 Poster: A snowHead
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Just returned from a great week in Cortina. Despite its fashionable reputation, I've always found it a surprisingly fertile area for playing Spot the Fartbag - until now . . . Last week's visit yielded only 7 sightings. Worse still, most were sober blue - not one Degre 7 and nothing in Motorway Maintenance yellow or encrusted with rhinestones.
During past visits, there has been a hard core of regulars - male and female - whose fashion sense remained firmly rooted in the same era as Cortina's lift system. What has become of them? Have the suits worn out or maybe the skiers themselves? Can the cause be attributed to Global warming or Brexit? Is the decline limited to Cortina and the Dolomites or part of a widespread trend? Can it be reversed?
Urgent research is needed. Any observations appreciated.
Off now to fumigate the SX92s and sharpen the red Atomic 210s.
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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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Having severely burned my nose once in the spring at St Anton, I wouldn't knock the return of nose sun guards.
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Saw plenty while skiing in the Milky Way in January. Made me regret ditching mine, bought in Pindisports in the 70s.
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| achilles wrote: |
| Having severely burned my nose once in the spring at St Anton, I wouldn't knock the return of nose sun guards. |
I thought that you were only vulnerable on one heel. 
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| Old Fartbag wrote: |
| Skeet wrote: |
| I've always found it a surprisingly fertile area for playing Spot the Fartbag - until now . . . |
I don't know how this can be, as I've never been to Cortina.   ....but I am in decline!
If I can help stop the terminal decline, I've an Event Fartbag, SX92s, 201 Force 9 3s, Bright Headband and Glacier Sunglasses (with removable leather side & nose sun guards), all lovingly preserved in pristine condition, waiting for the Second Coming.   |
AAhhh!
EVENT ski wear, my first ever one piece made out of a new fangled invention called goretex... a lovely shade of dark blue and fantastic quality, should never had sold it on....
There is a business in the french alps that rents this sort of stuff out, apparently the "yoof" wear them for laughs!!
Ps, don't knock sun nose guards, I had to import mine from the USA, to protect my poor snozzle from further attacks of BCCs or worse!
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| snowornever wrote: |
AAhhh!
EVENT ski wear, my first ever one piece made out of a new fangled invention called goretex... a lovely shade of dark blue and fantastic quality, should never had sold it on....
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Mine is Blue up to the middle, where it has a yellow strip separating it from the white upper. It was bought because I saw Ali Ross wearing one in "How we learned to ski" and was purchased in Du Sport, on the Kings Road in London.....I had class in those days.
The Glacier Sunglasses are darkened at the top and bottom of the lens, to help stop glare from above (sky) and below (snow). This leaves a lighter strip across the middle of the lens that you mostly looked through.
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I still have my 'all -in - one' in the garage. Thought it was SO trendy in the 90s.
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Cortina is all about Bogner spotting. Or knob spotting as we say in the UK.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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I'll admit to Nevica (dark blue with neon highlights) and Degree 7 (more muted purple/blue) fartbags back in the day. However, I've been seeing at least one 'modern' shell fatbag a day, usually by Sweet Protection or Norrona.
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| GlasgowCyclops wrote: |
| Cortina is all about Bogner spotting. Or knob spotting as we say in the UK. |
You shut up, my late lamented Bogner onesie was so, so beautiful. Plain navy, super-elegant. And it lasted me for about 15 seasons, so it proved to be an excellent investment.
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You know it makes sense.
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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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extra points for the bum bag - is that called wearing it 'fakey' , or possibly crotchside?
Really needs some red SX-91/92's though - and I hear the monoski is due back ...
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Poster: A snowHead
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@supergreg, Top first post!
But really? That blue stripy bobble hat.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@supergreg, nice! Where do you buy them?!
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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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| Old Fartbag wrote: |
| snowornever wrote: |
AAhhh!
EVENT ski wear, my first ever one piece made out of a new fangled invention called goretex... a lovely shade of dark blue and fantastic quality, should never had sold it on....
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Mine is Blue up to the middle, where it has a yellow strip separating it from the white upper. It was bought because I saw Ali Ross wearing one in "How we learned to ski" and was purchased in Du Sport, on the Kings Road in London.....I had class in those days.
