Poster: A snowHead
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The shame of it. Oh the humanity! But it had to happen. Pride comes before a fall. As Whymper once said, Ski if you will but remember that courage and skill are nothing without prudence and that a moment of negligence can destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste, look well to each turn and from the beginning think what may be the end.
And so, after some 40 to 50 days skiing, this season, the fateful hour arrived. We'd hooned around the pistes and off pistes all day. The uber gnarly and steep Vallons with its moguls the size of minis. The border with its jumps. Some off piste on spring snow a tad overcooked by the waning afternoon sun. As always it was the last run of the day. The guard is down. One thinks of the apres bar, genepis all round. I stood at the top of the Jasse bowl. A double black run peppered with bosses stretched imperious before me. I was Hannibal before Rome.
After a knowing wink to the boy and a "watch this and learn" I launched down the slope, the bumps came quicker and quicker. Right, left, right, eyes picking out the route before me then something in my periphery, another skier, a microsecond of distraction, right, left, skis crossed and wham bam I was in the air, out of control, one binding popped, then the other and I was sliding down the slope. I turned, feet dug in and stopped in a few meters. My skis, thankfully, were not too far away. My 11 year old skied down. "First time this year, dad, can I help you with your skis?"
I skied down but the first fews turns were tentative, a steep bowl in old powder, some more moguls, then the pistes again. Not a moment too soon.
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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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Love it
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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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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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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Class.. if you are gonna fall make it a good one
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