 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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Very impressive, especially carving through the stubbies. Turning on the outside ski is completely beyond me.
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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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Thanks for sharing that PG, very impressive. Maybe when I'm 12 I'll be able to do that too.
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Wow, Very impressive, Thanks for allowing us to look at this.
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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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Is there anything I should be doing to open this file as my computer will not let me open it. 
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T Bar, it's a standard avi file, should open ok in Windows Media Player. It's very large though, needs broadband.
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It is an avi file, but seems to have .dat appended to the file name. Not sure that makes any difference - it plays OK on my Mac which can be a bit temperamental with avi files.
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Very impressive. Fantastic balance, quad strength and knee stabilty?
Out of curiosity how does Hannah compare to the average French schoolchild? I presume that as a club skier, she is more proficient than a typical recreational skier of her own age.
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It's 38.5 MB so even on broadband it can take a few minutes. The full filename extension is .avi.DAT.avi. but media Player seems to lose the second .avi. Firefox and Media Player handled it without any hiccups. Well worth the download wait. 3:42 of amazing skiing.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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PG Thanks for that! It has put my 12 year old daughter in her place!
She was getting to big for her boots, telling everyone what a wonderfully brilliant skier she is! Having watched that she is a little quieter now 
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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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| GrahamN wrote: |
| also tried (for some not entirely obvious reason - OK I know it's a recovery technique) getting us to do runs turning on the (outside of) the inside ski |
Is that possible? Don't you mean the inside of the inside ski? Isn't the outside of the inside ski what you put pressure on when you cross-over to start a new turn? Or am I being thick?
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You know it makes sense.
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rob@rar.org.uk, sorry, terminology may be a bit confusing here - what I meant was the little toe side of the inside ski, i.e. the outside of the foot - which I suppose is the edge on the inside of the turn you are then making  . Sorry for any confusion caused.
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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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| PG wrote: |
Anyone else undergone instruction with single foot skiing, turning on outside ski only, etc?
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yes... with easiski!
thigh-burning stuff but it really did the trick for me
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Poster: A snowHead
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GrahamN, LOL! OK, I understand now. "Little-toe side" is a good description to avoid confusion.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I like to ask my club members, as a warm up to do three turns on one foot, and then 3 on the other.
Not (entirely) sure if they like doing it tho ! 
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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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| ski wrote: |
| Not (entirely) sure if they like doing it tho ! |
We have one lady who really hates it, so when she's there that lightens the atmosphere wonderfully (and makes us all feel so much better with our slightly less feeble efforts).
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Nice skiing! I can carve one-footed turns like Hannah on the left ski but not on the right, which is strange as I'm right handed. It's a very good exercise and not easy!
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GrahamN & ski, which club is this?
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great stuff makes me want to drop everything and go for a ski !
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rob@rar.org.uk, I'm at Bowles (Tunbridge Wells) GrahamN, is at Aldershot. Come along !
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PG, Hannah looks amazing. I must remember to watch that again before my ski holiday (107 sleeps ) so I can attempt turning on the outside ski. Somehow I don't think I'll ever be able to do it like that though, and I can see a few crashes coming on. Does she ever crash, or do you edit it out?
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RachelQ, no, I do all the crashing for our family! Falls happen, but mainly only in two scenarios - going flat out when taking part in races or race training and skiing right on the limit, or when training off piste sometimes - last season she had a trainer, a former racer, that would go flying off through the powder, trees etc, as fast as he was able. Behind him you would gradually get an increasingly strung out line of kids all charging along at frightening speeds for their ages, in every condition and terrain imaginable. You do then occasionally see some spectacular wipe-outs! Barring accidents (touch wood) this type of training teaches them two things. To pick themselves up and get on with it if they fall (no choice, everyone else will have vanished by then!), and the ability to ski under considerable control when skiing slightly below their limit (even if it looks fast to others).
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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ski, thanks - both are slightly too far for regular, although I'm thinking about Bracknell as a possible dry slope venue.
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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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turning on the outside foot shouldn't pose a problem to any decent skier, but turning on one foot only is another matter. I use all these exercises (not only with arno), and they're good for balance and position. If you're in a bad position you just can't do it! If you're properly balanced then you can more or less do it and practise makes perfect. also very good for recovery in all sorts of situations - not only racing.
Hannah didn't want to do the left foot only run, and tried to weasle out of it. I put my foot down a bit though, as I know what I'd have been looking for and both feet would be it. We did a little practise before, and she really nailed it.
GrahamN, I was keen to keep the stumble run in as it showed how quickly she recovered and that tells us trainer types a lot!
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| easiski wrote: |
| GrahamN, I was keen to keep the stumble run in as it showed how quickly she recovered and that tells us trainer types a lot! |
Exactly my thoughts when I saw it - we can probably all look good(-ish) when it's all going to plan, but you've got to be good to recover that quickly.
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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Hannou, I think your dad is very proud of you, not bad!
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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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rob@rar.org.uk, Ooh so cruel, poor PG 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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snowbunny, I know, I just couldn't resist. I hope PG will forgive me!
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rob@rar.org.uk, it still hurts, more than 6 months on! 
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PG, sorry to hear that. I hope that it is continuing to get better, albeit slowly.
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PG, it is likely that it will continue to ache on and off for the rest of your life. Probably be a year or two before you can forget that you ever did it.
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Anyone having trouble with the link can right-click it and "save target as" - allowing one to truncate the file extensions to just one .avi
My camcorder makes purple snow too 
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FAQ
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Why do they always seem to congregate in your way. That girl is very talented. I suppose the real key is how she makes it look easy 
