 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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Save some Powder for me - arriving Sunday - staying in Tommeuses, right by the piste I think.
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Looks dreadful, i'd stay indoors if I were you...
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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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Don't eat all the powder, Wayne! I'm arriving an 17th, and would like some for myself, please! 
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Wayne, Is that the slap of a (very limited edition) gauntlet being thrown - I'd suggest for the benefit of our general entertainment you and the doc have a ski off.
Home and away legs - the Hof and your Folgartrollida place?
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Wayne, I'm not bighting. 
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Happy skiing
one question... how wide are your wide "getitrightf'inupye" skis?
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Folgartrollida place
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...a pair of fat skis that you already own cost much less than a pair of go faster stripe slalom skinnies that you're hoping and praying you won't need to use.
Actually I'm a bit concerned about snow coverage where I'm headed - was toying with leaving the Preachers at home in favour of a more piste focused ski. Shamans are only 184cm so they should do the trick?
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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,
Here's an idea. Why not wait until you arrive at where you're going to and hire a set of appropriate skis.
Or just do as I do and get a pair of all mountain skis. Other than in exceptional circumstances they will do whatever you need.
Of course if you "do" need a specific type - race skis or touring ski would be good examples, then fine, get some.
I sh*t you not. Last week I was on a t bar with a  and they has a set of 100 underfoot ski. It was their 3rd week skiing.
Why?
They had read that is what you needed, on this forum.
Hmmmmm, saying nowt.
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Paging Touretteski .......... Paging Touretteski
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You know it makes sense.
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Nah I'll just buy a pair of junker SLs from the local 2nd hand store if I get that desparate.
Without rehashing the old argument I've got tremendous sympathy with your point of view and I absolutely get the frustration of trying to teach people who turn up on kit that is not conducive to learning whether that's full race skis or inappropriate fats. 100 underfoot isn't excessive however for real "all mountain" for someone who can ski at a reasonable level.
At 3 weeks if that was anything more than a demo pair I'd suggest the user would need to be extremely athletic to be getting the best out of them. If it was a demo why not? Instructors are very fond of taking people out of their comfort zone by doing one footed, boots unclipped or other drills, what's the harm in trying skis a bit wider than you should be on for the conditions to see how you need to improve edging, weight transfer etc? Does instructors vs gearwhores need to be the new skier vs snowboarder battleground?
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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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FlyingStantoni, I think if they'd read properly they'd have realised that they needed* DPS 112RP Pures.
* need used in the sense that [sexist stereotype] some women [/sexist stereotype] need Jimmy Choos.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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Shut up you lot, just picked these up and even if I only use them 8 days a year I am happy that the smile will last a year. Yeehaa.
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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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Did someone actually take time from skiing in order to post on a fat skis thread?
People who like fat skis are the same as Hitler [/Godwin]
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| gorilla wrote: |
| Did someone actually take time from skiing in order to post on a fat skis thread? |
Not really
You know the title of this thread is “It’s gona be one of those days”.
Well
Lifts didn’t open till 10.
Went up had a couple of off piste whizzes (on non-fats)
Tomous lift broke down no way back to tignes
Ski’ed down to val for some lunch to wait for lift to be fixed
Train broke down
No way back to tignes !!
Waited for the emergency bus that tignes had laid on
Waited
Waited
Go back to tignes just as lift were closing
Yep “it was one of those days”
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Pedantica, We cannae change the laws of physics. Adult male (& competent ) is usually my default assumption when talking about ski widths. FWIW I've found Preachers too much of a handful and not enjoyable indoors.
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Don't worry about me not skiing today - I do a lot of it.
Today was brill for one reason
I looked up into the sky and saw this - not a clue how 4 rainbows came together or what the weird shaped thing was in the middle but hey, it was worth it.
Absolutely wonderful.
Only a mobile phone picture so it doesn't really do it justice, but I hope it gives at least some idea of how stunning it was.
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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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Wayne, gosh! That's fantastic.
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Amazing pic
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You know it makes sense.
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Wayne, that is stunning.
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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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Wayne, that is stunning.
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Poster: A snowHead
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the world is going to end!!! 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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Wayne, I think that's a sundog. A google search of sundog images shows one very similar to your pic.
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Zero-G, thanks for that - I took a picture of one in VT in 2005 and didn't know there was a name for it:
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FAQ
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(And I've skied a bit more than three weeks.) It actually stands to reason that a very wide, long ski might put a strain on the knees of a small person trying to heave them on to their edges. Sadly, not only small but stupid with it. 
