Poster: A snowHead
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i was bored and started looking through what sort of questions the skiers ask, and was quite amused by lots of them.
Any suggestions for replies ?? (In no paricular order)
1 Is it worth a little warm up before you ski or is lugging all your gear to the lift sufficient effort? Or do 'real' skiers not bother?
Answer - warm up before lugging to avoid injury getting into the gondola
2 Visiting my sis in Frimley just after Xmas and need to feed my dendix habit. Where would snowheads suggest
Answer - where the f@ck is Frimley??
3 Dropping 6ft cliffs - My regular ski buddy did one for the first time last year. Of course being a competitive type I quite fancy learning how to do it as well. Suggestions??
Answer - get a board
Parlor answer (becasue he is a grumpy sod )
the most important thing is the landing. Never jump off anything into an unknown landing zone. What you're looking for is a nice and steep LZ with plenty of room. NEVER jump on to the flat. After around 6' you need a fairly good run out, once you land you'll need some straightline room to find your feet again before you check your speed with some turns. "Winding down the windows" is the most common first time trait, this can really upset your balance. Look to bring your knees up towards your chest and force your hands forwards and down. Before landing extend your legs and then suck them back up to absorb the force. Try not to introduce your knees to your jaw / mouth / teeth / tongue. I've lost a tooth on a measly 15'. Aim to land slightly on your tails and better to have your weight slightly back rather than forwards. It's hard to explain but your weight position as it will vary with height dropped and landing conditions (type of snow and pitch). Once you get above a certain height even top athletes will "back slap" or "back check" a landing, better to land on your bottom or back than your head. It's addictive when you start to stomp landings, it makes you want to go bigger and bigger. It's also silly and an easy way to start putting yourself in hospital...
4 I have a 1 year old Giro G10 helmet that fits perfect and i really dont want to have to buy a second helmet just for the occasional training. As i am just starting out will i really be getting wacked in the face much by the poles?
Answer - what is this thing about skiers and poles, isn't one in each hand enough?? go and enjoy yourself instead
5 Spent an enjoyable evening yesterday practising my snowploughs. Scary how tricky they are to do right! Why do my buttocks ache so much this morning? It must be agony to do a week of skiing like this.
Answer - make sure you never get your drink spiked again
6 Tree wells - any visible signs to look for??
Answer - err ..... trees
7 Is a propensity to sea sickness a detriment to carving
Answer - who cares, the hangover is worse
8 How many types of turn are there
Answer ?????//
9 I need help in spinning from backwards skiing to forward skiing. I'm happy going from forward to backwards but when I try to change back I nearly always catch an inide edge - nasty fall at speed.
help!
Answer - you need help generally, agreed on that point
10 wHAT IS THE BEST THING TO DO IF IT ALL GOES PEAR SHAPED ??
Answer - fall with grace
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Fri 16-11-07 10:01; edited 2 times in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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rayscoops, Excellent
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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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rayscoops wrote: |
8 How many types of turn are there |
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Left and right
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rayscoops, you made number seven up, admit it.
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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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Well, they say copying is the sincerest form of flattery - I wonder what I could find whilst going through the snowboarding section
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rayscoops, I'll let you off, you did far more research than I could be bothered with ! you found some gems there !
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Oh & I know the answer to no.2 - Frimley is just near Camberley My uncle & Grandad used to live there
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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debbi, Camberley ??/
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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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rayscoops, you must know, its down the A30
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debbi,
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You know it makes sense.
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rayscoops, Ace!
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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Top notch.
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love it !
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Lizzard, you don't like that thread then?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Mosha Marc, couldn't comment really - I fell asleep after three posts.
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Lizzard, ZZZZZzzzzzzz Talk about taking a fun past time and killing it !
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so noone wants to start a snowboarding terminology thread then?
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go on the Swirly,
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debbi, no.
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I need help with my falling leaf, I can go from leaf to falling but from falling to leaf i seem to catch both edges - a nasty fall at speed
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Swirly wrote: |
so noone wants to start a snowboarding terminology thread then? |
Ace - the word expelled when you look out of your hotel window and see the fresh dumps of overnight snow
Top Notch - the description of your evening scran after an awesome day in the powder
love it - looking back up the piste at your fresh powder track
Excellent - "zang" in Chinese
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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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OOF - The sound of the wind being knocked out of you
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You know it makes sense.
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rayscoops wrote: |
4 I have a 1 year old Giro G10 helmet that fits perfect and i really dont want to have to buy a second helmet just for the occasional training. As i am just starting out will i really be getting wacked in the face much by the poles? |
it's not the helmet that's the problem or the fact you're just starting out - try shaving off the adolf hitler mustache!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Exactly how high do you think a snowboarder can go?
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To the same height as anyone else in possession of either a) a pair of feet or b) a helicopter, surely?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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parlor, it is not height of the drop off that is the issue, it is the landing, getting up and riding off on the board after the first attempt - rather than having to conduct the 'find my ski / get my ski please' ritual is usually adopted by skiers that try silly things they have not done before
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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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Lizzard, upwards, yes. Downwards? No. Perhaps I was a little too informal with English. I'll try again:
Exactly how "big" do you think a snowboarder can go? I.e. what is the biggest cliff a snowboarder could drop?
Oh it's been ruined now. For those that don't understand and haven't actually hucked something big on either skis or snowboards (I've hucked pretty big on both). You can't go as big (and land, and ride away, pre-multi-somersaulting) on a snowboard as you can on skis. Fact.
So stick that in your soft boot, one plank pipe and shhhmoke it baby.
Oh and because of Lizzard little post, I'm gonna stick up for another skier.
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2 Visiting my sis in Frimley just after Xmas and need to feed my dendix habit. Where would snowheads suggest |
Geography, eh? Always a confusing one. Why does it matter? It's not near you so don't worry about it.
Why don't you guys try and find something to talk about instead of mocking poor (albeit idiotic) skiers????
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parlor, you may well sneak in at No. 11 with that one
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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parlor, good grief, who rattled your cage? I'm sure your 'hucking' skills are second to none. Now go and have a nice cup of tea and a sit down.
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rayscoops wrote: |
parlor, it is not height of the drop off that is the issue, it is the landing, getting up and riding off on the board after the first attempt - rather than having to conduct the 'find my ski / get my ski please' ritual is usually adopted by skiers that try silly things they have not done before |
That's because due to a fundamental lack of skills requires a snowboarder to be attached to ones board. Snowboarder drops a cliff. Lands on any part of body, momentum flips them around a few times and hey presto back on feet. Whhhooooo-hooooo.
The original post about "dropping cliffs", which I'm sure should actually be "dropping rocks", was asked by a skier who wanted some pointers so they could actually try to learn to land on feet and thus keep skis attached to feet. Not only to prevent annoying Snowboarders who, as you say, don't want to spend time looking for a buddies ski, but actually because it's jolly good form to land on ones feet and ski away. Which, incidentally, takes a fair bit of courage, skill and practice.
Could someone please call me a Cyber Fire Brigade? I can feel some flames burning and I have a large can of kerosene...
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Lizzard wrote: |
parlor, good grief, who rattled your cage? I'm sure your 'hucking' skills are second to none. Now go and have a nice cup of tea and a sit down. |
Just warming up!
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skimottaret, much better reply, my faith in 'techies' has been restored
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rayscoops, nice thread and I am with you on one very important subject, just where the f@ck is Frimley??
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