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Tomsk, cathy, IncogSkiSno, thanks for the reports, interesting that Phil seems to be using a few different instructors from his usual ones. Is he maintaining strict enough "editorial control" on their teaching philosophies and methods?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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slikedges, what, you mean 'The wheels on the bus' isn't part of Phil's teaching methods?? 
Both John and Stewart were pretty 'on message' in teaching philosophy and reinforced what I'd viewed previously on the Snoworks DVD.
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slikedges, ditto cathy, but we didn't get the singing 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Sounds like the womble, the smurf & the red one really enjoyed themselves.
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cathy, Tomsk, IncogSkiSno, well done you all, I enjoyed reading those. Sounds like you made the most of the conditions and got heaps out of the course. Excellent 
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IncogSkiSno,
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Thanks to you both, and rob@rar my SO now realises that snowheads aren't internet freaks
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Letting the side down folks! 
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IncogSkiSno,
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boredsurfin, You should give one these courses a go, there were some excellent skiers on the courses in the level 6 group.
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I doubt they do a low enough standard for me 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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| slikedges wrote: |
| Tomsk, cathy, IncogSkiSno, thanks for the reports, interesting that Phil seems to be using a few different instructors from his usual ones. Is he maintaining strict enough "editorial control" on their teaching philosophies and methods? |
I've done a few Snoworks courses (and before that Improve Your Skiing, and The Ski Company). Lots of different instructors have been on those courses, but I thought they were of a uniformly high quality. All of them are BASI 1s or BASI Trainers, so share a common foundation in the BASI approach (incidentally Phil was responsible for collating lots of the material that forms BASI's 'Central Theme'), all of them reinforced the same approach to skiing, and all of them in my experience have been enthusiastic teachers. Obviously each instructor has their own style and pet drills they like to use, but I've never felt short-changed when I wasn't taught by Phil. In that sense I think there has been effective editorial/quality control. I understand the concern that Cathy and Incog wrote about earlier, and have seen it myself on other courses, but I don't think that being taught by somebody else on a Snoworks course dilutes the experience.
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| boredsurfin wrote: |
| I doubt they do a low enough standard for me |
I was in the lowest group and one person was still snowploughing most turns.
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You know it makes sense.
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| I was in the lowest group and one person was still snowploughing most turns. |
Who was that then?? That must have been quite frustrating for you and some others. Although I suppose it's not fair to give out names here
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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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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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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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blackrun99, Welcome to snowheads! I haven't a clue who you are, but I'm sure it will be fun guessing 
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cathy, Not anyone from our group, so I am guessing one of your recruits 
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cathy, I did type 'press ganged' initially and then changed it to 'recruited'
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I see you guys have managed to 'out' another 'stalker'.
Are you sure this guy had a purple jacket? Did his OH visit a specialist ladies shop in Val C?
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cathy, was that Lee in the morning group or the afternoon?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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IncogSkiSno, dunno - they just said thanks to their instructors John, Stewart and Lee.
Come on blackrun99, you'll have to put us out of our misery - give us the first letter of your name, we can do the rest!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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blackrun99, I think i know who you are now
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blackrun99, yeah - me too........ (I think! )
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You know it makes sense.
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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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blackrun99, You have a Personal message, just click under the snowhead logo on the 'read messages'.
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Poster: A snowHead
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blackrun99, Let 'em sweat
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Ray Zorro, I feel that you have learnt some very important lessons regarding the fairer sex over the past couple of weeks
Well done.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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blackrun99, I'm probably completely wrong, but are you the flying Dutchman? 
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IncogSkiSno, I suspect you are in trouble with a couple of  .
I just realised that meeting Rob proved to Mr snotski that 'Snowheads aren't internet geeks'. Given that by the time he met Rob your SO had already spent time with cathy, and Tomsk, I would respectfully suggest that you have some explaining to do to Athos and Aramis ...
PS. I'm allwed to misread stuff at my age ... and all it emans is you have been selective about who you let him meet !
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