I really should have gone to see Albert Lee last year in Chelmsford
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
@sequoiaboard, Those skiing scenes are from the "fox and hounds" chase event in the 1931 film "Der Weisse Rausch" directed by Dr Arnold Fanck with the founder of the Arlberg ski school Hannes Schneider being chased by the rest of the skiers.
The film opens with some scenes of a train arriving at the (original) train station in St Anton. Apart from Hannes Schneider the film also includes the actress Leni Riefenstahl (before she became a notorious but innovative film director for the Nazi regime). Incidentally I believe Hannes Schneider did not get on well with his co-star, after Hitler's military takeover of Austria (the Anschluss) in 1938 Schneider fell foul of the Nazis and it was only because of international pressure that he was allowed to leave Austria in 1939 for the US where he set up a ski school in New Hampshire and spent the war years there.
The film plot is pretty clunky (as is the sound, mind you it was made in 1931), but the skiing scenes are fascinating!
After all it is free
After all it is free
@Alastair Pink, for me the thing about Der Weisse Rausch is that fun on the snow isn't dependent on modern technology. Sure the skis of the day didn't offer the performance of modern ones; but there was an awful lot of fun to be had.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
@achilles, +1
Ski the Net with snowHeads
Ski the Net with snowHeads
Fascinating, @Alastair Pink. You are a fount of knowledge and wisdom. Mike Oldfield's "Ommadawn" is imprinted on my mind because for an entire year in Kenya my then 4 year old son wouldn't go to sleep without it. We had no TV or radio - just some tapes and a small cassette recorder.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
@Alastair Pink , not in the least bit surprised that you would know this.
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.
Wow, can't believe they had Gopros's all those years ago
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
I think they had better hats, back then.
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
I'll watch this in a moment ... But I went to see Mike Oldfield about 20 years ago at a concert in Furth, probably the best gig I've been to.
I'll go to my office so I dont disturb the rest listening to it.
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
@sequoiaboard Thanks for bringing this along.
That was fun back in those days ... no helmets, crap skis, no lift pass.
No goretex,
But deep snow
Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead
@Alastair Pink, Wow ... I havent got time to watch the whole film this afternoon, but I just rolled along the timeline and ended up at a point where a couple of apprentice carpenters turn up.
This is amazing ... the wandering apprentice carpenters still turn up in a similar uniform that they have worn for centuries. You have to hand it to the Germans, there is a right way to do things.
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
DrLawn wrote:
@Alastair Pink,
This is amazing ... the wandering apprentice carpenters still turn up in a similar uniform that they have worn for centuries. You have to hand it to the Germans, there is a right way to do things.
The two carpenters are there for a bit of comic relief, supposedly teaching themselves how to ski from a book! (but in reality they were excellent skiers, I think one of them was an Austrian champion). There's one bit where the taller of the two is doing 360 degree spins on his skis, if you look closely/ freeze frame it you'll see that the skis he's using at that point are twin tips!! So there's nothing new under the sun!
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?
I dont know when I'll have time to watch the whole film.
But you never know.