 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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You need the right type of snow to do that 
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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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Wasn't there a boot manufacturer years back that made one especially for doing this?
I think it was Dalbello(?)
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davef, Really, is there also a boot wax to make you go faster?
Yoda, I have all mountain boots so handle most conditions!
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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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If you've got falcons or something equally un-grippy you'll find you can hit about 20mph on the flat on a typical mountain restaraunt floor, so it's a useful skill set to perfect.
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I'm talking perhaps 20 yrs ago, saw them in a magazine. I think the short life span of them was a fair indication of how shoite a concept it was!
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A group of us were skiing over at the Schilthorn over christmas, 2 of us decided to steal my mate's skis, and left them halfway down the piste, thinking he'd have a bit of a trek to go get them. Annoyingly, he boot-skied right down to them without any problems. What a bar-steward.
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gregor the viking, well someone was!
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Well, he's just so annoyingly talented, and such a nice guy with it, we thought we'd teach him a lesson, turns out joke was on us! I hasten to add I wasn't actually involved with said ski-theft, just watched on amused 
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gregor the viking, ah, one of those!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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It's called glissading commonly done by mountaineers to get down snow slopes.
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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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I've never really tried - must pluck up the courage one day but too afraid of falling flat on my face - however most experienced instructors seem to be very good at it. Indeed maybe it is this skill that most sensitively and specifically discriminates between pro instructors and dabblers. I can feel a new BASI ISTD module coming on...
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I used to glissade on the slopes of Glyder Fawr... it was good ice axe braking practice to avoid the rocks at the bottom... until my mate somersaulted head over heels when his axe bit in a little harshly 
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You know it makes sense.
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Wasn't there a boot manufacturer years back that made one especially for doing this?
I think it was Dalbello(?) |
I think you're right, I remember seeing a video of them at a Ski Show. I think they were called Dalbello Snowrunners. A google search shows this US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) bankruptcy filing for an american company which gives some of the history about the licensing of the concept to Dalbello - obviously not a very successful product! 
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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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We were trying this coming down the snowfields in the Brenta Dolomites in summer, even being pretty rubbish at it, it was still more fun than walking. Did discover that the asymmetric sidecut on mountaineering boots made carved turns tricky 
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Poster: A snowHead
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yeah i tried this recently. seems to be easier on hard packed as opposed to powder. i was amused that u can actually parallel turn, snowplough etc, but it does rip up the snow a fair bit. handy for a short steep slope!
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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 did it by accident last week, leaving my skis halfway up the slope behind me... 
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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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I've always found that Kiwi or Cherry make the best boot wax - use hot or cold and the "Parade Glosss2 gives a lovely finish
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