 Poster: A snowHead
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_thumb.jpg) High winds, long-awaited heavy snowfalls - and even a wild animal - have affected Europe's two big downhill events this weekend. The women's race at Val d'Isere was cancelled on Saturday when winds strong enough to damage race installations battered the OK course. And it's snowing heavily [this photo from PG]
Over at Val Gardena in Italy the famous 'camel humps' downhill was shortened to isolate racers from dangerous winds at the top of the course. Then a wild deer strayed on to the course, to the amusement and cheers of spectators! ...
A forecast 40cm overnight snowfall is expected to cause cancellation of the second women's downhill race at Val d'Isere on Sunday.
There are reports (and results for the men's event) on www.snowracers.net and www.skiracing.com
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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....and there we were worrying that there wouldn't be enough of the white stuff!
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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 can click on that photo to enlarge it. Wild conditions as well as animals.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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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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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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kuwait_ian, I didn't put in the top pic - it needs a little more code [edit: done..]. The photo required a full second's exposure - my flash isn't working - hence the large white patch from the street light. It's really chucking it down right now! The course inspection was scheduled to begin 15 minutes ago, at 7.30 French time. Can't see it happening!
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Here's a further report on how things turned out in Val d'Isere over the weekend, from Canada.com:
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| ... unrelenting snowfalls made it impossible for course workers to clear the piste on time for Sunday. Winds of up to 150 kilometres per hour over the weekend created dangerous snow drifts that buried the safety netting on the course. |
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Wild weather has certainly hit New Zealand. A mid-summer blizzard, with snowfall as low as 900m, has affected the country ... leaving this part of the southern hemisphere wondering if a white Christmas is possible!
This report from Stuff.co.nz.
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Shame about the World Cup, but I suppose we should get our priorities right! Around 25 cm in Bourg SM has fallen since it began to snow again late evening. No wind here, but might be a different situation up at Val d'Isère. Not even sure if it will be possible to get there this morning! They were letting us through with (4) snow tyres yesterday, but might insist on chains today. Holidaymakers arriving by car today beware!
