 Poster: A snowHead
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Anyone else had a similar experience ?.
Was in Courchevel the weekend before Christmas and found myself sharing a gondola for 5-10 mins with a chatty young woman who was asking if I was there on holiday etc., and it was only when I asked her a similar question in return that she told her she was there for the WC slalom races (in a manner that suggested she wasn't there to spectate), at which point I gave her more than a cursory glance and realised she was one of the Swedish team, but not someone I recognised, and as I felt suitably embarrassed to have already suggested that she might be there on holiday I didn't ask her name (despite spending the next few minutes talking to her about the calendar, training, and such like). Only afterwards via Google did I realise it was Sara Hector.
I guess most pros aren't that recognisable in their kit than any of the rest of us when on a gondola, but it's kind of 'nice' in these days of vastly overpaid sports stars that a pro skier would want to seek out conversation with an average Joe during a gondola ride.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Shared a chairlift with Lyndsey Vonn once. Tried to hit on her but she wasn't keen. Her loss.
My daughter was competing earlier in the year, in a national schools competition, on the same day as the Jossi Wells big air comp was on at Cardrona, she was on the lift in her bib and some ozzie kids asked her for an autograph and a selfie 
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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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Just after I started skiing in the late 80’s, I was summer skiing in Saas-Fee, and was joined in the main Felskinn lift by the Swiss Female ski team who were there for training. So Maria Walliser, Erika Hess, Michela Figini and Vreni Schneider etc. My over riding impression was how small they were.
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I shared a train with Bob Geldoff, and a table in a cafe with Fergie. Neither of them recognised me!
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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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I sat next to Andy Gray, top football striker, PFA footballer of the year and Sky presenter, all the way to Portugal. We chatted throughout the flight. I never let on that I recognised him. Or that I watched his debut and most matches he played for Aston Villa. He didn't let on that he knew I was a skiing legend either. We didn't talk about either sport, but West Midlands nightclubs featured heavily I recall. We agreed not to swap autographs.
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Going back a few years - friend of a friend was visiting La Grave for the first time and found himself on the same lift as a friendly American bloke. Thought he could help the American out by pointing out some of the classic lines - turns out the American was the late Doug Coombes
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My daughter came home from Ski club one afternoon and said that she had a new trainer. I asked what she was like and she said that she was really nice and "a really good skier". Turns out it was Marina Kiehl, Olympic Downhill Gold medallist in Calgary in 1988.
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| Arno wrote: |
| - turns out the American was the late Doug Coombes |
Wow.... creeeeeepyyyy!
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Thought he could help the American out by pointing out some of the classic lines - turns out the American was the late Doug Coombes
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Is there a word for the sensation of mortifying embarrassment by proxy?
Mind you on TGR I remember a hilarious thread in which some US prorider under an alias (well known to many) started posting about his forthcoming trip to Chamonix only to get some well meaning but unsolicited and distinctly superfluous advice. To general hilarity.
Remember being told a story by an Australian guy who turned up for the meet in a London pub for a stag do a bit early. It was mid day and he spotted another guy about the same age who looked like he might be there for the same reason. They introduced themselves. He was also an Aussie. Friendly, easy going guy, called Mark.
So what do you do?
I race cars.
Really? A mate of mine races cars in australia too. Saloon cars. Won a couple this year actually. So what do you race?
F1.
F1? Oh poo-poo you're Mark Webber!
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Our daughter shared a gondola with Hannes Reichelt today, he was out for a leisurely ski, he lives in Radstadt too. Hubby was in the car park waiting for ski club to finish and spotted 'a tidy skiier' come down the piste! Brilliant! Ange 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| jedster wrote: |
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Thought he could help the American out by pointing out some of the classic lines - turns out the American was the late Doug Coombes
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Is there a word for the sensation of mortifying embarrassment by proxy?
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Germans (as usual) have a word for it - Fremdschämen. Lit. remote/external shame.
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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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Mrs Skimastaah and myself once shared a lift with Madonna in Lech. She joined us on the Steinmahder lift a few years back, dressed all in black ski kit, it was only when she lifted her goggles and said "Hi" that stunned us. 
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Got on a plane once to find Louis Walsh sat in my seat.
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You know it makes sense.
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@flangesax, awesome!
Skiing at Reiteralm carries a good chance of sharing a gondola with a racer given that they often train there. Sue & I were once in the Silverjet with Andre Myrher and Jens Byggmark.
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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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Rode they old Prodains cable-car up to Avoriaz one quiet afternoon in the nineties, with just the liftie, Princess Anne and huge bodyguard.
Me to P. Anne "Good afternoon Ma'am, would you like a ski lesson?"
P. Anne " ", looks out window.
Huge bodyguard bends down, whispers in Shep's ear "F*ck off son".
Silence to the top...
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Poster: A snowHead
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@shep, Should have asked her if she fancied a Benson'n'Hedges - you'd be on the honours list by now...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Arno wrote: |
| Going back a few years - friend of a friend was visiting La Grave for the first time and found himself on the same lift as a friendly American bloke. Thought he could help the American out by pointing out some of the classic lines - turns out the American was the late Doug Coombes |
Coombs used to help out at la chaumine / the skiers lodge. First time I went there he showed up driving the shuttle from Grenoble picked up 3 of us, jacket had a Doug nametag and after a few minutes we figured it out. Real nice guy, explained what he was looking for when judging a comp.
