 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi, that’s me.
I am 11 months old and 124 cm long.
I’ve got something no other ski has: direction and speed control located behind your boots.
You immediately feel the grip of metal fins when skiing off-piste.
Twisting the feet left or right makes skis pivot on their fins and draw a clean curve in the snow.
Just on hard snow surface you have to care that fins do really carve and occasionally „shoot“ feet and skis forward to put a pressure on fins and to execute a powerful „jet turn on the fins“.
Otherwise you are free to turn as you are used to (carve and skidded turns on ski edges).
The position of fins behind ski boots produces momentum that forces both skis to automatically stabilize in the driving direction and therefore parallel to each other.
Unlike shaped carver this ski offers no handle at ski tip section to get skewed by bumpy terrain.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Tom from Austria, didn't you get your product ripped up enough on TGR?
At least get it in the right forum! Equipment Review / Questions.
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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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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Tom from Austria, Deffinately interesting haha, also received with an "air of mystery" on J2Ski!!!
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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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| parlor wrote: |
Tom from Austria, didn't you get your product ripped up enough on TGR?
At least get it in the right forum! Equipment Review / Questions. |
Is that a polite way of saying
TECH TALK JONG!
It's a very odd form of spam.
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brian
brian
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fatbob, although speaking of spam, looks like it might double up as a handy tin opener 
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| brian wrote: |
| fatbob, although speaking of spam, looks like it might double up as a handy tin opener |
Or face remover
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I like it 
I remember when fins first came out on play kayaks and everyone laughed, oh how times change.
wouldn't buy a set though, they're just too dam ugly.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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BGA, i want to know how you found that.. its rather horriffic haha!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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p.s Tom from Austria is a mighty good typist for an 11 month old ski!
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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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It is not really spam, in my opinion, if there are no details of where to buy it.
Could equally be in 'Snow News' as 'Equipment'.
A demo video would be interesting - specially in powder.
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Are they really so ugly ?
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You know it makes sense.
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BGA, I can't believe I clicked on that link... But probably as interesting as the spam can-opener featured here!
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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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| BGA wrote: |
| Is Tom from Austria, in any way related to Tom of FinlandI think we .. |
My daddy doesn't allow me to see this website as I am just 11 months old and the website is pure porno...
My daddy says it is not true that all Toms in continental Europe are our relatives.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Tom from Austria, did you know that people in the UK ski on plastic or big fridges?
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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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So the ski encourages you to sit back in the toilet position ?
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| Latchigo wrote: |
It is not really spam, in my opinion, if there are no details of where to buy it.
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A demo video would be interesting - specially in powder. |
That's right, Latchigo. There is nothing to buy, just 15 prototypes for good friends.
We have just got 1-2 m new powder in eastern Austria, but are waiting for sun and lifts
to make nice video. Up to now we had nothing but hard and steep without sunshine.
The last video from LaGrave (France) is like this.
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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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| Latchigo wrote: |
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So the ski encourages you to sit back in the toilet position ? |
No, you can turn as you are used to (carve or skidded turn).
But any time next turn is expected to be critical, you "shoot" your feet and skis forward
releasing ski tips for a moment. It's like "JET-TURN" but executed on rear fins instead.
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| parlor wrote: |
| Tom from Austria, did you know that people in the UK ski on plastic or big fridges? |
Poor english people ! My condolence.
In contrast, you parlor come from Verbier and like crevasses, do you ?
I love Verbier and La Grave but hate crevasses and seracs.
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That guy's been watching Bode too much
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| Martin Bell wrote: |
That guy's been watching Bode too much |
If you mean Bode Miller, Martin Bell,
you are right.
The next WorldCup slalom will see my friend Bode starting on the most teribble
of these skis.
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lets not be too hasty the Austrians did invent Red bull
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| jbob wrote: |
| lets not be too hasty the Austrians did invent Red bull |
as a punishment for you, folks !
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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fatbob, the are rather snowblade-esque come to think of it, they have just fallen in my estimations
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Tom from Austria, Hmmm - Cannot wait to see the injuries when that runs over/into someone. If those fins are sharp enough to cut snow, they will slice legs.
This is a mind-bogglingly stupid idea, and will be rapidly banned by sensible resorts. Added to which (IMHO) the guy on them in the clip looks a complete and utter lady's front bottom on them. I would rather be seen on blades to be frank.
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You know it makes sense.
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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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| stoatsbrother wrote: |
Tom from Austria, ... the injuries when that runs over/into someone. If those fins are sharp enough to cut snow, they will slice legs.
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Are you skating, stoatsbrother ? Stop it ! Just imagine the skids runnning over your or somebody elses face.
Unlike fins, skates are made of steel.
Fact is that fins improve speed and direction control dramatically, such reducing crash-probability on piste.
And ... some of us prefer off-piste, an environment where you can just hurt yourself.
