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I made 4 attempts to ski through a water splash pond thing last week. This was near Les Arcs 1600. Piste Marie Blanc iirc. About 10m long and maybe 0.15m deep.
A large crowd were there cheering and laughing as people crashed in spectacular ways. The chalet spent half and hour laughing at the videos too. I'm going to sort my video clips out tonight.
Just wondering if anyone else has experienced these before.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Spent several happy hours at the Altiport bar watching mad fools sink in that water splash as the sun sets on the Tarentaise valley 
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0.15m deep? Pah! When I did one of those it was a metre deep! And everyone got dunked eventually as the start got moved lower and lower down the slope.
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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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tomstickland, Not seen it, but look forward to seeing your video clips... 
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It's a bit deeper than 15cm. At least knee deep, and certainly deep enough to be fully submerged if people get it badly wrong 
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tomstickland, Did you see the guy trying to do it backwards last week?............So funny, & top marks for perseverance
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It wasn't up to my knees when I was standing in it.
I've had a quick look on youtube and if you search for "les arcs water crash" there are a few videos already there.
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| tomstickland wrote: |
| It wasn't up to my knees when I was standing in it. |
It's not as deep as usual then, I've seen plenty of people sink up to their knees.
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Maybe I have very long legs.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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tomstickland,
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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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You know it makes sense.
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EoSB last year got very wet - there was a boarder causing great amusement outside the cairn bubble I believe it was trying to cross a relatively minor puddle in comparison to those lac blanc photos. He ended up with wet and I guess relatively well wrecked boots and cold feet, but everyone had a good laugh.
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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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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Passed through one in Les Arcs, around 1800 i think, a couple of times last season. I'd say it was a foot deep if not more & at least 15m long probably closer to 20-25. Didn't have any problems but then again i've got relatively fat skis & am able to ski so it should never have been a problem. However i watched a 13 year old kid do it on one ski which was particularly impressive. As was the french ski instructor who put a turn in half way across, drowning the gawkers in the process.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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tomstickland, good video...particularly like the slowed-down shouts of your mates as people sink or swim 
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who put a turn in half way across
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That's quite a party-piece, I think you'd have to give the guy some respect, even if he had just soaked you!
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We had a hilarious time there last week - watching, I'm afraid, not participating 
