 Poster: A snowHead
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Punter - A perjorative term used by instructors and seasonaires when describing clients and holiday skiers
Barnyard - Punter (canadian version)
Crazy Pierre - A skier going bezerk on old school feet-fixed together hip wiggling style
Gaper - Punter (Amercian version)
"gorby", as in "the gorby-gap". Punter (canadian version)
Gumby - An uncoordinated skiier (Australian)
Texican - A Gaper from Texas
Smelly guy with a beard - a telemark skier
Worm: Marketing hype designed to play on the insecurities of the skier, causing you to buy poor or inappropriate equipment.
Fish: They eat Worms.
Anticipation: What you feel in the 5 minutes prior to removing ski boots
What you feel on the last run of the day as you see the bar approaching
Banking: What a ski instructor does at the end of the week...
Converging: Many "anticipating" skiers heading to the same bar...
Counter: See Converging or Banking above
Cuff: How to deal with queue jumpers, normally paired with 'around the ear'
'Glossary' - A term used but those whom perfer to chat theory and search for a reason that they suck at skiing, thereofore during 'Apres-ski' still being able to hang out with skiers and talk the talk as they know a little bit of the 'Lingo'. Unbeknown to these types, real skiers talk about many other things, thus displaying a greater range of life skills and are therefore normal and interesting people. Funnily enough, they usually suck at skiing because it is a sport that requires a freedom of spirit and a fair amont of joy and feeling. So, let nature do her work, Snow and Gravity for the skiers, Natural disasters for the Anoraks.
Stacking: When all of the other jargon doesn't work...
Wedge Turn: Common among ski instructors at the end of the week before they get to the 'Banking' stage as described above...An excess of cash in one pocket creates an imbalance, thus changeing the aerodynamics and physics of their glide and causing them to change direction... (To speed up or slow down?? oops, lets not go there)
'dont sh*t Sh*g'
fornicate dont deficate - the poncy version of above
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Sun 14-09-08 11:04; edited 7 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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[quote="skimottaret"]Punter - A perjorative term used by instructors and seasonaires when describing clients and holiday skiers" Isn't it Billy as in Billy Bunter?
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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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ickabodblue, that as well.
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Billy must be the Cockney rhyming slang version 
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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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| skimottaret wrote: |
| Punter - A perjorative term used by instructors and seasonaires when describing clients and holiday skiers" Isn't it Billy as in Billy Bunter? |
Yes, historically aka Hillman not a smaller version of mountain man but a contraction of hillman hunter.
The derivation of gaper I understand is people with an unsightly gap between goggles and helmet, you have been warned.
how about
giraffe stroker
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A quick coffee break - what you tell your Other Half you had when you missed lunch after a 4 hour session of Mutzig and Toffee vodka when skiing with mates
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| skimottaret wrote: |
| A quick coffee break - what you tell your Other Half you had when you missed lunch after a 4 hour session of Mutzig and Toffee vodka when skiing with mates |
A moment of madness (to your eternal regret - never happened before and never will again. And you have the full support of the party leader).
That kind of thing?
David
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skimottaret, no no no...
Gumby is Australian term for some one like me i.e. unco(ordinated)...
We use punter for punter
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In Canada I have heard "gorby", as in "the gorby-gap".
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Martin Bell, nice one, you got any good austrian funny ones?
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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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Texican - See Gaper but from Texas
Crazy Pierre - A skier going bezerk on old school feet-fixed together hip wiggling style
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fatbob, Smelly guy with a beard - a telemark skier
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You know it makes sense.
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courtesy of smallzookeeper
Worm: Marketing hype designed to play on the insecurities of the skier, causing you to buy poor or inappropriate equipment.
Fish: They eat Worms.
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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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Free Riding - a method of skiing and emptying your wallet at the same time
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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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Alastair Pink, funny enough after about 4 months of messing about i finally managed to get my tele bindings attacted yesterday to my skis sort of in the right place. Am considering a go at MK tuesday for a laugh.
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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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'Glossary' - A term used but those whom perfer to chat theory and search for a reason that they suck at skiing, thereofore during 'Apres-ski' still being able to hang out with skiers and talk the talk as they know a little bit of the 'Lingo'. Unbeknown to these types, real skiers talk about many other things, thus displaying a greater range of life skills and are therefore normal and interesting people. Funnily enough, they usually suck at skiing because it is a sport that requires a freedom of spirit and a fair amont of joy and feeling. So, let nature do her work, Snow and Gravity for the skiers, Natural disasters for the Anoraks.
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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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Fringe of Society: a place where normal and driven people recide, leading the way and making the rules for 'fools' swallowed up by a lack of the ability to make there own judgements, thus becoming followers of what they believe is 'society'.
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(and putting banana as a synonym for delay) - the most commonly used phrase used in the Snowsports Industry.
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skimottaret,
we will be there tomorrow...around midday
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JT, shame Im not working monday but tuesday. I think there is a rossignol demo night 5-9 on tuesday if you are still around, i might even bring my tele skis
SMALLZOOKEEPER, it was fun crossing intellectual swords this morning amigo but i think i will call it a day as it is getting a bit too personal 
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skimottaret, We all have our boundaries. Well some of you.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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skimottaret,
snowball and I are passing so thought we'd pop in, on our way to Wales.
This all came about a bit late so we didn't make a meet of it ...or post about it.
We will be there around mid-day for a hour or so and then have to get on our way.
I am trying out a new set-up so just want to get a feel for them...and as we are passing etc etc ...
Still if you can make it, or things change, we will be there to ski for 12:00
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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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SMALLZOOKEEPER, and i thought i have too much time on my hands....  ps i dont have a moustache
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Light reilef, been working like a welsh miner for a few months, just feel like poking a few. 
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You know it makes sense.
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, welsh..?? in the mines for a few months..?? poking a few...??... I don't need that picture in my head..
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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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Free Riding - a method of skiing and emptying your wallet at the same time
Ski Racing - a method of skiing and emptying your parents wallets at the same time
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FAQ
- I don't have a beard! (Won't comment on the smelly bit 