The Glacier Sunglasses are darkened at the top and bottom of the lens, to help stop glare from above (sky) and below (snow). This leaves a lighter strip across the middle of the lens that you mostly looked through. |
Bought mine at Badminton Horse trials (Yes yes I know, my wife made me go and Eevnt had a trade stand selling mostly riding jackets but I spotted the skisuit, cost of it ensured that was last time my wife made me go to BHT!!!)
funnily enough, have a pair of glacier sunglasses in backpack even now, usually too dark to wear, even in the brightest sunlight!!!!
(still, if they are good enough for james bond to wear, then they are good enough for me!) 
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| snowornever wrote: |
funnily enough, have a pair of glacier sunglasses in backpack even now, usually too dark to wear, even in the brightest sunlight!!!!
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There's no doubt that some of them could happily moonlight as Welding Goggles.
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@DJL - That's an A-Basin hat, brilliant place to ski!
@Themasterpiece - All from eBay, best to look out of season when they are cheaper!
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There was a veritable catwalk of onesies in the French Pyrenees last week (half term in the south of France)... a joy to behold.
And not just one, but three, monoskis. It was a big moment for me, because it was the first time that I've ever seen one in the wild. And one of the monoskiers was a onesie-wearer. Happy days.
It's a little further to drive to go skiing across the border to the French side, but it's always justifiable for the cultural interchange 
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Absolutely loads in France in the holidays. Owned from new and worn with no irony. French attitude is why replace things if they still work OK. I skied with a french woman for 2 days last week, 10 year old Rossignol skis and even older rear entry boots. Fantastic skier though, far better than me. She took the wee wee out of my gear addiction, I could hardly argue.
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I saw a couple in their 50s wearing matching his and hers - multicoloured and patterned. They looked original. I detected no irony something I think @supergreg, may be guilty of 
But I'm disappointed by the idea of Cortina being fartbag central. I've never been but in my imagination its full of delightful young ladies wearing fur trimmed skating outfits a la Diana Rigg in OHMSS. I'm quite upset!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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BTW - that wasn't a suggestion for @supergreg!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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For a more modern take on the skiing onsie, last month's GQ had an advert for this company:-
www.red7skiwear.com
NB - I have no link to this firm and cannot vouch for them in any way, caveat emptor!
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Ah the fartbag, spotted a few in Madonna, usually on older people, ( older than me that is which is really saying something) who could bomb down runs like they were born on skis, so no complaints from me.
I had two in the past a yellow and black one, ( which looked like a two piece) and a silver descente one, which I am sure I could be still wearing........ however I now think I looked like I was ready for the oven, 
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You know it makes sense.
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@jedster - No irony on my part but I can understand why people might think that! I don't own any modern ski clothes as I prefer the style and find more practical the onesie! Same with the bumbag, much more convenient than wearing a bulky backpack!
Of course there is a bit of fun involved as well but that is why I go skiing - to enjoy myself and have a good time - and not to take myself too seriously. The fact you barely pay for a beer in the apres ski bars is an added bonus!
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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've never had a "one piece".
My misses had one ...
Anyway at the End of Season Bash last season there was "Jackie Day" big party at the "knife & fork" and a big end of season party all over town in the evening, all the guys & gals were wearing retro stuff.
It was a night that I could wear my Nevica colour collision smock with pride.
I bumped into a young lady who was wearing almost the same "one piece" as my misses had...
I asked her, "Is that your mothers?"
She answered, "No its my grandmothers  "
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Poster: A snowHead
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@supergreg, Saw you guys in the Hinterhagalm in Saalbach last week and assumed that you were German... looked like you were having a great time.
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colour collision smock
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Love it!
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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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Haha, @honved, we had a couple of nights in the Hinterhagalm - had a good dance the first night but the mass of Dutch/ Scandinavians chanting that stupid darts/ White Stripes song ruined it, could see the band were pissed off! The second night we were too late after happy hour at Bergers so it was packed.
We are usually mistaken for Germans or Dutch, nothing new there!
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My mate bought a skiing onesie from Red7SKiWear. He wore it for the first time on our trip in Verbier last week. He said it was great in the powder and really comfortable. He looked wicked in it and had a load of people asking about it. I reckon it's probably too warm for anyone thinking of touring mind, but I guess there are shoulder straps. I'm going to get one, but I'm waiting for the navy to be released next season!
www.red7skiwear.com
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