 Poster: A snowHead
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Cursed by beginners, loved(  ) by experts, how do you get from one stage to the other? The answer, practice, practice, practice. When you can ski a steep, icy, narrow, busy, mogul run then you know that you've truly mastered on-piste skiing. If you can do it on a snowboard then there must be a small undiscovered tribe in Papua New Guinea that worships you as a god.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Aren't they just lovely?
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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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No 
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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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Silly question: where does the word 'Mogul' come from?
Tasty looking piste. Where is it?
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Mike Lawrie, hmm, from the vegetation I'd guess La Plagne. 
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Are those two little things sticking out of the snow the skis of someones who's fallen over???
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that mogul field scares the 'bleeeeeeps' out of me.
Any of you guys who can complete such a field are truely gifted.
And it is a wonderfull photograph
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/Me shivers
I could just see me loosing control of my speed and eating snow big time
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Yoda, If that's La Plagne then tell me where so I know not to go to that piste. 
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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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Michael B, If it is La Plagne that's the one where my 14 year gets down before me!
It's the shorter ski's you know 
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That looks like a really nice mogul field - not too steep, nice evenly spaced moguls plenty of width and no rocks/earth/grass showing between the moguls. Those are the sort of moguls I'd like to practice on. Hardly ever seem to get moguls like that.
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You know it makes sense.
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Sorry guys, just speed bumps IMHO. 
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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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If you ski South Common in Lincoln, beware the brown moguls.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Mogul. God's gift to skiers.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I really love them, but I just can't ski them. Most of my big crashes have taken place on mogul fields, as have most of the times when I've nad difficulty getting down. I am only now just being able to link a few together... I wish that I could find some more red runs with 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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Those look lovely, nice slope so you can maintain some speed, spacing not too gnarly, and the kind of size where perfect line through the valleys isn't critical. Skied with a bloke once who said the best way to practice was to find a clear patch, then close your eyes and see how many you could ski listening to your legs rather than trying to intellectualise where to turn. He was a nutter but he had a point.
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if you think youve had a bad time in moguls try out a rut line! youll find a mogul field feels incredibly easy by comparison
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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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Bumps are for Chumps 
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I think they look cool, but I prefer the morning piste when it's nice and smooth and easy. My poor legs don't like all the bumps...
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My favourite bumpy run down to les Arcs 1950... Ours.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Moguls are gay, I kick the ass of the mogul.
Not really, they scare me and make me fall over 
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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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Bones, thats aspen co. right?
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snowpatrol, the photo is called 'Ajax from Aspen town'.
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You know it makes sense.
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If you can do it on a snowboard then there must be a small undiscovered tribe in Papua New Guinea that worships you as a god.
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Mr L does it all the time. Are there perks in being married to a God, or is it all waving at people and hosting boring diplomatic events while airhead fashion writers make snide comments about the size of your biceps?
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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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snowpatrol, Yep
arv, Kinda gave it away really 
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Poster: A snowHead
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they make my knees cry...no 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Three words.
The Swiss Wall
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Ruts or tops? That is the question.
I'm a tops man.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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after a lot of practice they become great fun.
i benefitted most from learning to attack them.
Be pro-active and not reactive!
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| Avalanche Poodle wrote: |
| I really love them, but I just can't ski them. Most of my big crashes have taken place on mogul fields, as have most of the times when I've nad difficulty getting down. I am only now just being able to link a few together... I wish that I could find some more red runs with them. |
Same. I just cant seem to master these little bleeders either, despite living in La Plagne for the last 3 years and practicing all season. I can string a few together but ultimately they catch me out and I end up on my back, ski's off and about 50 feet from where I started. 
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| joel.w wrote: |
after a lot of practice they become great fun.
i benefitted most from learning to attack them.
Be pro-active and not reactive! |
I agree with the pro active rather than re-active strategy and attacking them, problem is after about 10-12 have been attached they start t attack me
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Rhythm is a dancer.
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It's not really surprising that this thread has received more bumps than any other is it. 
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What are your top tips for tackling the moguls - I gave them a go at my local ski center Chill Factore (Manchester) as they have the "give it a go" freestyle section. I managed them but was not as fluid as I would like to be - how do you prepare, any kind of stretches or particular activities help? This is the freestyle course - https://www.chillfactore.com/give-it-a-go/
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FAQ
I can beat my dad down a mogul field easy... though it's because my shorter skis are advantageous to moi 
has anyone got any advice on conquering them.,? 