 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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Not sure what it adds, other than looking like a bit of a plum. From the video it doesn't look like it provides much lift at all
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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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Surely all it can possibly do is slow you down??
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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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A speedwing (scaled-down paraglider used with skis) might typically be 15 square metres. This is maybe 1 or 1.5 square metres. You aren't going to commit aviation with it.
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That, unless i'm very much mistaken, is what happens if you take a shaky premise, work on it for 4 years and come up with a cape.
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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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1 minute 28 seconds was all I could manage.
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Looks about as effective as unzipping your coat,holding the hem and (this is the effective bit) shouting WHEEEE!.
I did see a guy in an inflatable summo suit a few years ago who seemed to be getting lift from it. Going quick, seemed to flatten the front and made him look more flying squirrel than summo. He was jumping long distances over supprisingly small rollers on a blue piste.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@adithorp, Helium?
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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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Wasn't there something similar, but without the wing sectio, in the seventies -as in a flap of material from arm to about thigh level attached to form a sort of human flying squirel type suit.
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is it designed by the same bloke who came up with Rax skis ? 
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You know it makes sense.
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| blahblahblah wrote: |
| @adithorp, Helium? |
Probably just a fat guy. More mass, more speed 
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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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| Richard_Sideways wrote: |
| blahblahblah wrote: |
| @adithorp, Helium? |
Probably just a fat guy. More mass, more speed |
Couldn't be that or I'd be better at it than he was... Doubt it was helium either; By that theory hot air would also work and apparently I'm full of that as well.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Nobody will use this for real IMO  .
My reasons:
- it looks funny (in bad sense)
- it can slow you down and speed you up when you don't expect
- it looks funny (in bad sense)
- brings unwanted instability
- what's the point?
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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'd want to be well insured if I was selling that product, because sooner or later some numpty is going to jump off a cliff and expect to fly! Darwin candidates step forward!
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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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I say more power to them. Particularly if they make a nice spangly one, then FINALLY we may see the return of Ski Ballet.
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| Richard_Sideways wrote: |
I say more power to them. Particularly if they make a nice spangly one, then FINALLY we may see the return of Ski Ballet.
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Excellent , I hope you are right.
No doubt Goldsmith will be along to tell us he invented it.
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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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Yeah, and nutz to Bode coming back with Bomber - get on the SkiCapes ticket! Thats where the smart money is!
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| Functional, Stylish and Performance Enhancing*; Wear SkiCapes, The Cape of Champions! |
*Warning: Any function, style, enhancement or victory experienced while wearing a SkiCape is purely coincidental.
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It's not going to work on a snowboard is it?
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Just proves how inferior we are to skiers that we'll never have access to this kind of technology... 
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Back in the day, circa 1970, we used to do this the other way round. We unzipped our jackets, held them open, and the ever present wind would blow us back up the Traverse at Cairngorm.
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Well, judging by the responses, I can't see this idea taking off
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@HoneyBunny, I see what you did there...
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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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In the Metro today = GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! Visitors to Val Thorens can TRY-B-4-U-BUY their very own ski cape! For a mere £189 you get 6 mornings to try and spread your wings (geddit!) You can go to the Ski-Cool website for more info... when they fix it, because its broken at the moment... Probably down under the weight of skiers looking for info!
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Flashbacks to doing up the hood of my 1980's snorkel Parker, taking my arms out the sleeves and running around shouting "my wings are like a shield of steel!" I'm in.
#makebatfinkgreatagain
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You know it makes sense.
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Lol.
April Fools.
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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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I can think of other ways of having fun. Did he live?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Im not sure thats technically skiing down Everest, more a semi controlled slidey fall, followed by a non controlled slidey fall!!
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