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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sarge, Got some back copies from 1984 you can have, complete with Lutha ski gear, and Nevica one-piece suits, thats when Daily Mail Ski Mag was in its hey-day, didnt know it was still going (only joking, but I know what you mean).
If you go into Ellis Brigham or Snow & Rock they have some pretty cool mags kicking about, flick through these and see what you think before you dive in with a subscription. Mostly in my experience November is a good mag with Daily Mail Ski etc, then it tails-off very quickly into banal repeats of last years tips in the other 3-4 monthly season mags.........OK but expensive fire-lighter IMO!!
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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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oh dear
try Fall-line
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I agree. It's a terrible magazine with the odd article interspersed between the adverts, the advertorials and the sponsored items (what's the difference?). My advice is stick with the web (this in particular).
On a personal note, the stuff in Ski and Board makes it appear an august and scholarly journal in comparison to the rubbish in DMS and the irritatingly 'gnarly' Fall Line. I guess the readership for these mags is so small that overwhelming advertising is the only way it can really pay for itself. Still, it's no excuse for the lazy crap I have seen in the mag (stuff like, '10 things you must do on the slope before you die', etc, etc). As for the resort reviews in the back...............
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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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I bought a copy at the airport last night when I was delayed and am peed with myself I did it's f@cking rubbish
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Dark Summer was good and free. Not sure if it's still going though. The guy that runs it occasionally posts on here I think.
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Fall Line, yes, that's a title I remember being OK, thanks.
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Credit where it's due. I sent a robust  , but polite, snot-o-gram to them and a copy of the ski (and board ? ) guide turned up.
Pretty much the same as my 2005 copy, but updated piste maps with specific comments is pretty good.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Fall-line all the way - its now fall line ski & board, still has a bit more of a ski focus though.
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I do enjoy the dreamy escapist articles my Powder subscription brings every month
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Sarge wrote: |
| Fall Line, yes, that's a title I remember being OK, thanks. |
Fall Line. Yes, that's a title I remember being stitched up with over my subscription.
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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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Maybe there should be a new Forum section on Snowheads? Call it 'Magazine Articles' or sommat, basically reserved for long form articles with piccies, on any ski/snow related topic. Could even invite sponsors/advertisers and split proceeds between Snowheads/author 50/50.
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Fall Line everythime 
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You know it makes sense.
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I wish there was a British magazine based on Ski Racing and the World Cup circuit and such, that you could buy in the Newsagents.
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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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Me too.
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Poster: A snowHead
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spud, I'd love a racing magazine, maybe something in style of the high-end football mags like Four Four Two.
As for the Daily Mail mag, it's not too bad...it arrives on my doormat and then get's hung on the magazine rack in the downstairs toilet and thats where it serves it's purpose, it's fine to read whilst on the jacks......you wouldn't be doing any research with it or trying to improve your technique (cos the descriptions of what you're supposed to do make no sense at all!!) it's fine for scanning through as you sit there.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sarge, never read fall line but getting the impression it's skiings White Lines. If you do board (even part time  ) its worth a flick!
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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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Many years ago there was a 'serious' magazine called Skiing UK , put together by Ian McMillan and was based in Scotland. This was aimed at the genuine enthusiast and had articles that went beyond the banal rubbish you see in DMS. Proper ski reviews, the fuss about the so called Equivalence and actual articles were all inside. Sadly, the publication stopped in 1990/91 but it was the the best in Britain by far. Does anyone remember?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| dazman wrote: |
spud, I'd love a racing magazine, maybe something in style of the high-end football mags like Four Four Two.
As for the Daily Mail mag, it's not too bad...it arrives on my doormat and then get's hung on the magazine rack in the downstairs toilet and thats where it serves it's purpose, it's fine to read whilst on the jacks......you wouldn't be doing any research with it or trying to improve your technique (cos the descriptions of what you're supposed to do make no sense at all!!) it's fine for scanning through as you sit there. |
I really don't know why the high st magazines in the UK, don't have more pages on the racing and Club scene. If your into freestyle and powder, you're well catered for.
I often go to Italy and when i do, I buy this magazine... http://www.raceskimagazine.it/InEdicola
If you can read Italian it's great. It's possible to google translate the website and read.
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My wife got me a subscription to DMSS a couple of years back. The offer was also to gate a free boot bag or rucksack for the subscription. Needless to say neither of these came. I called a few times and they kept saying they were in the post or that the supply had run out and they were waiting for more.
I think the mag itself is pretty poor, but it was fun to get it delivered and have a read in the bath. Although "maybe" this forum disproves the theory (?) perhaps over the course of a season there isn't really that much new you can write in a mag about skiing/snowboarding.
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