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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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davidof, There appears to be a rope strung across the slope, did someone let Macca in ? 
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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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'Break a Leg' Heather 
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I'm no instructor but looking at her stance in that pic, I can't see her getting through the 2nd leg of the selection process.
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Interesting, when I asked if I could try out for the team I was "too old" and "we prefer people who are in their twenties so that we can have them for a 10 - 20 years". Money certainly talks.
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My friend also tried to get on the team at aged 33 years and he was also told "sorry your too old to be on the team." Perhaps the age limit no longer applies, maybe you should try out again.
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Age should never be a barrier. But I'm wondering why she chooses to expose her stump: I mean, you can buy perfectly good ski pants with two legs, so why go to the bother of cutting one back to show the pylon? Unless of course you are trying to make some kind of point. 
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| admin wrote: |
| I'm no instructor but looking at her stance in that pic, I can't see her getting through the 2nd leg of the selection process. |
I missed that joke first time round, but it is actually rather neat!
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BUMP - seems Heather is out of contention for the 2014 Paralympics - from the brief reports I've seen in mainstream media it seems to be over non-approved equipment? Nothing to do with ability or injury or any of the usual barriers to participation. Anyone know more?
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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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Thanks stewart woodward, that article also mentions 'on the back of an injury' so her withdrawal wasn't all to do with the gear. But I haven't yet found any more detail on what the adaption issue really is? Never mind.
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This on BBC this morning...
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Heather Mills accused of harassment by IPC after row-
IPC skiing committee head Sylvana Mestre told BBC Sport: "I was trying to explain to [Mills] that this is not the equipment we approved earlier in the year and then that was it, she exploded. "She jumped on me. She grabbed me from the back and she started to say that 'you don't know who I am, I will make your life miserable'." |
More here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/25441200
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You know it makes sense.
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Richard_Sideways, that's an interesting report. She has clearly reached a very high level of skiing ability, whatever you think of her. She'd almost certainly beat most Snowheads through the gates. 
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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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Dubaian, why? This thread contains a lot more of the history of her attempt to take part in the Paralympics. I watched her train at Sölden earlier this year and was quite impressed by the standard she had reached s well as the work she was putting in.
Her boots are specifically fitted for her disability by Atomic at the factory in Altenmarkt, so changes to her prosthetic lower leg must have forced changes to her boot after the approval was obtained in the summer. I think there is a lot more to this than is being reported here.
There is a lot of anti-Mills propaganda both here and in general. Her coach is ready to appeal and the team support her, so something is not being reported in an impartial and objective manner! I don't particularly like her from what I have read, but watching her in October she seemed to be very unassuming and bloody hard-working, she certainly was not pulling the "don't you know who I am" stunt to get a front row seat with all the other VIPs in the reserved area of the Sölden Arena. She was just sitting quietly on the bleachers with everyone else.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Even from the the far from impartial reporting it seems to like there was clash of personalities and probably some right and wrong on both sides!
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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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Samerberg Sue, just to focus sH attention in one place. And I linked from The Piste to this thread so its overall visibilty might actually increase, even if locked.
But the mods very rarely lock things these days so both threads can flow onwards. Thanks for your input.
And as davkt says there are always two sides to a problem. Hope it can be resolved amicably.
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Thu 19-12-13 13:24; edited 1 time in total
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| davkt wrote: |
| Even from the the far from impartial reporting it seems to like there was clash of personalities and probably some right and wrong on both sides! |
if youve ever been involved with the 'heirachy' they can really have their heads buried!!!! 
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| iskar wrote: |
| davkt wrote: |
| Even from the the far from impartial reporting it seems to like there was clash of personalities and probably some right and wrong on both sides! |
if youve ever been involved with the 'heirachy' they can really have their heads buried!!!! |
Yep, that Sylvana Mestre needs to get the athlete's gear ratified double quick. I want the best athlete competing not the ones who are best at filling in forms.
Last edited by Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do. on Thu 19-12-13 14:32; edited 1 time in total
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PJSki, any atheist is a good one in my book.
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| PJSki, any atheist is a good one in my book. |
Bloody predictive text! 
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FAQ
Heather Mills could compete at the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi after being offered a place in Great Britain's disabled ski team's development squad. The team manager has said that her "good levels of fitness and determination" could now win her a place at the Games even though she will be 46 when they take place.
