 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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Great link. Nice work.
It stands to reason that shorter planks, like snowblades, will lead to fewer injuries. They are easier to control.
But they still suck 
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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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Whitegold, so do you with your blanket negative statements.
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might be safer for the people on them, but a damn more dangerous trying to avoid the bugs - scooting this way and scooting that way. They seem to turn on a sixpence 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Whitegold, lol.
Wear The Fox Hat, i dont think whitegold sucks, i knew he would comment on this. hopefully he is doing some research to back up the statement "but they still suck", maybe some facts/figures to prove this statement. i kinda like whitegolds sense of humour
rayscoops,
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scooting this way and scooting that way. They seem to turn on a sixpence
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you mean doing exactly what they are meant to do
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graeme, Very interesting, I heard they are dangerous if you jump into soft snow with them, which can snap your shins. Not my cup of tea, but if you enjoy using them wire in - it's all about having fun isn't it?
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damn dangerous things
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didnt you read the link, they are the safest. maybe you have no idea which way they are gonna go, but i bet the rider does.
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graeme, dangerous for me !! did you not read my post 
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might be safer for the people on them, but damn more dangerous trying to avoid the bugs
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Sage, more likely to have a leg injury if you have an accident, so maybe some truth in that. soft snow...hmmmm, may be true for shorter/narrower boards but not for more performance orientated boards, my summit custom 110's are as happy in soft snow or powder as they are on the groomed pistes
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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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rayscoops, i did read it, maybe you need to relax a bit and worry less about what the funny looking guy on the short planks is doing. seriously though, just as many folk on all type of sliding equipment that you cant predict which way they will turn
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You know it makes sense.
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rayscoops, "try" being the operative word in that sentance. and they say skiboarders/snowbladers are dangerous....lol 
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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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In the immortal words of the pub landlord:
"It's for kids!"
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Poster: A snowHead
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also very embarrassing being dug out of pow on the silly little things
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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fatbob, you know i have to disagree there, met a dentist out in flaine who was at least in his 40's he was riding skiboards, revel8's to be precise. love em or hate em, they are just another way to have fun on snow. which is something we should all be in agreement with 
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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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rayscoops, do tell how you would know that??? i didnt need to be dug out of over knee deep powder on mine, infact i found them to be perfect. not every skiboard is made by salomon
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graeme, are you telling the tooth ! 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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yep the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth
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if i wanted safety, I'd stay at home 
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Whitegold,
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rayscoops, just guessing here but i take it you have only really seen snowblades, or maybe head easys. so much more to skiboarding than what they offer. you would be suprised by what you are able to do on skiboards, my boards are truly all mountain boards
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graeme, on a serious note what is it like falling at speed with fixed blades on your feet that do not release, also how easy is it to get up off your backside, say, in comparison to snowboarding. Also are you selling them?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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rayscoops, seriously .... its no different to falling on skis, well to me its not, i very rarely fall though. i think when you do something for as long you kinda get used to falling, and sorta react to the fall, so to limit any impact/injuries. nope not selling them, infact looking to buy more, a slightly longer and slightly shorter set,
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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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Just popped of to google a few things. Interestingly snowblades may or may not be safer in the total number of injuries, but the type of injury seems more serious in that you are more likely to break a leg or twist a knee than compared with skis and snowboards. Snowboarders seem to have more injuries like wrist sprains etc but the snowblades seem to have more serious injuries. So they seem to be safer statistically but the type of injury is a lot more heavy duty. But statistics can be twisted !!
http://www.ski-injury.com/stats1.htm
http://www.ski-injury.com/snowblade.htm#Introduction
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glad i dont have snowblades then
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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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| glad i dont have snowblades then |
The only people I've seen differentiate between snowblades and skiboards are people who use skiboards. Do you think the people who collected the statistics that rayscoops referred to would make such a fine distinction?
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Poster: A snowHead
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what is it like falling at speed with fixed blades on your feet that do not release,
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You break things. Ankle and femur, in the last one I saw.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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toiletduckuk, simple thing is "dont buy blades" buy real skiboards, then steep and deep is no problem at all
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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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Lizzard, what every time?? i beg to differ
rob@rar, snowblades = salomon= foam core, narrower than skiboards.
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Lizzard, what every time?? i beg to differ
rob@rar, snowblades = salomon= foam core, narrower than skiboards. |
I know what they are (I have a pair). The majority of people don't seem discriminate between snowblades (or Snowblades™) and skiboards, other than some skiboarders who for reasons that I can't understand want to make a big deal of the fact they use skiboards not snowblades. I find it curious; I don't differentiate between my skinny slalom skis and my fat off-piste skis - they're just skis - so can't understand the passion with which some people highlight they're a skiboarder.
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rob@rar, actually the stats are referenced as relating to skiboards
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but when you have used both there is a whole world of difference between them. people may want to make a big deal of it because there is a big deal of difference in performance. snowblades performance wise are crap, salomon did do a better board called the sb10, this was a tad better but still lacked compared to the likes of boards produced by summmit/revel/spruce/loken/snowjam/and the old line range. i started off on salomon and will never go back to them. plus like you say snowblade is just a trademark, skiboarders is actually the correct term
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graeme, maybe you should relax a bit and not worry what the funny little planks are called. Seriously though I thought your post was a tad misleading, even though I am sure it was a ''bit tongue in cheek'
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| graeme wrote: |
| like you say snowblade is just a trademark, skiboarders is actually the correct term |
Maybe it's just my imagination, but there seems to be a tone of condescension from "skiboarders" towards "snowbladers" in much the way that some skiers are condescending towards people who ski on short things, no matter what you call them.
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I think people call them snowblades because its the easiest to say and most explanatory name for them.
when i hear ski board i think "what the hell is that", it doesn't strike me as an obvious name for a really short ski.
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FAQ
I switched back to full lengths while in Fernie cos my poor blades felt a bit overwhelmed by steep and deep stuff - actually preferring full lengths at the mo but I feel like blades advanced my skiing a lot very quickly 