 Poster: A snowHead
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Just for laughs 
1. carrying skis across your arms, using sling etc etc.
2. walking around with your rear entry boots totally undone.
3. walk mode on your boots
4. walking around the town with 4 clips totally done up
5. skiing with the Crystal/Thompson etc ski rep
6. daft fleece hats
7. drinking beer with fondue
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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No 5 might be a bit naff but I've had lots of fun doing it. Before the ESF clamped down heavily on ski leading.
New ones - Jeans
Day Glo One-Piece Suits
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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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Falling over in the lift queue.
Falling over on the draglift.
Sitting outside the restaurant to eat in blazing sunshine.
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PG not sure about that last one, I've seen plenty of locals doing just that on really good days, however they will always be inside on anything other than really good days or if the sun has not reached the terrace/sitting area yet 
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But I AM a punter 
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D G Orf, thought that one might surprise (was thinking of France mainly). Just try and spot an instructor! They're nearly all inside, if there's room. And a lot of the locals too. Why sit outside and fry when you can do that most of the year in France?
Was discussing this with an ESF guy just the other day.... over a meal in the 'Chalets de l'Arc' above Arc 2000. All the tourists were outside, all the instructors were inside....
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marc gledhill, Ah, but do you really want to look like one?
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I take exception to no. 4. I've always walked much better in my boots with the buckles closed than with some of them open (ok I loosen them compared to skiing but they're still closed). There's less friction inside the boot and hence no blisters this way. If it makes me look like a punter/gaper so be it. Actually, I think my walk looks rather Frankensteinian.
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Cedric,
Actually a lot of the club kids spend so much time in their boots that they rarely loosen them. They claim that they barely know they have them on, and grumble if you tell them to undo the clips! So I reckon you're ok with that one Cedric!
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I agree - can never be bothered to undo them either. Wastes valuable skiing time farting around with them all the time!!
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PG, It's not the frying from the sun that makes outside a poor choice when eating, it's what the cold does to your chips.
It is exhilerating to eat outside for us Brits (no novelty for europeans), but in cold weather eat salad and drink beer or water. Chips, spag-bog, red wine, coffee rapidly chill and become quite unpleasant.
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An interesting thread. The word 'punter' is very familiar to me. When I was 'one of the elite' (an instructor) on Cairngorm in the mid-70s we used the word all the time, for anyone who didn't make the grade, in our eyes.
OK, the term has a bit of tongue-in-cheek about it, but - like the word 'gaper' used in the States - it's a kind of snob thing.
It's the 'punters' who spend the money and keep the sport alive, so I wonder who has the last laugh? I now think the 'punter' (everyday skier) should be celebrated, and gently guided into a full appreciation of this amazing activity.
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Jonpim, very true! Though the sun beating down is something to avoid, especially in the southern French Alps. When living in Provence, the easiest way to describe a 'punter' during the summer months would be 'anyone walking around outside between 11am and 4 pm'!! Locals either hide, or dash around from shade to shade (the only time you see a Provençal moving quickly 
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You know it makes sense.
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Whether you look like a punter or not is not the issue, but whatever you do you must look sharp.
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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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Very wise, David G. .... [Thinks about it].... No, still don't want to look like one though!
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Poster: A snowHead
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ise, like Marc says: I am a punter. And what's wrong with daft fleece hats. ?
I have a daft fleece hat; the one with long multi-cloured dreadlocks. It is very useful when leading a group of kids. They can spot me a mile off.
What am I going to do now I wear a helmet?
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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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People wearing daft fleece hats will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.
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No, dayglo one piece will be there waiting.
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What am I going to do now I wear a helmet?
Tape antlers on top ?? 
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haha Robbie!
Well I'm a punter, but a happy one. I have a silly hat and I hope to ski with the rep next week as I won't know anyone out there. Finally as this is my first proper trip skiing in Europe I'm really looking forward to eating outside in the sun! 
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ise: then my boots never fitted.
Which is possible. Just as possible as having become used to this as a kid, so it feels normal now. See PG's answer.
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That's exactly the sort of thing I mean. It's all a bit 18-30 and naff ...
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Alexandra,
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| I'm really looking forward to eating outside in the sun! |
Congealed food and sunburn. Rather you than me! What sun, by the way? Rain to 3000m forecast all next week!
[only kidding]
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I have been known to "punt" along the flats like they do along the Camb, wot wot ,
Like Cedric, I rarely undo my boots until I am in a place to take them off. They fit me very well, and are pretty comfortable once I'm in them.
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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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I have walk mode on my boots. But I didn't put it there, they came with it on. Do you think anyone will notice and laugh? 
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Alexandra,
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| I have a silly hat |
Is this you?
Where did you say you were heading?
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You know it makes sense.
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Anything that says "White Stuff" or "Fatface" on it marks you out. 
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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: |
| Sitting outside the restaurant to eat in blazing sunshine. |
Stopping to eat at lunchtime.
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Poster: A snowHead
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PG I see they've sold out of that hat, so someone's buying them.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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PG - bit out of season isn't it? I've got a giant easter egg with a bow!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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sherman-maeir,
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| Stopping to eat at lunchtime |
Who said anything about lunchtime! You're right, that should be added to the list. Lunch is anytime before 12, or on the dot of, and eaten quickly. It's often the best time to ski.
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99% of snowHeads are punters, i.e. people who don't live in ski resorts. 
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Hey guys - so helpful!
The Natty Dread hat is just like mine, but better, coz I dont have the under-chin tie, and if I go fast the hat falls off (good for going with little kids though: keeps me back at their pace). I like it (sorry Ise).
I want the telephone number of the lady in the Kiss Me hat . I'm sure we would make a great couple.
And sarah, just what I always wanted! But which one?
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| xyzpaul wrote: |
| 99% of snowHeads are punters, i.e. people who don't live in ski resorts. |
No, being a punter is some of the stuff we're joking about. You should take a look at some of destination lists in the "Where do we all ski" thread, it's amazing how much and how many places people are getting to, these people are not punters (unless they're wearing daft hats obviously)
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I like being a punter- I like my pre organised pub crawl/skidoo/shopping trips when im on holiday, I like my ski guiding, I like sitting on chair lifts and laughing at the stupid hats, I like welcome meetings!
I even love the coach transfer! there I said it! Im Sinead im 21 and I love Package holidays!!
(fear I may have been brain washed by my employers)
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