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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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it depends
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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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...when used exclusively for standing around at the bottom of the Midi telepherique posing and trying to pick up passing birds.
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fatbob, since when have there been any birds in cham apart from chuffs.
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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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.... than this:
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if you've got wide skis, you're more likely to be inclined to go off piste in the first place where there's greater danger of avalanche... so the skis might actually put you in a position to cause the avalanche in the first place 
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the truly hard core have some non release bindings on langlauf skis for off piste. 
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papasmurf, langlauf skis, you have langlauf skis? You don't have to find a 30 foot maple and hack your skis out with an axe?
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Word of advice to the guy sat on the portapotty next to the gun "if you didn't sit so close to it then you probably wouldn't have to put your fingers in your ears  "
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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comprex, I wittled my Langlauf skis out of polar bear claws and shark spines. 
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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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Are rax skis more likely to cause them than fat powder boards?
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FenlandSkier, agreed, deafened skiers cause more avalanches per capita.
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| comprex, I wittled my Langlauf skis out of polar bear claws and shark spines. |
This is what we call 'working too hard'. Put smurfette to chewing the hide for binding leather, put your feet up on a dog or two and have a pint of fermented seal fat. I mean what's life if you don't enjoy it?
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You know it makes sense.
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good point comprex, time to throw some Hákarl on the barbie aswell
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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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| FenlandSkier wrote: |
| Word of advice to the guy sat on the portapotty next to the gun "if you didn't sit so close to it then you probably wouldn't have to put your fingers in your ears " |
And the shockwave wouldn't rupture your sphincter and make you crap in a bucket.
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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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I have simple ideas here, wondering if anyone else does????????
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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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Megamum, gently??? 
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| SMALLZOOKEEPER wrote: |
| I have simple ideas here, wondering if anyone else does???????? |
On a pure physics level there is a simple answer re pressure and stress on the snowpack..but I'd be surprised if you can prove the marginally impact on skier triggered avys.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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On a pure physics level there is a simple answer re pressure and stress on the snowpack
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what would that be then?
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| fatbob wrote: |
| SMALLZOOKEEPER wrote: |
| I have simple ideas here, wondering if anyone else does???????? |
On a pure physics level there is a simple answer re pressure and stress on the snowpack..
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Is there? Are we talking slab avalanches or point release ones?
If point release, wouldn't longer skis also help?
If slab, how does the width of the skis affect what's going on way way down at the weak layer?
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fatbob, As always. 
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| There you go, by the way it's possible to carve 2 identical and parallel arcs wink |
I think a V8 just died somewhere in the world... 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Wider ski, less load, less chance to trigger, quite simple... but I only have Anwarter avalanche training which is nothing much..
Jumping off a drop is 7 times the load of normal skiing the snowpack...
Falling is 10 times the load of skiing the snowpack...
... so that negates any difference in skis
So for all I know, when a skinny ski would trigger the snow, you shouldn't be there on the fattest pontoons SZK sells either.
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we can do 21 pages of that....