 Poster: A snowHead
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Since it's (still) very quiet at work, i've been able to sit and browse youtube skiing videos, where i stumbled across a guy called hugo harisson. Now, he may be famous, but i'd never heard of him. I like his style. Although he does big drops, they seem more about skiing than just throwing yourself off a cliff with skis on. It got me thinking about how far i'd be prepared to drop with skis on. I'd say max about 20ft into a big bowl of powder.
How far would you go?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I once jumped 1m off os chair lift in Zurs that had stopped due to a power cut in the region. Does that count? 
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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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Q - what's the biggest you'd drop?
A- My trollies
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Frosty the Snowman, 
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brian
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Does falling count?
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I get vertigo on some moguls, so not much is the answer.
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Three mega dots, but as above, not since my teens. 
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brian, i've kayaked a lot and know what you mean about 15ft seeming big. Still managed to through myself down a 70ft waterfall in the alps though and regularly about 35ft here.
biggest i've done on skis is about 10ft, but i think if the snow at the bottom was nice and soft and fluffy i would do more.
falling does count thefatcontroller, a drop is a drop!
some folk will find this boring but there's a recession on and i have nothing to do but talk about snow on here, or play poker on facebook!
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Right now? 5ft.. I wouldn't just huck myself off a cliff hoping all goes well.. I'd need to be confident in that I can land the drop without kneeing myself in the face.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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That depends on the landing. 20' onto a nicely-inclined slope is a lot better than 4' onto a cat track for example
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about 2 stone.
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You know it makes sense.
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, not seen that view of it. Jesus..
Biggest done maybe about 20. Put knees into face off a double about 10 foot each.. Biggest depending on landing maybe 25/30 but it is a whole differnet ball game when ytou are up there looking donw!
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brian
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shoogly, 70 ft  respect.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Depends on the run out... but since I have crushed two discs on silly jumps and I didn't land either, I'd probably not much be interested anymore.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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last time I tried I landed on my heAD- 20 feet is a long way
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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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Now? I'm a big wussy when it comes to drops...
When I was young and didn't think about the possibility of breaking every bone in my body...the bigger the better!
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big drops, not for me guv, think I'll stick to the blue's cruize and shoot some lines in the bar after...
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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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10 feet but tell everyone it was 16 feet Well that would be how far my head travelled after all...
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About 6 inches
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Managed to recover and ski on though, quite proud of that one actually. 
