 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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veeeight, Don't know but she knows Jon Olson
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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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Timmaah, I've been skiing this stuff for just over two years now and, as my preferred learning style is to push things beyond my limit and then pull back under it, I fall a lot. I've probably had 200 sessions and 50 falls in that time. I've currently got a broken thumb as a result of a very hard training session, and broke my little finger in a race last year - but other than that all I've had has been bruises (but some of those have been doosies). These are high speed falls, and you can expect something not good to happen in them. The worst injury I've seen this year is to the daughter of one of our coaches, who broke her leg - on snow.
For "normal" falls you are likely to get bruised, but not necessarily much more. If you do ski on Dendix, and are worried about getting hurt, I would recommend wearing kneepads, elbow pads and probably padded shorts - i.e. just the kind of protection you'd think about for skateboarding or mountain-biking - and do your best to roll with the fall rather than put your hand out to stop it (which is what I was stupid enough to do this time).
skimottaret, maybe you just needed to rack the heel DIN on that slope ski up above 2? 
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Plastic hurts more. It's more difficult to get (and hold) an edge. You can't get the same pressure on the ski that you can on snow. They're much better wet. It's always the same, except when covered in snow.
But... you develop much more sensitivity - in order to feel for the grip that may or may not be there ! As it stays the same, what worked yesterday should work today. Because slopes tend to be short - you have to get on with it - which is good practise for steeps and couloirs - the downside to this is stopping every 80 metres on Double M tends to bore your skiing buddies.
And - mostly my local one is 15 mins away. The alps are nearer 15 hours.
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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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Sage, It is ... but fun all the same
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The major difference in my experience: on ice, more pressure (or should that be force?  ) will help you grip.
On plastic, once you go above a certain amount of pressure you will lose grip. (This is less true for smaller children.)
Therefore you cannot achieve the same lower body "angles" on plastic as you can on snow.
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Martin Bell, now I wonder who's tried the super-thin 45mm-waist Elans on plastic.
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I'm almost of the thought that skiing on plastic can be classed as a different sport to skiing on snow
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FAQ
Now, what was her name again? 
