 Poster: A snowHead
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Who's excited? No Anna Veith or Svindal though (still recovering). Snow on the glacier looks to be in good shape. Hopefully the forecasted dumpage will be over the next couple of days so it doesn't interfere with the event. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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No Vonn or Mancuso either. I don't think Vonn plans to do much tech events this season
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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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To be fair, Vonn probably needs a season off. It's impressive that she can still ski after all the horrific injuries she's had. I'm no Vonn fan, but she is an incredible skier.
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Tina, Tina, Tina.... 
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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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Very excited. Will be a popcorn event with kids in front of TV. It's on Eurosport?
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Yes it's on Eurosport. My 9 month old will be watching it with me! I'm hoping exposure to snow sports this early means enthusiasm on the slopes in years to come. 
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Really looking forward to it... went to Kitzbühel for the first time last season and was a real eye opener (particularly after having skied the course on the Monday).! Can't wait to see it back on TV
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@Tordi, she usually skips Soelden, being a GS. Hopefully she'll be at Lake Louise in December
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The race prepared Strief, normally opens up to the public on the Sunday afternoon. the race is Saturday night.....party and presentation Saturday evening and then they start to dismantle the course on Sunday morning....I was there 2 years ago and you could ski it by 1 pm on the Sunday, only bit that remains closed is the slalom piste as that race is sunday.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@robboj, they used to let you on the WC run after the race was over. Not sure they do that anymore. Anyway, I gave the Steilhang a go and discovered that it's not quite as easy as I thought. I fact it was a sheet of blue ice on a very steep slope which angles in every direction except the one you want to go. My greatest defeat. Hence my name.
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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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@robboj - yep, just dropped in above the Mausefalle at the slightly lowered start hut and saw a hole in the fence at the top of the mausefalle (so just went through). The majority of the course is open (presuming that's part of the family sterif) but they fence off the steepest parts, steilhang, hausberg, mausefalle (which if you're daft enough like me and a few others it's easy enough to get through).
In most parts its just sheet ice but to be honest it had rained that morning so had softened up a bit which made it most of it very ski-able (only I was doing 10mph to their 90). The bottom part just as it straightens up for the run down to the finish is scarily steep too.
Me and the mrs also went through the start hut for the super-g and that was just rock hard sheet ice.
Amazing to do though..
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@p20pjd, @Steilhang, Cap doffed folks. Amazing what can happen when there's no elf'n'safety and no ambulance chasers touting for business.
Have been to the races several times but was only ever on the Streif in summer and thought it looked crazily steep. Mind you having walked other pistes that I have skied they always look steeper without snow for some reason.
@Steilhang, Yes you hear the race commentators talk about the surfaces in those terms but I don't fancy actually experiencing it!
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You know it makes sense.
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Funny thing about the mausefalle and other 'jumps' is that whilst us mere mortals think they are steep as we have to actually ski them, the racers clear them in the air and land 80 metres further down so never actually touch them..!
The only bit I could ski with my skis pointing forwards was the flat part after steilhang (can't remember the name now).
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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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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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Samerberg Sue always used to go and take fabulous pictures of the racers. I'll miss that. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@p20pjd, very jealous! I love Kitzbuhel, one of the highlights of the WC season I think. You're mad to ski it though, must be insanely icy.
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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.
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Anyone got a live stream of the racing that I can watch from work?
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@letsgetpiste, I haven't checked but normally the android app mobdro is a winner.
You'll have to search online for the apk file.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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| matejp wrote: |
| Tina, Tina, Tina.... |
Has today announced her retirement!
Gut is on fire!
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@espri, same. We went at the end of the season and the moguls were person sized!
Nice win for Gut.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| davehk wrote: |
Gut is on fire! |
Have you tried peptobismol?
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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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And now for the start of the men's season.
Got a sneaky feeling that we may do a last minute to watch a race somewhere. Any recommendations on best WC venue for downhill/super G where spectators can get up close to the action (on skis preferably)??
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Wengen always looks good from a spectator point of view. Amazing scenery also!
We nearly went a few years ago, but I found accommodation really hard to come by.....think it gets booked up very early as it's such a popular event.
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You know it makes sense.
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Thanks @tordi. Will look into that. To do it on a budget, I think we will need to stay elsewhere and get transport into the event. Kitzbühel is actually pretty good for that by train, not sure about Wengen though as never been.
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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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Anyone know when/time and on what station these races are?
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Old Man Of Lech, Eurosport. Started at 09:00 BST for the first run and second run is on now. (12:10 BST.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Old Man Of Lech, Eurosport second run just started
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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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Anyone have problems with the Eurosport Player? I'm finding it extremely erratic, have to reload every few minutes when the picture goes. Not a problem with my wifi connection, seems to be the website
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Gaza, not much they can do about that if it doesn't fit into the time slot. They show the rest of the race without commentary on the other channel
But it drives me mad how bad a service it is for (now) €6.99 a month. Last year I had similar problems with the streaming quality, plus the schedule not reflecting what they actually showed and one time they let another sport overrun and didn't show a scheduled race. Now the sub has gone up!
They also need to sort out the colours on the split time box
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