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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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intersting - anyone know why he is racing at this level and not world cup
Simialrly for Schonfelder who used to be top class?
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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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sev112, getting in some extra competition training maybe (?) Schönfelder may be doing the same or testing out his rehab after an injury (if he's had one). The Austrian coaches sometimes send their racers to these local races to hone up the competitive edge.
Racers often race in the next couple of levels down for both these reasons. It also helps youngsters to face up to the big boys as well.
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Samerberg Sue,
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It also helps youngsters to face up to the big boys as well.
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dosn´t do their FIS points any harm either 
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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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Samerberg Sue, It is Rainer Schoenfelder's home hill, he is a member of the local club.
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Pity it wasn't on TV. Judging by the number of first run DNFs, it would have been interesting to see the course.
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sev112, he has been racing in the WC as well this year. As Samerberg Sue said, lots of the racers do FIS and EC races as well to keep up the competitive edge and to improve the FIS points, especially if they only do 1 or 2 disciplines.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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maggi, Just spoke to TJ, who also raced with Noel, Dave & Jai for GB, and asked why there were so many DNF1's. He said that it was sheet ice glass with no grip even with razor sharp edges. The iciest race he'd ever skied in. Not many coped with it. Noel did really well to get a result, his best FIS points score since Feb 2006.
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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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Plugboy, I know a lot of the Austrian lads who raced there and I was surprised to see so many DNFs, must have been tough.
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Plugboy, thanks for that info.
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You know it makes sense.
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As ever, funding is a struggle, with him having to spend a big chunk of his off-season raising money, with golf tourneys and even raffling his helmet space to local businesses. annoys me greatly that some of the bigger local businesses don't back him more (and his brother and cousin before him), when you consider that pretty much the entire economy of the area was built on skiing.
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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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Yep, statistically that is Noel's 4th-best FIS result of his entire career. He is skiing well right now, as we saw in Val d'Isere WC where he only missed qualification by half a second. Shame he didn't get to go to Vancouver last year, but that is all water under the bridge now...
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Poster: A snowHead
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Well Done to Noel!! Great result in Petzen. A pity the BARSC wasn't held there again this year.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Gillian, I think by the sounds of the conditions it´s maybe better it wasn´t!  You out in Italy?
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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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Great result for him.
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Baxter races tonight's WC night slalom in Zagreb. Start number 69.
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Well done to Noel for taking that scalp 
