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brian

Just took a notion to update my Skier Profile. Apart from having to add 3 to the age Sad

, the major thing that struck me was how my skiing life has expanded since I started kicking about here.

Then - an annual trip to the alps and a few day trips up North if I could squeeze them in. Smile

Now - own an apartment in Switzerland, planning 2 long weekends and 2 weeks to the alps plus hoping for a day or 2 here as well. Very Happy

For me this is at least partly due to the fact that my kids are a bit older and getting into the sport (but even that owes a big debt to hooking up with easiski via here and having the confidence to go for it). However I can't help feeling that I'm riding the snowHead

wave.

Anyone else notice this effect ? How's it expanded for you ? wink

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brian, well documented apartment purchase, maximum of two weeks now expanded to PSB , the 2 weeks at Christmas, then up to another three weeks if possible, plus occasional trips to Castleford. My conclusion, joining SnowHeads has porved expensive wink

Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

Helen Beaumont, "SnowHeads has porved expensive" if you put it like that is it less expensive??? Laughing

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brian, I've also noted the increase in trips away, from 1 week a year to 5 trips in both of the last couple of years. Another way to ask this question would be "how much has snowHeads cost you". To that question I hate to think the answer Shocked

Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

pre-snowheads - 3 weeks in 3 years

since joining - first 2 weeks per year but now 4 weeks per year Very Happy

brian

Ray Zorro, Helen Beaumont, think of all that life enrichment though wink

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brian, and the liver damage................. Laughing

easiski, who knows?

After all it is free

Don't have a skier profile but I did one week 2 years ago and 2 weeks last year. I am now desperately trying to work out how to do more this year and have lessons with easiski. I have been on a Warren Smith course and am going back next year, I got my boots at last years boot clinic and went to the ski test.

I don't have a problem do I?

pre-snowheads - 3 weeks in 5 years
04-05 2weeks
05-06 3 weeks
06-07 4 weeks
07-08 already booked 3.5 weeks

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Oh God!

In the old days: 1 week per year, sometimes 1 week plus one weekend.
Own boots and skis.

Now:
Shack in Switz'
3x10 day trips, plus 5 weekends
Own boots and 5 pairs of skis (that is just me...nobody has less than 2 pairs in our family!)

How much has snowHeads cost us?

A LOT!

Worth every penny too Little Angel

snowHeads are a friendly bunch.

Meh, ive still only had one week a year since joining. But that's only due to lack of money and the small problem of completing college, and not for my lack of trying!

Hey guys, you must all be jealous of how much money im going to save next year. Not one skiing trip going to happen Sad

Oh well, i have to admit though that before snowheads i would have never thought of doing a season, and now im planning to do just that in my gap year Toofy Grin

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brian, interesting post. I wouldn't exactly blame snowHeads for having bought an apartment, as it was something I'd been thinking about for a while (how to spend max time on the snow) but "meeting" so many other people who share the same goal makes me feel that it's quite normal, when all around me are people who find it much more normal to spend their hard-earned money on goals I don't share.

Markus, my deepest sympathies Crying or Very sad

PS give us a wave Very Happy

You know it makes sense.

Frosty the Snowman, northener???

Good on you Very Happy

brian

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Markus, Currently at my desk on Preston Farm Business Park at the top of Yarm Road Very Happy

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Frosty the Snowman, its not all bad then... Getting paid to browse SHs seems to be a good solution to fixing the addiction Very Happy

(well help pay for it anyway, not too sure about fixing :S) Laughing

On a further note - do people actually think that if they hadnt joined SHs they wouldnt go skiing as much as they do now, or do you think that the fact you go skiing more often and the fact that you joined snowheads are both products of an already growing addiction?

Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

Joined in February 2005 straight after my first skiing holiday, had one more long weekend that year. The next year I managed 3 weeks over 3 trips and last Winter 3.5 weeks over 4 trips. 3 weeks planned for next year (so far) over 2 trips.

What part has snowHead

's played? Considerable I think in keeping my enthusiasm levels high (especially out of season) and also introducing me to easiski, as a result I had 3 trips to LDA last year.

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Er...
Since joining SnowHeads I've done two seasons, and all fixed up for a third.

Do I win??

Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

Markus, Snowheads introduced me to great quality lessons. Nuff said.

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Since I joined snowHeads... well... I have gone on ski trips I wouldn't have been able to go on otherwise because my mum was looking after my dad. I had loads of fun, improved my skiing loads and made loads of friends. And it changed my life. In 2006 I was trapped in a life that was really not good for me and lost was wrong but I couldn't see it, and I'd been very hurt - going away on PSB 2006 enabled me to look at my life, see what a mess it was and what was wrong, start getting over who had hurt me, and made me see I needed to sort my life out. Thanks to sH, I started sorting my life out.

So I'd say sH made quite a difference!

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brian, I thought this thread was about every one in snowheads seeing the light about excellent skis.

After all it is free

err....can't say I am doing too much different, but I have met some very nice people and made some good friends.
And I am planning trips with snowHead

so in that sense I am getting about a bit more

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My winter trips have not changed a great deal but I have definately got a few more ideas of where to go and things from snowHead

's . This years very successful summer trip was definately snowHead

inspired.
I have been persuade here the even at my relatively decrepit age its worth trying to improve my skiing rather than remaining plateau'd.

