 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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I've done it. Very good. Please reassure me it is spam proof. We usually have a box to tick that says no selling on of email adresses, or did I miss it?
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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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There will be NO SPAM! We will use your e-mail to notify you in case you will be one of the six lucky people who wins $50 and to send you a quick summary of this study's results.
You e-mails will not be sold or shared with anyone.
Thank you very much for your participation,
Kate.
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Thanks for that.
How are things in Utah? Is the snow as good as legend has it?
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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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It's even better than the legend has it  I hope they open early this year!
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johno,
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So did everybody rate themselves as an Intermediate skiier?
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Advanced of course! 
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Mine done too, if selected $50 donation to Graeme to help him find a better deal on ebay 
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Stop picking on graeme, poor guy! He's had the wrath of all the zookeepers for ages now!
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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And another one filled out.
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Yea, there was this one guy who said he was somewhere between intermediate and advanced
just kidding, people are reporting all different levels of ability. I think they are being honest.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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cathy, Well for at least 4 days 
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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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kate_utah, Welcome , Done... my fifty bucks to :sH; and an extra fifty if we get more responses than the epic mob (sorry foxy) 
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yeah, that's what I want to see, some healthy competition 
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You know it makes sense.
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Mine's done too....interesting stuff!
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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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Done!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Thanks guys, I will send the link to the results when the project is done.
I really appreciate everyone's help!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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kate_utah, Did you pick up David B's contribution? He seems to be 23 feet down the corridor
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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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Done!
That was really interesting too-thanks Kate!
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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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kate_utah, done
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Very thought provoking!!!
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Done! Good questions. Are you preparing a thesis on how attitudes affect safety?
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Just completed this - hope its not too late.
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done.
thought about twice though, as europe and US/Canada are completly different.
It will be interesting to see if this comes out in the results.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Done from me too. Excellent questions, really made me think.
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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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thought about twice though, as europe and US/Canada are completly different.
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Same here: particularly with respect to behaviour in lift lines! 
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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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done.
Liked the way you had to express a freeform opinion about something before having your mind concentrated by seeing mutiple choice options later.
Felt it would have been useful for a "No experience/Not applicable" column for a few of the questions - I ended up having to invent an opinion about situations I've never encountered or into which I have always avoided getting the first place.
And does a dryslope count as "the hill" .
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Poster: A snowHead
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Great comments  You are making me think about my next project.
I appreciate everyone's input.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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"Hands across the sea brother " as Rab C Nesbit would say !
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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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I got some questions about whether or not it's too late to fill the survey out. It is not too late, we collected less than 1/2 of the responses we need so far. So, please go ahead and fill it out and tell your friends about it as well.
Thanks!!!
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OK done
Some questions are not very well adapted to the European skier. Lots of people unless they are lucky enough to own property don't have a most frequent ski area.
The lift queueing point is interesting - I suspect most Euro skiers would be a little dishonest if they hadn't ever admitted to "crowding" a liftline in some places at certain times if they ever wanted to get back up the hill. Equally it doesn't matter how disciplined the singles line is in Europe, some people will never fill up chairs properly.
I didn't get the the question about what factors influence my view that a run is crowded - surely its just the number of people in a given area of run. I can assess this reasonably accurately visually.
As discussed elsewhere on this forum, lunch in Europe is not really in the control of resort operators & I found it difficult to hold any opinions strongly about it.
Kate - how are you correcting for sample self selection? By most defintions you'll have a significantly skewed bunch of obsessives contributing from ski forums in September
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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done
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Done too
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Hi Fatbob,
very interesting comments!
Hopefully, some of the differences you are talking about will come through in the results.
In terms of self-selection, you are absolutely right, forums are primarily populated by the experts. Which is in part great (because people know what they are talking about) and in part bad because it skews the sample. To balance it out,
we are also collecting the field data from the ski resorts and clubs. We actually have two people skiing in New Zeland right now (I'd love to have this research assignment) giving people cards on the lifts and speading flyers in the resort Internet shops and retail outlets.
We are also working with a couple of prominent ski clubs with wide subscriber base (more of a social network environment where the participants range widely in their ability). Hopefully, we'll get a credible story this way,
Thanks for bringing up very relevant points, Kate.
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thanks laundryman,
I think with my research account I could barely make it to Snowbird No complaints though.
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Many of the questions are not applicable to the European situation, or mean something a little different. For example ropes accross the entry to an off-piste area in Europe don't mean you can't ski there, they mean "at your own risk", which is the normal situation. Ignoring a run with a closed sign is quite different .
Similarly we don't have singles lines (though we should) or special tickets to jump queues.
We don't have the "back country concept. I ski almost entirely off-piste but this may not involve hiking or climbing (though sometimes it does) even if I may end up miles from any piste. Consequently I rarely ski a crowded piste and had trouble thinking what I do.
Are you interested in other areas of questioning? eg Do people wear avalanche transcievers? (all my friends do) and carry a shovel and probe (most of my friends do). Do people take account of the advertised Avalanche risk on that day in the resort? Do they employ a guide to go off-piste or rely on their own knowledge of the area and expertise in avalanche dangers?
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FAQ
The videos we take are really striking - Europeans busy busy busy, Canadian, is it a private piste? 