 Poster: A snowHead
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Is Mono skiing Making a come back and if so i'd like to know where as i tried it a long time ago and it was fun back then in the mid 1980s. I guess it gave way to snowboarding but it would be nice to try it again.
cc_7up
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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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What info could i use to guide me as to which Monoski would be right for me to aquire? I feel these days that they would be few & far between to hire unless someone knows where Monoskiing is still going strong/praticed in Europe.
The first time i tried one was in Austria (Soll) and as a good intermediate skier i fancied a bit of deeper snow after chatting to a guy who was using one. I had a play with it on the piste to get the feel and then tried it in the deeper snow at the side.
What a change in the beast.It just seemed to come alive. Bounce & turn,Bounce & turn.I was loving it.Wow. 
Snowboarding was really taking off back then( big time) but i have a fondness for that monoski experience that has been re-ignited now that i have got the ski bug again after such a long time.
Glad to find out that monoskiing has not totally died out in the world.
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cc_7up, maybe with the new generation of short, fat ski (or even skiboards/snowblades) you could find a similar feeling on 2 planks.
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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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I will most certainly be in hot pursuit 
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errrrmm, 'Gapper day???? 
cc_7up
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veeeight, Is that when peeps have a gap between their ears?
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Thanks for that .(Ouch)!!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Brilliant vids veeeight
Thanks for the insight.
cc_7up
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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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veeeight, I see a quick spelling change going on here!
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Is it cos I is dyslexticx?
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You know it makes sense.
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cc_7up, it was a bad idea then and hasn't got any better. Avoid, avoid, avoid.
Although it did liven up the Apocalypse Snow series...
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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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cc_7up, do you really care what others on the hill might think??? I'm a Whistler boy, arguably the most self-absorbed ski hill in North America, where your style on the hill depends first upon the puffiness of your coat, thickness of fur collar and bagginess of pants, and second upon how dope your on hill tactics are. I confess that today i am wearing my overly puffy jacket and gangster hat around town myself. However, on some days, I shuck my new school fat skis, and don my old Rossi Monoski. I suit up in a purple onepeice I got for $12 at Cheapskates (although with the comeback of patterned onepeices, this somewhat looks like a cutting-edge peice of gear, which loses some of the effect). And I rip the moguls, carve up the corduroy, and stomp backscratcher cliff drops under the lift with an ease never dreamt of by those who have never experienced the benefits of landing a sizeable drop on a single massive surface area. And yes, my tree skiing on these mono days is a frightening affair, and over-inclination and rotation are a must of the activity, but goddamn its fun!!!! And sure, you might say that my purple suit (and afro-over-helmet) are a disguise for my actual enjoyment of monoskiing, allowing me to say "i'm just gaping it today, i don't really do this", but I assure you, I AM A MONOSKIER!!
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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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Gotta be a contender for best 1st post ever!! Welcome aboard pinner.
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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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Good for you Pinner. Good for you.
Honest,Proud and Defiant in the face of the fashionistas.Your only aim is just to have fun doing what you enjoy on the hill.
Top man. 
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