 Poster: A snowHead
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Kramer, You need to hit the pharmacy again to kill that 'glass half empty' burp.
I'm having a hard time trying to figure where you're coming from on this subject. You've the resources to spend significant time on real snow and I think you're intent on lifting your skill level to a higher level. We all know that you can party . . . even with a 'sensitive'  tummy . . .
So, are you saying that four or five hours in a shed on crap conditions practising and perfecting your skiing technique has less value than four or five hours in the open air on similar conditions? All you're being is elitist and talking crap.
Yeah, unless you're really dedicated to skills transition, a freezer shed is a miserable place for a 'Billy no Mates', but add some like-minded acquaintances, a bit of scram, some retail therapy and it's perfectly possible to have a good day out in an oversized, overpriced cold storage unit . . . It may be excoriable value for money but that's not the argument in this thread title.
It's all in your state of mind, if you expect to be disappointedly . . . you always will be.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Megamum wrote: |
| Here's a comment in the melting pot - do you think snow domes are more likely to be enjoyed by beginners for whom skiing anywhere is still a relative novelty, rather than folks with loads more hours of real snow under their belts? |
I think that's probably right to be honest, for one thing they're a 'safer' environment to start off in. However, I think more advanced skiers can gain enjoyment from them as well as long as they don't compare them directly with the 'real' thing and see them for practice and a bit of occasional fun.
Personally, as I think I've said above, I enjoy going to Tamworth but probably wouldn't go half as much if I wasn't taking my daughter there for Junior Club every few weeks. I find greater challenge, and I think gain more benefit, from skiing at Gloucester dry slope which is a more unforgiving surface that forces you to get it right(ish) or sport the bruises that show you didn't. So dry for more challenge and improving technique yes but I do have fun at Tamworth, perhaps more fun than on dry to be honest, but I certainly gain more from skiing on dry slopes.
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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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Been reading this thread with interest & though I'd post now after having spent this afternoon & last Tues afternoon attending a Warren Smith session at Castleford. IMO these slopes are just superb for this kind of technical training. My group did an hour working on a number of edge release/transition drills & then two hours skiing (or trying to ski) bumps. It was just great being able to have continuous runs on bumps under the watchful eye of a top class instructor & it was amazing to see the progression within all the groups. It was the first time Deb has skied bumps & this was the ideal place to try them. We now both have a new set of things to work on over the summer at Castleford.
So if you want to some bump practice Castleford build them on a Sunday on a fortnightly basis & they stay up for 3 days (Sun, Mon & Tues) before being bashed down - unfortunately if they leave them any longer the bumps freeze solid & the basher can't flatten them.
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An update from me: Went back to MK XScape yesterday for two hours and had a good morning. This was the 'free' two hour session they gave us after the fiasco a few weeks ago, and to be fair to them they seem to have fixed the draglift problems they were having. They still only ran one lift but as there were only a couple of dozen people on the slope this was fine. The snow seemed better as well, maybe they have lowered the temperature or something? Had an enjoyable couple of hours and my two beginner mates definitely made progress towards breaking out from the plough. However, two hours was plenty for me, even with a couple of mates there, a whole day would be far too long.
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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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AxsMan, I was there yesterday with my niece and nephew, it did seem a little colder inside than the last time I went (Oct 06) The snow was ok but by lunchtime quite a large area at the top was icy (highlight of the day watching people, normally boarders fall on it). Two hours for me was far too long, a day would be just about manageable if I was training and working on some aspect of skiing.
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Megamum, 
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Of course you can't have a good days skiing in a Snow Shed, but you can have a great laugh for a couple of hours, then go and eat some junk food, watch a movie, climb the climbing wall, have a few beers in the pub, gaze at some over priced kit in the specialist shops, then have a few more beers, spend money on kit you didn't plan on buying, then have a few more beers, then go nightclubbing etc. etc. etc. All you need is some cheap accommodation in the damn places.
Never better than the real thing, but when you're sweltering away in the middle of July, its not a bad place to cool down!
How many weeks until winter?!?
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pitchski, Sounds like you're organising the next sH meet!
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