Poster: A snowHead
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1 Back Corries at Nevis
2 Glen Coe (only scottish resort i've never been to)
3 Tiger (never been down it)
4 Glas Maol (88-89 was my last slide and it was superb 4 consecutive days blue skies best skiing I’ve ever had)
5 One trip to USA and one to Europe (looks like i've got a trip to Spain sorted for Jan 2007)
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brian
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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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1. Not to join threads two days late.
2. To always keep looking up the hill once I've stopped
3. To ski another black
4. Not to throw the stick-things down in disgust.
5. To keep Eeyore up past midnight
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Arno, snowball,
Sorry, missed the update on this..
I'll be in Engelberg but haven't nailed it down when yet. I have a friend out there who is pretty sorted, don't know if she will be teaching this year. I'd like to get abit further afield with a guide or two....haven't spoke to her about it yet... As far as I know a few SH's talked about the place last year so maybe a mini meet is poss'
Re LG, Probably late Feb/early Mar and not sure where to base ourselves. Can't quite get my bearings or decide whether to hire a car but I'd expect a few peeps to be about.
As you can tell, I'll be going, just haven't crossed the t's ot dotted the i's
All to play for, any ideas..??
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My skiing goals:
1. Ski at least 5 new ski areas.
2. Not make the same mistakes I made this year
3. Make all new ones!
4. Enjoy my slope time.
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JT, incidentally, I have a skiing goal for you . . . not to ski over my hand in future. And if you do, to at least realise.
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Nickski,
Did I? when ?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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At the top of the race course. I was sat chatting to Mr and Mrs Homphomp and you skied down, with great finesse, right up until the point you spun your skis around to stop . . . but you did it over my hand and didn't even realise. I was not amused !!
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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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Nickski,
I'm sorry, didn't realise that at all...
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hmmm... maybe not next year... but the long term ski goals are starting to reform (I'd run out of longer term goals... need to see my instructors about that!)
Much work on fore/aft and lateral balance awareness.... Have some of this program - must get more!
Nail down ILE transition... so it is much more consistent
Learn pivot/retraction as transistion... need to be much better at pressure control for this
Faster feet!
better at bumps...
Back country skiing - need to improve navigation skills to level suitable for non-visual navigation stuff... and get MUCH better tent... 3 season does not make happy snow camping
As part of above - start working on skiing front country in light touring gear (buy light touring gear? or hire?)
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You know it makes sense.
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JT, forgiven. I'll stop plotting my revenge now.
My skiing goal: to whup Kramer in the race at the event that must not be names.
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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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La Grave stuff moved to the Trips section.
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Poster: A snowHead
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JT wrote: |
Arno, snowball,
Sorry, missed the update on this..
I'll be in Engelberg but haven't nailed it down when yet. I have a friend out there who is pretty sorted, don't know if she will be teaching this year. I'd like to get abit further afield with a guide or two....haven't spoke to her about it yet... As far as I know a few SH's talked about the place last year so maybe a mini meet is poss'
Re LG, Probably late Feb/early Mar and not sure where to base ourselves. Can't quite get my bearings or decide whether to hire a car but I'd expect a few peeps to be about.
As you can tell, I'll be going, just haven't crossed the t's ot dotted the i's
All to play for, any ideas..?? |
I'm due a couple of trips at least to CH in Jan /Feb so would love to hook up with some others with local off piste knowledge or guides in places like E berg & Andermatt.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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fatbob,
I'm going to Engelberg almost for sure, don't know when exactly but Jan/Feb would leave room for LG later. I think there were a few others who might meet up so it could be fun... I tend to leave these arrangement loose and firm them up closer to the time. Stay in touch
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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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Nickski, I think a fair few snowHeads share your aims!
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To see ski legend David Goldsmith in action against his toughest challenger in Wimbledon in November.
Confirmation received that both parties with be present and possibility of free drinks - though not at Mr. G's or the challenger's expense I should point out.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Kramer, But if you come out again (PSB?) and do some actual race training, or spend a good portion of next winter in the alpes, they won't stand a chance will they????
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My skiing goals are probably exactly the same as last years, and are totally unacheivable, so I am going to come up with another one. I want to ski with style. Normally I want to keep up with the kids.
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easiski, unfortunately it's not looking like I'm going to get too much time on the slopes this winter, but we shall see.
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1 To ski 5 weeks
2 To ski somewhere in Switzerland
3 To ski at EOSB
4 To get a bit further up the race result list....not any chance of beating RachelQ so I'm not going to try!
5 To get some off piste lessons in....
6 ....to ski off piste without a major head moment!
7 To ski bumps without landing on my head
8 To be significantly fitter and less lardy
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homphomp, An excellent list, all of which I would also like to do.
I would like to add a 9th:
9 To achieve at least one of the above 8
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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To see a video of me skiing, and not say "FFS, do I really ski like THAT?!"
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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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laundryman, I have just seen a video of me at the EoSB race. I know how you feel.
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You know it makes sense.
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Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
homphomp, An excellent list, all of which I would also like to do.
I would like to add a 9th:
9 To achieve at least one of the above 8 |
But which one?? Go on, challenge yourself, try for two!
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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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homphomp, 8 & 4. That gives me 3 as doing #4 would automatically qualify me for #3
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Poster: A snowHead
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Frosty the Snowman, So all we need now is for EOSB to be moved to Switzerland and we're sorted!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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homphomp, Well if #8 comes true then it may result in 7,6,& 5. And if the EoSB is moved to Switzerland and is extended to 3 weeks then I/We will have a full house
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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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Eeyore, Training - while everyone else is down the gym building up their quads, you need to be staying up a bit later every night
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Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
homphomp, Well if #8 comes true then it may result in 7,6,& 5. And if the EoSB is moved to Switzerland and is extended to 3 weeks then I/We will have a full house |
Except for #4....that may take a few more years of practice!
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vodka & redbull??
Just what we need, a trainee drinker with the energy to go on all night Imagine the energiser bunny, but pished.
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