There have I must confess been the odd conversation at home along the lines of

Me: mutter mutter mutter quite nice,.... small appartment not too badly priced.
Mrs T Bar: Stop dreaming
Me: A sort of investment really
Mrs T Bar: Yeah right and who's going to keep it maintained?
Me: Would be so nice for the kids as they get older
Mrs T Bar: You always said you don't want to be tied to one place and go where the snow is.
Me: There are some places that are reasonably snow sure.
Mrs T Bar: And who would rent it out?
Me: We could get the odd weekend away and it's lovely in the summer
Mrs T Bar: You've been reading to much snowHeads again rolling eyes

Me:

snowHeads are a friendly bunch.

BGA, say hi to Warren, Melody and Rob from me....and have a great time.

Be sure to give us some stoke when you return!

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Pre-snowheads

1 week for each of 2 years

Approx 9-10yr gap

1 week in 1 year

Discovered Snowheads

1 week in 2007 year

Looking forward to possibly 2 weeks next year

I haven't caught the bug as bad as some!

It's all good for you! Smile

I'm returning from a 4-5 year gap last season. So I'm not the least bit surprised I'm doing a lot more than I did the year before! Wink

Having an internet "community" like Snowhead and Epic is very GOOD for me. I found people to ski with by going to "bashes/gatherings", found good idea of when and where to go, what equipement to try and buy... It saves me from wasting my time and money on things other snowheads/bears had learned in their search.

So I'll be skiing more. I'll buy more gear. I'll be going to places I would never thought of myself without snowheads/epic. I may end up spending more on skiing. But I'll definitely enjoying it a lot more this time around than the last. Isn't that why we LIVE? Wink

You know it makes sense.

I joined

's at the end of the 06 season. It was www.winterhighland.info that got me skiing again after a 10 year break but PSB 06 and EoSB 07 are 2 trips I wouldn't have made if I hadn't joined snowHead

's
I hope to go on all 3 bashes this year plus one other European (or American depending on $$$) trip as well snowHead

No

's I think 2 weeks aboard would be it
But I may have spent more time on Scottish slopes rolling eyes

Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:

I agree the problem here is the other snowHead

.

They keep writing about skiing, holidays, apartments in the mountains, desirable equipment and the worse ones attach pictures to tempt others into the dark side..

It's outrageous...

Me? I had a twenty year break Puzzled

, joined

last year went twice last year and have three trips booked for next season already. You lot should be ashamed.... Toofy Grin

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cfc5mu0,

good effort

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Interesting PsOV - I don't feel I've "joined" anything...more become "a part of", which actually feels more inclusive. FWIW - 1 week a year, now planning 4 trips this season snowHead

. If this sounds incoherent, blame the "pop".. another side effect of snowHead

s

Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

just checked back on my photo folders (only way I can keep track of the trips Embarassed

)

1 week back in 1997
another in 1999
GAP
2 weeks and 2 weekends in 2004
JOINED SNOWHEADS
3 weeks and 2 weekends in 2005
4 weeks and 5 days in 2006
3 weeks (so far) in 2007

5(ish) weeks planned for 07/08 season Embarassed

Now I can't really blame snowHead

's for feeding the addiction, but whoever said 'the best things in life are free' was NOT a skier. snowHead

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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

Pre snow heads 2 weeks a year (if lucky)

Post snow heads, Bought an apartment, learned how to make a website so constantly look at snowheads and now ski 6-8 weeks a year plus indoor time

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FenlandSkier, True, but skiing without liftpass, travel, beer Shocked

, (or skis) is pretty difficult in Leicstershire snowHead

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I think one thing that snowHeads has achieved particularly well has been to extend people's ski seasons.

A large proportion of British skiers has always thought that the season lasts from Feb to Early March with the more adventurous 'chancing it' in late Jan or the 3rd week of Mar.
But, with the Pre Season Bash being used as a 'Warm up' at the end of Oct and the End of Season Bash at the end of April as a 'Last Hussah', snowHeads are now working on fitting their skiing into a period of 6 months rather than just 6 weeks. Unsurprisingly, this opens up a few extra options.

Other limits are eased too.
Your normal ski buddy whether spouse, sibling or friend is injured, otherwise occupied or just can't get the same week off as you. What do you do? Well, there's bound to be someone at snowHeads to ski with

Just can't spare the time for a whole week? There are snowHeads with experience of, not just weekend trips, but even day trips to the Alps.
On the other hand, there's rather a lot of experience to draw on at the other end of the scale too, with people doing seasons or buying their own property. So you just don't sit there for 3 years casually wondering whether it's feasible or where to begin.

Then there are all the added dimensions - trying new skis, skiing with boots that actually fit, exploring new resorts / countries or breaking through a technique barrier whether it be conquering the fear of the red run, first tentative steps off-piste or nailing the fall-line through a mogul field - all these things seem so much more possible when you're surrounded by a community of people who are achieving them too. But you just can't fit all that into 1 week, especially when there are so many snowHeads to hook up with for a beer on the mountian!

After all it is free

admin, You entirely forgot the summer! One snowhead is here for the second time this summer, 2 others for their first summer trip. I bet it was this forum that has improved the awareness of summer skiing! Very Happy

Errr... and biking.

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