor and its difficult to pre-judge the incline of the slope. Is it an age thing? As an over 50, I mentioned it to a colleague of the same age who admitted he'd suffered from it recently for the first time. When in Lech a few days ago, an experienced skiier with over 40 years on the slopes said that he'd also been afflicted for the first time. Perhaps its fear related and I wonder if travel sickness pills would do the trick if they don't induce drowsiness!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Colin Bell, In my experiance, during very poor visability this is quite normal. Basically your eyes can't tell your brain what's going to happen next, but your legs do, and thus gets confused causing motion sickness.
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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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Colin Bell, For me, it happens like this... The sky is grey white, so is the snow, I can't see much further than my skis..but I'm still moving. My brain says...which way is up, my eyes fail to provide the answer..I fall over
My personal solution, keep on doing it, ski in the lousiest weather, if I get dizzy, I close my eyes briefly, and let my other senses take the decision...no I'm not moving quickly!. The feeling passes, and I carry on, slowly
I would worry that travel sickness pills may work differently at altitude, maybe worth checking out.
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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 get motion sickness sometimes in poor visibility. I also get it when I'm diving. I took (non drowsy) sea sickness tablets to stop me feeling sick on the dive boat, and found it also stopped me feeling sick whilst driving. So I'll give it a a go next time I'm skiing in poor vis.
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Colin Bell,
I've sufered badly from car-sickness in the past, and others in the family have had severe mal-de-mer. Not wanting to take sedatives we tried out 'sea-bands' - basically wrist-bands with a hard pressure point which you locate over the soft part of your inner wrist. I have no idea of why this would have any effect (accupressure?) but I can tell you they work like a charm. My daughters face went from pale green to pink 10 minutes after putting them on. They cost about £5.00, and you can get them from Sainsbury's (and lots of other places). I'd say they were worth a try as the one thing they definitely won't do is make you drowsy. Skiing + Tranquilisers = nose plant.
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FastCarver, snowbunny, slikedges, AxsMan, thanks - really good info and advice. I think the issue is also not helped by goggles because my peripheral vision is reduced. I think also that fear may have a part to play. Interestingly, I often get severe travel sickness on outward bound journeys, particularly on planes and buses, but rarely on the return. AxsMan, I shall give the 'sea bands' a go.
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Stugeron +1
I've used this for offshore sailing, everyone's different but I don't know of anyone who's been adversely affected, and didn't impair the racing.
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@snower5, That looks like pure unrefined snake oil.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@T Bar Far from it. Its just somthing that i found working 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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Such a high tech product that the marketing department can't even get the spelling right on Amazon, neither can you here I smell SPAM..
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I'm with T Bar on this one
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You know it makes sense.
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It's a bit of an old rally navigators trick, but Ginger might be worth a go. Suck on bit of crystallized ginger - it combats the nausea. Worked for me, and navving a rally car is about a sure fired a way to get motion sick as there is.
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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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T Bar wrote: |
Such a high tech product that the marketing department can't even get the spelling right on Amazon, neither can you here I smell SPAM.. |
Surely not, it has very good reviews, 5 very glowing ones. Highly recommended!! (allegedly)
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Poster: A snowHead
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$150 for negative magnets? - Not sure if its spam, but it's certainly baloney.
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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 did like the comments from folks who'd used it on cruise ships.
It's not far short of a neck brace in size. I suppose it could sort of work a bit like a tens machine. Maybe.
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