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what do you wear?
I've not skied on a dryslope for 18 years and can't remember what I used to wear? I think it was full on salopettes and jacket 
I'm thinking of going to hillend next week and if it is dry was planning on jeans and a hoodie. Is this what's worn normaly?
Indoors I wear trackie bottoms but thought jeans would offer a little more protection if I was to fall...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Trackie bottoms and a hoodie is fine, but a thick long-sleeved t-shirt is all that most juniors wear. Jeans might be a bit restrictive. BMX gloves recommended.
Thigh padding? Try not to think about falling - it is relatively rare.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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If you do wear jeans and fall, you might get wet which will feel v uncomfortable (at this time of the year, our local slope has the sprinklers on fairly regularly). I agree with trackie bots or old salopettes, and gloves are vital. 
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Usually tracksuit bottoms, with overtrousers for the spray, but can get a bit warm, so sometimes shorts+overtrousers, then just tee shirt and thin waterproof jkt, or sweatshirt.
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can get a bit worm
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so try and slalom around them or could be messy
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Lou, trying to type too fast again 
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II, have you got any shell trousers without any insulation in them? You want something waterproof really on the bottom half because I noticed that people's tracksuit bottoms soak up the water from the sprinklers by capilliary action and go all soppy plus it spreads upwards. (I've been doing my L1 shadowing at Gloucester lately so that's how I know).
They wouldn't be too warm then either not like overtrousers over the top of tracksuit bottoms.
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II, depends how long you intend skiing and the weather conditions. I usually wear old salopettes and a thin long sleeve top in summer if it's dry, obviously lightweight gloves are essential. To be honest if you are only skiing for an hour or so I think the jeans and hoodie sounds fine (plenty of people wear this) so long as you have a change of clothing afterwards.
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Kevlar is good, if not trackie bottoms and a long sleeve top, lightweight gloves, but not woolly ones, they offer zero protection.
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II, it really depends how agressive you intend being. If you can guarantee not falling, then really anything, provided the legs are reasonably water resistant. I've not skied at Hillend myslef, but I understand that "The Wall" is ridiculously steep, and there's a fair chance of losing your footing on it if you're not very careful. Dendix is very hard if you fall on it, and I've had some nasty grazes, even through a sweatshirt. So I'd recommend wearing the hardest wearing old stuff you can find - and maybe both a long sleeved shirt and sweatshirt, and preferably not too loose at the cuff. I always wear my old Rodeo racing pants which are virtually bombproof and have taken huge amounts of punishment. I'm going at racing speeds nearly all the time, so I always wear armoured shorts and shirt as well, but you shouldn't need that. If you have something like skateboard knee and elbow protectors though it would be worth wearing those, because those are the most likely to take the thump (assuming you can keep your hands off the deck). I would always go with being too hot to being underprotected.
(I'm writing this having got out of A&E after coming of worse going sideways into a pole tonight - sporting an extremely impressive shiner  )
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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GrahamN, as good as this one? 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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II, I usually wear jeans and occasionally an old pair of combats. Our slope is 'wet' but it's only a problem if you are a snowboarder (all that sitting down) or if you are standing around next to a sprinkler.
Best not to fall.l
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owch- I'm going to xscape instead 
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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owch- I'm going to xscape instead
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That's probably advisable, given the p!ssing rain in the central belt over the last few days.
Worth checking whether they have an event on though. They sometimes have skier-cross competitions and the like, which closes half (or more) of the slope.
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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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GrahamN, Nice one
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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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GrahamN,
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owch- I'm going to xscape instead
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Exactly the conclusion i came to after seeing all the injuries on dry slopes..
GrahamN, yikes that looks extremely bad, did you catch a pole in the eye? I dont seem to remember you having a chin guard.
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II, Please note that GrahamN, 's incident happened during race training - rather than free skiing.
I've broken my thumb twice on plastic - but thats in 20 years of regular (ab)use - and both were with gates. You don't see that many accidents if just free skiing. The top of Hillend (the face ?) is steep - but not very long, when I last skiied it (1990) you could only get a couple of turns on it at most (on 2m Course SLs) .
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Here are some tips from a (reasonably) regular Hillend user.
Dont take your own skis. It is more than likely that you wll severely damage them with friction burns.
If you have the opportunity, go when it is raining, especially at this time of year. Although they have a sprinkler system it is of no great effect in warm sunshine.
If you follow the above, you will be skiing in wet conditions so jeans are a bad idea as they soak up water and stay wet.
Conversely, wearing any good ski kit is a bad idea as if you fall as you may rip it or otherwise damage it if you fall at any speed. Likewise you can damage yourself in that way. in my experience more likely on the arms more than the legs.
In my view (assuming it is not too warm) wear old trousers which are waterproof to some degree, thin gloves which have some waterproofing and on top something which covers your arms in case you fall.
If it is too warm for all of that then dont bother going, as the skiing will be crap as the mat will be too dry (despite the sprinklers)
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