 Poster: A snowHead
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I skied in the snow once, and have to say that I didn't care much for the experience and I was glad I wore goggles, though I did find that they steamed up with my glasses on underneath - I hope things will be better with my new contacts this year.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Megamum, contacts will make a hell of a difference. You also have to learn to be both relaxed and ready for any sudden contour changes. You cannot look at your feet in those conditions, and you can get sudden drops and bumps. You can actually practice the sensation if you find a wide open piste with no one on it by doing a few turns with your eyes closed.
I love skiing when it is snowing - with Kramer and JT on that. My wife hates it however. She would rather ski on slush in the sun, than powder in low visibility.
I do often feel slightly sea-sick when I stop though.
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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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stoatsbrother, I'm with your wife on that one - especially since I get sea-sick as you describe. But, as everybody says, it can be fab in trees.
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Megamum,
Sometimes you can owerpower the googles ability to demist by exerting too much but bins are far far better than glasses for skiing IMV
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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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| Megamum wrote: |
| I skied in the snow once, and have to say that I didn't care much for the experience and I was glad I wore goggles, though I did find that they steamed up with my glasses on underneath - I hope things will be better with my new contacts this year. |
Contacts will certainly make a difference.
Another thing to be aware of with goggles is basically don't take them off!
Once you put them on, try to keep them in place except when you stop properly (e.g. for a coffee). Don't take them off on the chairlift or Gondola, they will tend to mist up much more if you do.
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Tip: If you ski with your mouth open while it's snowing, you get instant refreshment. 
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PS Try not to inhale the snow. 
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I was skiing recently for 2-3 days in whiteout conditions, with over a metre of snow coming down thick and fast...in Val Thorens, and it was amazing. You have to use the piste markers to gain any sense of which direction the slope is taking and what the pitch is like (if there are no trees), but I found it very liberating. There weren't too many people skiing, so we just went for it hell-for-leather and with the snow piling up in mounds of powder and our skis slicing through it silently, I found it really helped my balance, because I couldn't see the bumps and all the scattered soft moguls and the drop offs, so my knees had to start acting like shock absorbers and a centred position became crucial.
I almost felt that, on the 3 blubird days that followed, I became lazier and messier technically.
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I feel like a big kid when its snowing. I have even been caught sticking my tongue out whilst on the chairs.
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I must contradict the suggestion earlier about fixing on the ground about 2metres ahead of you. Quite the opposite: keep the head up and looking ahead to pick up piste markers, other skiers, trees - that will help maintain your sense of the horizontal. The source of that advice - which immediately helped me greatly in the bad visibility we were experiencing - was a BASI trainer, so I guess he knew what he was talking about.
Stay centred as has been said and let your feet react to the ground beneath you. Sometimes, of course, you will suddenly realise there is nothing beneath your feet but if you are well balanced and looking ahead you have a better chance of riding the unexpected! .........And when you glide gracefully in to stop beside your friends, you will have stopped concentrating and the ground will be sloping precisely the opposite way to what you thought and you will be dumped gently on to your side.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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ccl, if you're getting dizzy and disorientated you need to look at something you can see. If you can see things in the distance well enough you won't get dizzy and disorientated - it happens because you can't see them well enough. People often keep trying to look up and ahead even in terrible vis 'cos it's what they've been taught and are used to but if vis is terrible, looking at something they can see ie 2m ahead will help. The other advantage is that you're less likely to be found lacking in the adjustments for snow department. I'd agree that looking only 2m ahead to the exclusion of looking where you're going wouldn't be helpful. And, yes, once again, many ways of skinning a cat, advice also courtesy of a (recent ex-but-eminent) BASI Trainer.
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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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You know it makes sense.
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If he fancied her, he'd be skiing behind her, looking at her bum!
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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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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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OH YES HE WOULD
Well, it's that time of year.
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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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Mosha Marc, OK, what panto have you been watching?
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FAQ
My ski instructor during most lessons skis backwards in front of my exorting me to 'look at my eyes' 
snowHeads 