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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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looks like fun. out of interest what was the rough cost of something like that?
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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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nice write-up!
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ansta1, surprisingly good value, I shouldnt say exact price as it was a subsidised course run by a ski school I had done some work for in the past. They are looking to get into the pre season training market and put together a real good package. If they decide to run it for the general public next year I will put up prices.
Pre season training is generally pretty cheap with lower cost accommodation and lift passes off setting the cost of the coaching.
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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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good write up! Can you share the stretching exercise you did please??? Trying to think of someone more ski related ones for me to do !!
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looks like a fantastic event and mighty jealous 
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very cool and great pictures.
Was this from a chairlift? or are you a lilliputlian?
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kitenski, didnt jot them down but the usual suspects. we did do lots of partner stretches on the hamstrings and adductors which worked a treat. also a fair bit on piriformus and IT band
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shoogly,  one of the guys who after snapping a ski was a bit gun shy and took photos on race day from a ridge below the course,
http://www.insideoutskiing.com/news/blog_files/training_lane.jpg
did a great job with an SLR and got 30 or so frames on that run.. Have some video to go through as well and may put up some of the faster guys.
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Nice write up. So after a week's training (or more did you do a Snoworks one last year?) how far off the pace were you? Close enough to start eyeing up the Lycra and cooking up special blends of wax?
Didn't like the look of the hole above the blue gate, that would definitely have freaked me out.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| fatbob wrote: |
| Didn't like the look of the hole above the blue gate, that would definitely have freaked me out. |
Exactly - designed to freak you out and flip you up. Hateful to have holes on the line.
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| shoogly wrote: |
| ... or are you a lilliputlian? |
Excellent - I like that.
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You know it makes sense.
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Great write up. The pics are very illuminating.
Reason behind doing the course please?
Am I correct in summarising that Bell advocates pivotting both skis for directional change prior to setting the edge and laying down the carved, railroad tracks?
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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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Nice write up, so if you were in a cat suit you would have nailed it then 
Hope you have a great season.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Mike Pow wrote: |
| Am I correct in summarising that Bell advocates pivotting both skis for directional change prior to setting the edge and laying down the carved, railroad tracks? |
Only if the gate is tight and you need to adjust the line in to it by creating a big steering angle.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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skimottaret, That looked like an excellent experience. Whenever I get near a gate I seem to return to a snow plough. One day I'll get myself on a GS clinic like that one.
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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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fatbob, freaked everyone out... on one run the first three guys in crashed out there and one quite badly which i have on tape and will try to get up next week. The canny veteran Brian our 69 year old blitzed it and i followed his line and stayed in as well... Your right i did do a week last year but we had loads of snow that week and very deep ruts over glacial ice and only got maybe 8 runs in gates all week. i crashed out a couple times and got winded and my bell rung so didnt really feel i made much progress, also didnt get timing out as weathered off the last day..
I was consistently within 1/100's of a girl who has taken it several times over the last two years and been close on a few occasions (girls get +6% or about 3 to 3 1/2 secs typically) and had 3 weeks training prior to the week i was on and hung tight with the other ET guys who were new to the game but am nowhere near the guys at the level...
Mike Pow, just wanted a toe in the water type of training course rather than a full blown 4 -6 week ET camp to get a feel for where i am at if it is worth doing more training. As Rob said it was a tactical move and one he felt most ET candidates havent mastered and it costs them time in very offset courses that cannot be "carved" the whole way..
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Thanks for the clarification guys
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Mike Pow,
Watch the WC racers doing it too because of the big course offsets
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Found this very interesting as Annie Black and Bob Barnes at Keystone, Colorado were advocating this tactic when I was training for my PSIA Level 3 certification the 2005/06 season.
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Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Sat 3-12-11 17:11; edited 1 time in total
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Great report! Where do I sign up?
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skimottaret, enjoyed the report. Some friends of mine went heliskiing with Simone in Monterosa and apparently he can speed ski powder quite impressively as well....
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BobinCH, was he on 238 skis that would be a site to see ! I am sure he is pretty handy off piste as well as on... In the few training runs i saw him he must have been doing 70 or 80mph
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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kitenski, just remembered that i have some stretches on my website scroll down to bottom of this page for a pdf on ski stretches
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| kitenski wrote: |
| good write up! Can you share the stretching exercise you did please??? Trying to think of someone more ski related ones for me to do !! |
There are some good stretches on the Solutions4Feet website too.
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Great blog and pics....some of us can only dream
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You know it makes sense.
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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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Way out of my league - very cool 
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Poster: A snowHead
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skimottaret, I think he called you fat
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Nice! Uber jealous!
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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 write up!
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tiffin,
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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tiffin, ahh but i was redeemed in this training run when we were working on quick Cross Over Transitions early in the turn
http://vimeo.com/34556756
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I think you could go faster is you stopped waving to your Mum
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my mates kid put up a video of race day and the first three guys in all had fun little episodes (the guy at :12 is a handy skier and took a very nice whack)... off for more torture in a few weeks..
https://vimeo.com/channels/gstraining
Last edited by After all it is free  on Fri 9-11-12 16:04; edited 1 time in total
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skimottaret, great report!
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