By the way, your ski edges are also made of steel and are sharper than this 3-mm aluminium can ever be.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Mike Lawrie wrote: |
Ok so the technique is that you lean back as far as you can..
you only need one stick, why not put it between your legs like the guys in St.Anton used to do? |
1) No, it is not
2) You apparently mean the inventor of alpine skiing, Zdarsky. He was enemy of St.Anton's technique.
You can keep on laughing over me holding no pole in the left hand. I had a shoulder luxation before this video was taken.
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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 looks very tireing 
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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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| fatbob wrote: |
| ... provided you can certify they would in no way be classified as snowblades. |
With snowblades, Rax skis share just one attribute: the length.
Rax skis have been developed from "Firngleiter", both having sharp tail edge.
Do you really think you could compete with any of thousand plus Firngleiter riders from Austria in a steep couloir ?
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| II wrote: |
| that looks very tireing |
Getting tired on Rax skis very soon ?
Well, you can keep on gliding over long distances without performing "jet turn on fins" which requires sharp raising ski tips.
Or .. you can turn using traditional technique.
But... the latter makes you even more tired than "jet turn on fins".
My video from Les 2 Alpes is bad, but it shows at least fast turns performed with minimum strength.
The slope there was very hard and 50 degrees steep (end of April).
Just imagine somebody on fat skis running the same trace: jumping and skidding. This makes tired.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Tom from Austria, Ah ha - to save everybody the bother of looking on TGR...
"I already ski horribly out of control on my heels while flailing a single ski pole in the air on traditional skis. I did not know I was on the cutting edge of progression."
"WOW. Do these come with a full frontal lobotomy? Or do they just beat you with them until you loose your motor skills."
So aside from being the Village People's wet dream, are these an orthopedic surgeon's wet dream, too?
I'm just trying to figure out if these are a seventh grade science experiment gone very wrong. Maybe you should market these to snow bikers? Find your market niche man! Those damn things are scaring me.
This looks like it takes every ounce of fun out of skiing. Ok, I can straightline or carve and get shinbangs like never before, but leaning forward at high speeds, carving, and floating and turning in powder are actually highly enjoyable things. And leaning back is a very uncomfortable position, whether you're controlling your skis or not. Plus it must suck for the knees, lower back, and many other muscles and bones.
These things look  dangerous, like they could cut someones leg off. What if the binding releases and they fly down the hill and hit someone? I'd be interested in seing them in action though, are there any vids of these ski (can't be bothered to look through the whole thread to find one.
Found the vid.THese things look totally ridiculous
thanks P.............. just looking at that vid again makes me fall off my chair laughing.
No offence or anything Tom from Austria but as a skier, one tries to get down the mountain with as much style as possible ie. looking nice and controlled.
From the vid, these skis look as though they make you ski way in the back seat waving your ski poles around in front of you.
Its just has no steeze
EDIT: Plus these ski don't seem to offer any performance benefits either. Any decent skier could make turns like that.
Just because you are the fastest retard flailing down the slope does not mean you are not retarded.
Tried epic yet? 
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| Tom from Austria wrote: |
| Mike Lawrie wrote: |
Ok so the technique is that you lean back as far as you can..
you only need one stick, why not put it between your legs like the guys in St.Anton used to do? |
1) No, it is not
2) You apparently mean the inventor of alpine skiing, Zdarsky. He was enemy of St.Anton's technique.
You can keep on laughing over me holding no pole in the left hand. I had a shoulder luxation before this video was taken. |
Wenn'st a luxierte Schulter hast dann sollt'st es lieber lassen! So schaust einfach vollkommen bescheuert aus! Tut mir echt leid, musste gesagt werden.
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| Mike Lawrie wrote: |
| Wenn'st a luxierte Schulter hast dann sollt'st es lieber lassen! So schaust einfach vollkommen bescheuert aus! Tut mir echt leid, musste gesagt werden. |
According to Babel Fish Mike Lawrie just finished him off. Check this out:
Wenn'st A luxated shoulder has then is it to rather leave! Thus look simply perfectly crazy out! Genuinly if wrong does to me, had to be said.
Go Babel fish!
| Tom from Austria wrote: |
| Do you really think you could compete with any of thousand plus Firngleiter riders from Austria in a steep couloir ? |
Tricky one. Do we all start at once or is a time trial? Or maybe it's a very wide, steep couloir. Otherwise I'd take on the best two of your thousand riders if you like. They have to be using your funny fin ski things though. Good night Vienna.
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stoatsbrother, amen
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| parlor wrote: |
| Mike Lawrie wrote: |
| Wenn'st a luxierte Schulter hast dann sollt'st es lieber lassen! So schaust einfach vollkommen bescheuert aus! Tut mir echt leid, musste gesagt werden. |
According to Babel Fish Mike Lawrie just finished him off. Check this out:
Wenn'st A luxated shoulder has then is it to rather leave! Thus look simply perfectly crazy out! Genuinly if wrong does to me, had to be said.
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Hmm. I didn't know I'd been quite so brutal 
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FAQ
If you only need one stick, why not put it between your legs like the guys in St.Anton used to do?
