 Poster: A snowHead
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Reminder - Wengen downhill today at 11.30 on the BBC red button.
I'll be interested to see if Bode Miller can beat my time of 8 minutes and 11 seconds for the Lauberhorn. 
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Sat 16-01-10 12:56; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Just started on Eurosport too....
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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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Damn, can't watch it from the BBC website from my iPhone!
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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hammer down Bode !
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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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Been very exciting so far....
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8 minutes and 11 seconds
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Good one Smokin Joe, ... only 7 of top 30 to go..... 
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You'll need to Register first of course.
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elgrego, Amazing course more like - looked like something out of a playstation game...
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elgrego, when not race prepped and with a bit of fresh snow on its a lovely run, however the Hundshopf and the Zielschuss are unplesant without a bit of fresh snow, they tend to stay hard and icy the whole season.
It's the longest course of all the downhill runs by quite a bit which is why the racers look tired at the end, personally however I think the slalom course is nastier, it tends to stay hard and icy the whole year as it's very much in the shade for much of the day, theres also a cowshed halfway down and usually a concrete manhole thing near the bottom, the shed is easy enough to avoid but the sensible people stay on the right of the course, the left is considerably steeper indeed at one point the slope just drops out from under you.
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D G Orf, As you say the slalom course is very steep in parts and can be very icy. I only ski down it when there has been some fresh snow on it which makes it a nice run.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Thanks for the info DG Orf, I've often wondered what the race courses are like to ski, with some decent snow it certainly looks a good run.
Two and a half minutes at the speed they are doing is certainly challenging
I've been down the downhill courses in Lake Louise which didn't seem that out of the ordinary really, but I've never skied any of the European race pistes as yet 
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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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Im looking forward to giving it a go in a week, hopefully won't be as icy as it has looked on TV, nor too busy!
Does it get very busy usually?
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You know it makes sense.
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eddyr, not the times we have been on it.
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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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elgrego, the Lake Louise run was extremely icy when we skied it, I took an age to get down, but in good conditions it would have been better. Sestriere's Kandahar was similarly hard, but I was quite an early intermediate in those days.
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FAQ
These days I'd probably cruise in arround 10 mins, on a good day maybe a bit faster 
