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A contratemp with five snowbikers the other day had me wondering whether they are the lowest form of sliding.
Or is it snowbladers? 
Or have I missed something more obvious like...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Snowboards?
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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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Snowbladers without any question!
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Snowbladers.
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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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Skeleton bob, surely. 
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Lizzard,
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Is it my imagination, or are there a lot more snowbladers about this year? They do look awfully silly.
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Hurtle, Les Arcs seems to attract more than its fair share of them, I think. Seems to be a bit more of a French thing I believe.
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Luge or skeleton....lowest by far
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Monoboarders surely? Are people still using those in Les Arcs?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| beanie1 wrote: |
| Monoboarders surely? Are people still using those in Les Arcs? |
Very few, think I've seen one this season.
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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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Snowblades- but it will be interesting to see what happens when a snowbiker does some serious damage to someone........
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Vote for the bikers from me.
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You know it makes sense.
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naked on your arse has to be the lowest 
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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snowbikers - unless you mean the people who actually MTB on snow.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| beanie1 wrote: |
| Monoboarders surely? Are people still using those in Les Arcs? |
Very few, think I've seen one this season. |
I saw two or three last week (though it might have been the same person two or three times!)
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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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In MK obviously its tobogganers...prolly not the kids as they don't know any better but the adults.
On mountain anyone wearing a novelty hat or stag outfits. You can just see teh contempt emanating form monoskiers as they look upon them.
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I saw a tandem at Glencoe last Saturday (two people strapped together side by side on mono skis), wished I'd got a photo as it looked pretty odd. 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| beanie1 wrote: |
| Monoboarders surely? Are people still using those in Les Arcs? |
Very few, think I've seen one this season. |
probably seen 20 or 30 different mono users this season...but then I've been around a bit more than rob...
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Without doubt snowbladers...
Monoboarders - well, bless them, they're clinging on to the retro thing - leave them to it, they're harmless.
Snowbikers - it's not going anywhere is it? Bit of a giggle i suppose, but lets leave it at that shall we...
Boarders - leave it out !
I've never seen anyone as out of control as a snowblader....
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xenophobic, elitest, snobby, hooray twits like those occasionally found on snowsports forums??? 
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Maybe not naked, but black plastic bin liner must be getting fairly low
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barry, yah, absolutely. 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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Every snowblader I have ever seen just appears to be a nerd, standard wear seems to be a twatty 'comedy hat', oversized long jacket and black salopettes, I think the ginger kid with spots and glasses who used to stand on the wing at school and no one ever passed the ball to grew up to be a snowblader. I can't think of anything that appeals less and looks sh*te.
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That's unfair, Gsyfreerider, I was that kid. I grew up into a telemarker. 
Ok, I think your point's valid then...
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You know it makes sense.
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| Gsyfreerider wrote: |
| Every snowblader I have ever seen just appears to be a nerd, standard wear seems to be a twatty 'comedy hat', oversized long jacket and black salopettes, I think the ginger kid with spots and glasses who used to stand on the wing at school and no one ever passed the ball to grew up to be a snowblader. I can't think of anything that appeals less and looks sh*te. |
They're usually a little bit chubby too
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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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Skier's on those horrible short fat ski's with sidecuts stolen from snowboards, ridiculous. Lets get back to skinny 205's.
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Poster: A snowHead
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hels_t, that'll be me 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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FlyingStantoni, Surely you must have some 205's in the attic?
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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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Gsyfreerider was his / her school bully I think.
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| Gsyfreerider wrote: |
| FlyingStantoni, Surely you must have some 205's in the attic? |
Alas no - I'm a relative baby in skiing terms. I started skiing just as parabolic skis came out.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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FlyingStantoni, I started again in 1997, hadn't been for ten years and had never heard of carving skis as I hadn't really been keeping up with the ski scene. I arrived in Jackson Hole before the rest of my mates marched into the ski hire shop and just asked for some 200's, the guy looked at me like a freak and went around the back of the shop and came out with some 207's!!! I had half a morning of them taking me for a ski and was shattered, it was like turning the Titanic, swapped them for some 197 carving skis. It was only 4 days letter when I had a lesson the instructor politely mentioned times had changed and should I go down another 20cm!!
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| I started skiing just as parabolic skis came out |
And it shows... (but only in a good way)
What happened with the snow bikers then? The audience needs to know...
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I saw a couple of people with long old-fashioned skinny skis in Courmayeur and even two chaps on monoskis! It was like the 80s never died... 
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queen bodecia, I skied with a top level off piste group in St Anton a couple of years ago. There was a Swedish guy in his early 70's who was on a pair of 20 year old skis and he just rocked, he wouldn't even entertain the idea of joining the fat revolution.
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I used to work with an ex-copper who assured me that traffic was full of all the nutters. Furthermore, the absolute nutters in traffic were the cops on bikes. I therefore commend this submission as the ipso facto lowest form of sliding, spotted in a WC...
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