Poster: A snowHead
|
OK I'm bored and its still September (I guess it just became October for most of you), so we still have a ways to go. Thus my inquiry.
I imagine I'll have to split this into living and departed. So for the latter, my parents, who skied in their youth but never again, and never saw me ski. Thanks again!
For the former, it couldn't be easier for me: Bode, with an honorable mention for Darren Rahlves.
And you?
|
|
|
|
|
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
|
Snowheads of course.
|
|
|
|
|
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?
|
Candide - the GOAT!
|
|
|
|
|
You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
|
Plake!
|
|
|
|
|
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
|
Horace.
|
|
|
|
|
You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
|
#doro
|
|
|
|
|
|
Living skier: Hermann Maier
Departed skier: Sondre Norheim
|
|
|
|
|
|
Can’t ski
But if it was a sideways slide, which if we are all honest is much cooler anyway
Living would have to be j Jones
No longer with us - Craig Kelly
|
|
|
|
|
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.
|
@hang11, Jeremy or Jenny? I'd rather with Jenny, few beers after and a spot of dinner.
|
|
|
|
|
|
@James77, would depend on whether or not it was a pow day
|
|
|
|
|
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
|
Einstein - could have a great conversation over choccy
|
|
|
|
|
You know it makes sense.
|
My father, who passed away a few years ago
|
|
|
|
|
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
|
Y'know, Jenny J. does do camps and coaching.
No longer with us? Gotta be Jake Burton and Tom Sims... see who really was better
|
|
|
|
|
Poster: A snowHead
|
I know it's a bit of a cliché and everyone has him at the top of their lists, but y'know, he was one of the most influential figures of the 20th Century so I have to say........ Nelson Mandela.
|
|
|
|
|
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
|
Nixmap's elusive guest/slaves in the hope I'd be invited back and could lay some pipe in his ensuite
|
|
|
|
|
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?
|
Eddie the Eagle, nice bloke. And I believe he was quite a decent skier before he went slightly mad and decided to jump instead.
|
|
|
|
|
You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
|
@hang11, Good point
Living skier - Plake, as mentioned above.
Departed - Probably McConkey.
|
|
|
|
|
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
|
Julia Mancuso - I have fancied her for years. Sadly (for the sake of my fantasy) we are both happily married and she has given birth to a second child recently - but I think she'd be fun - in a few ways.
I never felt quite the same way about Vonny or Chemmy, mind you Lara Gut (Behrami) would be a creditable second - and she is a closet Hammer, due to her old man who graced the claret and blue
|
|
|
|
|
You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
|
My parents as they were 30 years ago. They have stopped skiing now (March 2020 was the last trip at 82) I was hoping for one more year but it was not to be. So having a few runs when we were all fit and raring to go would be fantastic.
As to fantasy, Eddie the Eagle is a good shout, along with Deb Armstrong. I have even looked at how much it would cost in round figures to ski at Steam Boat Springs. I'm not sure I could even afford the lift pass)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
@pieman666, a friend of my wife’s family has 5 bed condo in steamboat and I’ve been haranguing her for years to get a week or two for us there!
|
|
|
|
|
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.
|
Timmycb5 wrote: |
@pieman666, a friend of my wife’s family has 5 bed condo in steamboat and I’ve been haranguing her for years to get a week or two for us there! |
Buy an Ikon pass - take the kids out of school for a week as an add on to Xmas then do a skifari around Colorado/Utah
|
|
|
|
|
|
James Bond....but which one!?
Daniel Craig, intrigued to see if he can ski like he has done in his past Bond outings.... so he could be honoured with my presence if he was available..
|
|
|
|
|
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
|
ster wrote: |
Eddie the Eagle, nice bloke. And I believe he was quite a decent skier before he went slightly mad and decided to jump instead. |
This opportunity might resurface - https://www.loveski.com/eddie-the-eagle/
|
|
|
|
|
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.
|
Dave of the Marmottes wrote: |
Timmycb5 wrote: |
@pieman666, a friend of my wife’s family has 5 bed condo in steamboat and I’ve been haranguing her for years to get a week or two for us there! |
Buy an Ikon pass - take the kids out of school for a week as an add on to Xmas then do a skifari around Colorado/Utah |
I'm going to resume nagging when she gets home from work. I mean, they don't even let it out. It's just sat there.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Simon94 wrote: |
James Bond....but which one!?
Daniel Craig, intrigued to see if he can ski like he has done in his past Bond outings.... so he could be honoured with my presence if he was available.. |
Craig hasn't skied and I seem to recall that they said he couldn't which was why the Soelden plot didn't include it at all. Moore obviously could as a resident of Gstaad.
|
|
|
|
|
You know it makes sense.
|
Dave of the Marmottes wrote: |
Timmycb5 wrote: |
@pieman666, a friend of my wife’s family has 5 bed condo in steamboat and I’ve been haranguing her for years to get a week or two for us there! |
|
@Timmycb5, If you do manage it I am available for adoption.
@Dave of the Marmottes, The Ikon pass is a good shout , this season I am sorted but definitely a bucket list soft of trip.
|
|
|
|
|
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
|
Dave of the Marmottes wrote: |
Moore obviously could as a resident of Gstaad. |
And for many years in Crans-Montana so spoilt for choice.
Last edited by Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name: on Fri 1-10-21 13:24; edited 1 time in total
|
|
|
|
|
Poster: A snowHead
|
Bones wrote: |
Departed - Probably McConkey. |
I have skied with his mum.
|
|
|
|
|
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
|
Living = My Dad, he never skied and suspect at 83 he aint gonna give it a go now.
Departed = Rabbie
|
|
|
|
|
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?
|
Grinning wrote: |
ster wrote: |
Eddie the Eagle, nice bloke. And I believe he was quite a decent skier before he went slightly mad and decided to jump instead. |
This opportunity might resurface - https://www.loveski.com/eddie-the-eagle/ |
I remember them running these but we don’t really use TOs and I believe that Skiweekends, after going bust and leaving all their customer refunds on their insurers, were one of the phoenixed operations bought back by the same owners, so a bit on the shady side.
|
|
|
|
|
You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
|
PeakyB Jnr and Émile Allais.
|
|
|
|
|
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
|
Bones wrote: |
@hang11, Good point
Living skier - Plake, as mentioned above.
Departed - Probably McConkey. |
Think our very own @idris used to ski regularly with Glen Plake and his wife when they lived in Chamonix.
McConkey is a great call!
|
|
|
|
|
You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
|
Jean-Claude Kelly - because he's Irish - at least telling the French that, seems to wind them up.
My late Father.....who wasn't a good skier but he was great company. He seemed to use the same technique that he was taught in Kitzbuhel in the late 1940s - When wooden skis were sized to go up to the wrist, when your arm was lifted above your head. He was 6' 2".
Last edited by You'll need to Register first of course. on Fri 1-10-21 14:55; edited 1 time in total
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wow, I hit an artery!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alive:- Keith Richards
Dead:- David Niven (which also answers the 'which James Bond?' question)
I reckon the apres drinking & story telling would be fantastic with that pair!
|
|
|
|
|
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.
|
Simon94 wrote: |
James Bond....but which one!? |
Well if its the Bond who went snowboarding on the ski of a snowmobile, then you're agreeing with me because that was Tom Sims doing the stuntwork.
|
|
|
|
|
|
I was going to say Bond, just to deploy the Union Flag parachute
|
|
|
|
|
|