 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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That's the one that was in the program on Virgin 1 a couple of weeks back. Scary.
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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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Very Professional 
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stanton, wouldn't have happened to you then?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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This was part of the program filmed by Gethin Jones for Virgin on dangerous hobbies.
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| Steilhang wrote: |
| stanton, wouldn't have happened to you then? |
No, why do you ask?
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| stanton wrote: |
| Steilhang wrote: |
| stanton, wouldn't have happened to you then? |
No, why do you ask? |
Never mind.
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Steilhang, of course it wouldn't. Holland is flat 
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I hadn't seen that, heard about the slide but had poo-poo'd it a bit. He really nearly got rinsed, it strange because he was not buried by the time the slide came to a stop.
I like the fact he didn't let go of the camera!
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I'm quite impressed that his beanie stayed on his head!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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scarey !!!
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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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| stanton, wouldn't have happened to you then? |
Surely you don't believe stanton likely to be capable of skiing thaht sort of slope, avalanche risk or not?
I wouldn't imagine very many  are actually capable of that sort of skiing - although probably a rather higher percentage than among skiers in general.
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Having watched the entire show (thanks to a download from another ), it was really odd for me to see Jonno Verity being serious, having got so used to seeing him in the Snowfix podcasts playing at being a total pratt.
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You know it makes sense.
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I'm assuming here that stanton may be suggesting that, amongst other things, having 2 riders at once on an open, uncontrolled and seemingly uncut slope, one apparently up on a small ridge and the other filming him riding parallel but riding down in a v shaped depression is not wholly 'best practice'.
Damn lucky there was enough energy in it to carry him over that lump in the ground at the bottom of the slide, if it had all stopped there it would have been a whole other story.
Maybe not a lot of people could ski it well and pop off an air or two, but I reckon more than you give credit for could flail down it on clownshoe skis a la tranquilized girraffe.
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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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Sometimes I think these people actually want to get into this sort of thing  IMO
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Poster: A snowHead
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alex_heney, I think he came across very well in that clip then.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Topsmoke, to a certain degree you are right. There is a fine line between between safety and getting the most dramatic shot. There is no doubt that more risk is taken when you have a couple of choppers (for filming purposes) that happen to have a team of would be rescuers on board.
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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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Surely you don't believe stanton likely to be capable of skiing thaht sort of slope, avalanche risk or not
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I didn't think the slope itself looked that steep, though the line they took over a few rocks made it look tough. But that's the problem, and that's what makes the clip (and avalanches in general) scary - the fact that a reasonable keen off-piste skier like many of us here could easily have skied the same slope and maybe been avalanched. I agree with alex_heney, the boarder came across well, he was very shaken up and upset and was not trying to glorify the danger as far as I could see.
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I met Jonno several years ago (think it was 2000) when he was based in Meribel for the season - really nice, quiet almost shy guy, certainly not some big head border (that maybe you would think when you see some of the lines he tackled). An incredible rider even back then, sooooooo fast on the piste but always encouraging and helping newbies - his rapping after a few drinks wasn't pretty though.
Certainly will make me think twice about some runs this season...
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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This August new zealand Had some very gnarly avalanches all over the place.
There's a sketchy home vid clip on youtube of a size 4 at Craigieburn. They bombed via helicopter, you see the crown break and it carries all the way down to the valley floor. Which is about 500m above sea level, loads of the snow went through the forest and totally destroyed trees. It took them 3/4 days to dig the lifts out. It was quite humbling driving through the forest when they re opened through all the snow banks and looking down at the missing bits of forest and huge trees uprooted and scattered like twigs http://uk.youtube.com/v/sPzwSUPFKiY
The snowpack that was around in august in NZ was very unstable at times, with lots of light dry powder 8% density falling in big dumps over a week with barely any time for the layers to stabilise between dumps. yeah it wasn't probably ideal to go at it the way they did, they'll probably think about it abit more next time, but you can take all the precautions in the world and sometimes, somthing just goes wrong. Its mother nature and the mountains they're a cruel mistress.
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cowdoo. He went through an avalanche and kept his hat on. Complete cowdoo. Tosser
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