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Don't know if anyone else has come across this yet; it's a BBC documentary about the TeamGB freestyle skiers & boarders and their lead-up to the Olympics - Free Spirits
Really feel for Tyler Harding though and it's a travesty to see the state of the dry-slope in Sheffield.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Clare Balding and Zoe Ball were talking abut this this morning on Radio 2, sounds really interesting.
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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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it's on TV tonight on BBC3
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@nbt, FIFY
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it's on TV on Thursday at 9:10 on BBC3
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| geoffers wrote: |
@nbt, FIFY
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it's on TV on Thursday at 9:10 on BBC3 (football depending)
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Thanks for confirming geoffers. I'll make do with Ru Paul until then 
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Also available to download on Sky and IPlayer
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Thanks for flagging this, was a really good watch
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Missed it thought it was a repeat of Whisky Galore.
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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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Its on iplayer
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It is excellent, we’ll done BBC for this documentary. Really enjoyed it.
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You know it makes sense.
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sorry my mistake - it's on iPlayer from today and TV on thursday as @geoffers and @davkt have highlighted
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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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Halfway through it & quite amazing how team GB are so strong
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Poster: A snowHead
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Crash Reel is on iplayer as well, another one worth a watch.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@davkt, I'd thoroughly recommend Crash Reel (well it did win an Emmy) I looked back in the SH vault and it was waaay back in 2013 when I first watched it - it's unfortunate that it's still so very relevant in the extreme sports world.
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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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| Richard_Sideways wrote: |
| @davkt, I'd thoroughly recommend Crash Reel (well it did win an Emmy) I looked back in the SH vault and it was waaay back in 2013 when I first watched it - it's unfortunate that it's still so very relevant in the extreme sports world. |
Exactly, guess it was about then I first watched it and as you say still totally relevant today.
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| Richard_Sideways wrote: |
| @davkt, I'd thoroughly recommend Crash Reel (well it did win an Emmy) I looked back in the SH vault and it was waaay back in 2013 when I first watched it - it's unfortunate that it's still so very relevant in the extreme sports world. |
Oh my lord, what an absolutely uplifting (but also harrowing at times) piece of film-making, narrative and story telling.
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Cor... did they have to show that still of Tyler Hardings ankle busting landing *wince*
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Thanks for highlighting, I'll give it a watc.
The ruins of SSV still makes me sad. What a place in its hay day.
Really felt like it was run into the ground on purpose, and then there was the fire. Funny how so many places succumb to a fire when they owners are looking to redevelop.
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Watched it last night and recommend, really well done.
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A very enjoyable watch - thank you for making us aware of this show as I normally go no where near BBC 3!! 
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I forgot to add that I wish the athletes represented in the show the best of luck in Beijing. I hope their hard work and dedication and performance inspire a new generation of winter sport athletes.
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| Richard_Sideways wrote: |
| @davkt, I'd thoroughly recommend Crash Reel (well it did win an Emmy) I looked back in the SH vault and it was waaay back in 2013 when I first watched it - it's unfortunate that it's still so very relevant in the extreme sports world. |
Thanks for the recommendation, really good viewing if a little tough at times. Amazing how much his personality seemed to shift, from the initial TBI and then developing through recovery. The scary thing is just how many similar stories there are, not just in Crash Reel but also other films I vaguely remember watching of people with similar injuries.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Missed it thought it was a repeat of Whisky Galore.
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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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Really enjoyed this, what a fantastic job Pat Sharples has done of these young athlete's. Fingers crossed for some medals.
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Well worth a watch. Well done BBC, in the main, for avoiding the usual cliches. Very hard not to feel for Tyler Harding - rated so highly when a grom and it's never really happened for him.
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You know it makes sense.
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Just watched it this evening. It was most enjoyable.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Very hard not to feel for Tyler Harding
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Indeed - echos of Emily Sarsfield there back in 2014, and what happened to Katie Ormerod 4 years ago.
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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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It was a great watch, thanks for recommending it. I used to ski at Sheffield dry slope when I was a teen, I loved it with its Alpine bar/restaurant feel and the big TVs showing proper snow skiing, for those of us who couldn't get to the Alps very often it felt very exotic!! My son also has had a few lessons at Halifax dry slope and the documentary really showed how important these places were/are. Wishing all the athletes the best of luck.
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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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the free spirits programme was a great watch, though not without a bit of sadness regarding Tyler Harding, fights back from injury only to miss out due to covid!!!
went on to watch "crash reel" in the week, to be honest i am not a big follower of that discipline, i had heard of shaun white, but not kevin pearce. it was a sobering watch, to see all the accidents, and sadly, some fatalities that happen.
but did anyone else notice the Combloux poster on the wall of the sponsors chalet in breckenridge?
i was pleasantly surprised seeing it, as it is where i took my girls on their first skiing holiday a few years ago!!
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Really enjoyed it. I love the Alps, just great to see snow and Saas-Fee.
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| terrygasson wrote: |
the free spirits programme was a great watch, though not without a bit of sadness regarding Tyler Harding, fights back from injury only to miss out due to covid!!!
went on to watch "crash reel" in the week, to be honest i am not a big follower of that discipline, i had heard of shaun white, but not kevin pearce. it was a sobering watch, to see all the accidents, and sadly, some fatalities that happen. |
Crash Reel - superb. A film that stays with you.
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Thanks for highlighting, I'll give it a watc.
The ruins of SSV still makes me sad. What a place in its hay day.
Really felt like it was run into the ground on purpose, and then there was the fire. Funny how so many places succumb to a fire when they owners are looking to redevelop. |
I think there has been more than one fire.
There has been a few redevelopment proposals. From memory I believe the last viable one was thrown out by the Council as the developer needed to add a few residential units to make the figures stack up.
Total madness!
I'll blame the Green Party councillors even though I've got no idea if it was anything to do with them 
My lad goes to the Skate park not far from the site and the whole area is a total poo-poo hole.
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@russ_e, by the end of April it'll be a decade since the first of the fires that closed down Sheffield.
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Blimey, I wonder how old my boarding trousers are then? I remember we had to take them off the dummy in the shop as they were the last pair.
They are just about to be handed down to my son too, I bet they might even be older than him (14!!)
Apologies for the off topic drift.
I'll post this link to get it back on track.
https://shaff.co.uk/
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@russ_e, might be time to wash 'em
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I can only see such riveting programmes as Ru Paul's Drag Race and Eating With My Ex on the Sky planner for this evening on BBC3... 