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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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rode an mtb uplift at the coastal gravity park on bc sunshine coast a couple of years back , had a nice chat about coil v air shocks on the way up with a nice young man , when we off loaded the bikes and he donned his red bull helmet and jumped on his very trick trek bike realised it was brendon smenuck , absolute legend
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@Themasterpiece, he used to live in the same apartment complex as a friend of mine, and would call the police if there was too much noise at the weekends
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Richard_Sideways,
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Saw Nick (Crimewatch) Ross in a ski shop in Val D'Isere & bumped into Eric Cantona in the street in Tignes.
Didn't speak to Nick but I asked for a photo with Eric. He obliged but - despite my best endeavours - I couldn't get him to utter a single word. Shocking...
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Many years ago stopped at some lights on Kensington High Street next to a very posh Daimler. Looked round to see that I was inches away from Princess Diana. I looked away immediately thinking I shouldn't stare. But I couldn't resist a furtive glance, only to discover she was staring at me! (Probably out of pity since I was driving a Ford Pop).
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| mountainaddict wrote: |
Saw Nick (Crimewatch) Ross in a ski shop in Val D'Isere & bumped into Eric Cantona in the street in Tignes.
Didn't speak to Nick but I asked for a photo with Eric. He obliged but - despite my best endeavours - I couldn't get him to utter a single word. Shocking... |
Should have said "off you go Cantona! It's an early bath for you!"
Rumour has it that gets more of a response.
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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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Germans (as usual) have a word for it - Fremdschämen. Lit. remote/external shame.
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excellent - thanks
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Overheard from the group that were in the queue around the same time as us as we all got off adjacent gondolas, whilst MTBing...
"Hurry up, lets get in front of those guys, they've got a girl with them"
The reigning UCI MTB downhill world champion doesn't always wear the rainbow jersey
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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The reigning UCI MTB downhill world champion doesn't always wear the rainbow jersey
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ha ha!
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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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| flangesax wrote: |
| Our daughter shared a gondola with Hannes Reichelt today, he was out for a leisurely ski, he lives in Radstadt too. Hubby was in the car park waiting for ski club to finish and spotted 'a tidy skiier' come down the piste! Brilliant! Ange |
Fantastic!
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We were in La Tania last year, sat on the terrace of the Ski Lodge bar at lunchtime when I pointed out to my gf that the girl on the next table had amazingly perfect hair (don't ask!), almost like she gets it done regularly. I then looked at the guy next to her who was the footballer Craig Bellamy - this explained the wife's beauty regime!
He was there with his family - about 15-20 of them
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You know it makes sense.
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I must be the only one who read the title of this thread and got completely the wrong idea about its contents!
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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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Got on a chair lift with Hugh Grant and Liz Hurley years ago when they were an item. They were great chatty folks to share a chair lift with. Mr biddypyat wasn't impressed because I got to sit beside Liz.
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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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With regard to the original question, I have shared with many and not recognized them. So I can’t tell you who they were. 
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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 was living in Sweden during the eighties and I was riding in the forest with a swedish friend when we met a jogger who stopped and chatted about the horses. His face seemed familiar but I couldn't think of his name. Only turned out to be Ingmar Stenmark.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I once shared a cab with an actress called Debs, we were recording Drs. We were chatting away and here phone rang, "hi daddy...chat chat chat.
I was sat next to James Bond the thirds daughter. Ms Moore was off when we wrapped to there place in Gstaad!
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The best I can manage is Chad Hugo - Pharrell Williams song writing partner and producer and fellow member of N.E.R.D.
We were having a beer in Basecamp at the bottom of the Galzig in St Anton and he came in with his mate and their girlfriends and asked could he share our table as the bar was rammed.
Nice fella, he was having a ball...I knew I recognised him but only after he introduced himself to me and my wife did it dawn on me who he was.
The best thing was, my wife had no idea who he was and was googling him under the table and his girlfriend caught her doing it.
"Don't worry no one ever knows who he is, it's fine..I just tell everyone 'he's the one standing beside Pharrell"
Really nice folk.
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Airports for me, queued behind Bob Geldof at pastport control, hopefully never again as he stunk!
On a return trip from Frankfurt the wife pointed out that the chap sitting in front of us was Boris Becker who spent the whole time reading an artical about himself in a magazine!
Opened the car door for Honor Blackman once, she'd been at a rehearsal in the building i was going into, her car was parked by the door and I had stopped as I had noticed someone coming down the steps, rewarded with a beautiful smile and a thank you, class.
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Dunno how you can recognise anyone with all the get up on.
wife changed her jacket the other day and didn't know it was her beside me on the lift.
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I was sat next to Tilda Swinton in Frankfurt airport the year before last. After we caught our connection to Innsbruck Mrs M said "that blonde woman looked familiar".
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We were inside sitting at a table in the Folie Douce in Val a few years ago while the X Games were on in Tignes, and a guy who'd been standing near us started signing autographs. We had absolutely no idea who he was, so when the people had gone we went over for a chat. Turned out it was Candide Thovex. Nice chap.
I think I've bored the forum with that story a few times 
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