Ski Club 2.0 Home
Snow Reports
FAQFAQ

Mail for help.Help!!

Log in to snowHeads to make it MUCH better! Registration's totally free, of course, and makes snowHeads easier to use and to understand, gives better searching, filtering etc. as well as access to 'members only' forums, discounts and deals that U don't even know exist as a 'guest' user. (btw. 50,000+ snowHeads already know all this, making snowHeads the biggest, most active community of snow-heads in the UK, so you'll be in good company)..... When you register, you get our free weekly(-ish) snow report by email. It's rather good and not made up by tourist offices (or people that love the tourist office and want to marry it either)... We don't share your email address with anyone and we never send out any of those cheesy 'message from our partners' emails either. Anyway, snowHeads really is MUCH better when you're logged in - not least because you get to post your own messages complaining about things that annoy you like perhaps this banner which, incidentally, disappears when you log in :-)
Username:-
 Password:
Remember me:
👁 durr, I forgot...
Or: Register
(to be a proper snow-head, all official-like!)

Movement yaka

 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead
Looking for a set of piste orientated skis,for those on piste only days , practicing in the moguls, and summer fridge skiing, also start/end of season (unlike this year) when the rocks and things start poking through . Looking through the end of season sales and have seen a pair of movement yaka's that may fit the bill , anyone got any views on these or similar alternatives , would love to hear your thoughts snowHead
latest report
 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
I was skiing on the Zip in March. The construction is near identical, but the Yaka has more of a sidecut with a 13m radius rather than the Zip's 14 (for the same length)
The Zip carved very nicely, and I can imagine the Yaka would do too. It was also good in the bumps.
snow report
 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?
feef, Cheers , went for the yaka, great deal from edge and wax snowHead
ski holidays
 You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
I went for Movement Le Fers for much the same task. Yakas look good too, but I wanted something even more piste oriented.
ski holidays
 Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
carbon_copy, Make sure you give a review when you get sliding on them Smile
snow report
 You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
uktrailmonster, liked the look of those , but could only get the yaka in the right length

feef, will do Smile if only in the chill factore over the summer reccess Toofy Grin
snow report
 Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
bought a pair of Sparks at the weekend - unfortunately gonna have to wait until December 23 to try them out for real. Even more unfortunately my 19yr old tagged along and coerced me into buying a pair of Scott Lunas for her. Any thoughts of a May bank holiday weekend skiing now gone Sad
ski holidays
 After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
carbon_copy, yeah, I got my Le Fers from Edge & Wax too. I probably would have gone for 177 but they only had 170 left at the time, so I took a chance on the shorter length. Hope you like the Yakas, I'd be surprised if you didn't to be honest.
latest report
 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.
uktrailmonster, Just had first slide on the yaka's , only at the chill factore, but wow !! They are great, turn on a sixpence , never skied on such a agile ski before , perfect addition to my ever growing quiver Toofy Grin

feefcan't really offer a full review , but can't praise the yaka's enough, very very precise in short turns , stable in longer turns , and found it effortless to mix things up , am actually looking forward to a bit of ice and hard pack in December so I can spend some time on these beauties , Toofy Grin
snow report
 Ski the Net with snowHeads
Ski the Net with snowHeads
carbon_copy, I've been playing on my new Movement Jam in the fridge, and they are very nice too. Surprisingly quick and easy edge to edge but also not too bad at carving. I'm looking forward to getting them into softer stuff
latest report
 snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
feef,enjoy, let's compare notes when we get them on the real thing snowHead
snow report
 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.
I have head lots of really good things about the Lefer and the Movement Piste skis, it not our type of stuff, but the Movement Jam is changing a little for next season, so we will prob include.

We did a bit of filming for the first time this season, as a bit of a new style ski test presentation, experiment, the 2013 Jams are the first ski up


http://youtube.com/v/75TS7pIGoKs
latest report
 So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
livetoski, great video. Sick design on the Trusts, good piste ski able to handle variable conditions or more like the other way round?

Edit: looked it up, definitely not a piste ski! lol
snow report
 You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
DannyB01, thanks for the like on the video, yep the Trusts for next season do look great I really fancy a pair myself. The Trust is an off piste ski but its really good on piste as well.

The Jams are really a piste ski, that can handle off piste and variable pretty well, there is a couple of bits in the video where you can see me loose control a little of one ski when on the Jams but they seam, like magic, to recover themselves, I was very impressed with them.
ski holidays
 Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
livetoski, Nice edit and some good skiing Smile

Seems the contour is over exposing a bit in bright sun, did you have any kind of filter on it at all, and do you recall what settings were on the camera?

Not sure if it was as bright when this lot was taken [on a goggle mount, hence a bit shakey] (Brightest about 1:44 onwards) with an ND2 filter on and camera settings of:


http://youtube.com/v/cO7mVjgG8X8

Video quality = High
Contrast = 55
Sharpness = 2
Exposire = +2
Average exposure monitoring
Audio = 30

Maybe I should start a new thread on Contour video settings????
snow report
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead
livetoski, any differences in next years Trusts to the current fellas?
ski holidays
 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
kitenski, no filter, and went with auto on just about everything!! it was really bright when we were testing, it was a first attempt, needed less helmet cam work and more close up stuff, one thing I found with the Contour is that you have to be really close to your subject when skiing and that can be a bit scary.

might be right on a separate thread, rather than hijack carbon_copy, Movement stuff.
ski holidays
 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?
livetoski, Nice vid, really like Movement skis. I'll report back on the Le Fers next season in Canada. Think the Jams are hard to beat for a 1 ski quiver setup and would have gone for those if I didn't have a second pair of powder skis.
ski holidays
 You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
livetoski, Be my guest , carry on snowHead Do you have the mobile app for the contour to allow you to frame what you are filming via Bluetooth ??
snow conditions
 Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
carbon_copy, I do, but forgot to use it when on the hill in japan and shot everything at an angle!! rolling eyes
ski holidays
 You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
carbon_copy, no I don't its just the Contour Roam, but did set it up for the correct angle for the helmet mount, my lad and I just swapped helmets on occasions to get the different shots, but at the end of the first week we realised that he got no filming of me on the skis we were testing rolling eyes so ended up with too much helmet cam footage.

Would recommend the helmet rotating mount, looks to be pretty stable, I am going to do a out takes vid as well, lots of falls and messing around Toofy Grin
snow conditions
 Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
livetoski, Looking forward to the Harry hills snowHead

kitenski, those angles worked , as your videos from Japan made the skiing look quite steep Twisted Evil
ski holidays



Terms and conditions  Privacy Policy