 Poster: A snowHead
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G'day,
Hey what a friendly forum!  Wish I'd found this earlier.
Having a spot of bother with button lifts. Which crotch should I use?
Later,
Jake
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Jake The Peg, welcome to snowHeads.
What are the crotch choices?
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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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Kramer, cheers mate, nice to be here
Left and right.
Y'know, I sometimes wonder whether the extra leg is really all that convenient. It certainly gives ski instructors something to think about.
Later,
Jake
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Jake The Peg, try boarding. 
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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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skanky, thanks for the advice, I should give it a go
Do many boarders have an extra leg? Do the hire shops offer many boards with 3 bindings?
Later,
Jake
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Jake The Peg,
Only Kangaroos need 3 bindings but they are not allowed into the piste.
Last edited by You'll need to Register first of course. on Fri 18-02-05 18:32; edited 1 time in total
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Jake The Peg, no, but you only need to bind the outer two legs in, and stand the third on the board in the middle. That way, you also won't need to unbind a leg to propel youself on flat bits and at chairlifts.
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skanky, ah well wicked mate! I knew there was a use for it other than pulling Sheilas!
I'm a bit concerned though... will I have to spend very much time sitting on my ar$es (3 buttocks, mate!) or riding around with my hands limply to the front like Tommy Cooper? I like winter sports and all, but I don't want to look like a tw*t.
Later,
Jake
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| I'm a bit concerned though... will I have to spend very much time sitting on my ar$es |
Nope, third leg again means you can stand up with both other legs strapped in.
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| or riding around with my hands limply to the front like Tommy Cooper? |
Dunno, I'm sure you can hold your hands how you like. I did see one bloke boarding with them in his pocket, but you'd look like a tw*t if you fell on your face doing that. You could try the old surfing stance?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Nope, third leg again means you can stand up with both other legs strapped in. |
Sweet. Then again, if I'm riding with other boarders, I'd have to find a group with extra legs or I'd end up talking down to them every time we stopped for a breather.
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| You could try the old surfing stance? |
Deffo food for thought - thanks again for advice What a great forum!
With all the advantagesthere seem to be, I'm wondering whether all boarders didn't oughta get themselves fitted with an extra leg.
Later,
Jake
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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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Jake The Peg, I would have thought that with your three legs, how you look would be the least of your worries.
For skis you could try two full length skis on each outer leg, and a snow-blade on the middle one. BTW is the middle foot right or left footed?
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| Sweet. Then again, if I'm riding with other boarders, I'd have to find a group with extra legs or I'd end up talking down to them every time we stopped for a breather. |
Is that a problem? Last time I skied we had a boarder with us, and it seemed the natural order of things.
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You know it makes sense.
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boredsurfin, I went to school with a guy nicknamed tripod. Unfortunately it wasn't me.
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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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Kramer, yeah most people assume it's the middle leg that is extra, but actually it's the left one, and it's ambidextrous. Bit of a right royal mix up if you ask me, or it would be if I wasn't a republican. Anyway that means that the middle foot is left-footed.
I suppose as well as being regular or goofy, there'd need to be new names depending on which leg you wanted to leave out of the binding... so "middle regular", or "left goofy", that sort of thing.
Then there's the question of what to do with the spare leg while carving. The conga, perhaps, or a spot of Riverdancing to pass the time. Just for interest's sake, you might like to know that I can go waltzing Matilda all by myself!
Later,
Jake
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Poster: A snowHead
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When skiing, what sort of weight distribution do you use between all your legs? And where do you find footwear for an ambidextrous foot?
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