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i took my old mum (74) through to the fridge in braehead for her first snow-like experience at the weekend.
while we were there i spotted a couple of guys skiing on what i thought were directors (never seen them in the flesh before). the younger one –john – told me that they were actually preachers but his were a limited edition design (black and darker green). he and his friend lloyd (50ish) were really friendly and offered me a shot of their skis.
john's skis were 179s. and wide. really wide. much wider than anything i'd been on before (current skis: 2013 181 suspects) but they were great fun. i think i actually laughed when i went down the second run. they turned much tighter than i imagined and really floated along. i felt i needed a longer ski and lloyd offered me his (189s i think) but my boots wouldn't fit his bindings. he then started explaining the construction, the dimensions and the performance characteristics in a very knowledgeable way.
me: so lloyd, how come you know so much about this stuff?
lloyd: i'm a director of whitedot
so, in a nutshell: whitedot skis – lovely skis, lovely company.
even my mum loved 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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I met one of the Whitedot directors in Cham last year, great guy and very friendly. Had a shot on his 189 preachers- Awesome!
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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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You gotta watch those Whitedot dealers. They often hang around outside chalets and pubs as well as fridges. They will stop at nothing - including chatting up 74-year-old OAPs - in order to get access to their children and other markets.
They use those pretty green spotted Preachers to lull people into a false sense of security; kind of like sweets or a gateway ski which quickly leads on to bigger, harder and more poweful models.
You will see people already led well off the piste on these gateway skis, smiling and laughing insanely with a far away look in their eyes and taking apparently terrible risks. All thoughts of families, mortgages, jobs and homes long forgotten. They look like they've not got a care in the world but really they are actually deeply unhappy having already developed powerful and deep cravings for the Director model which brings a bigger, stronger "buzz" ( I believe they call it).
From the Director it's just one quick and easy but ultimately doomed step (there's always another dealer just around the corner ready to feed the craving) to spending your last bit of money on the powerful black Redeemers. For most this is the end of life as they know it but some people with immensely strong constitutions (Scandis and the like) will survive long enough to go on to use the exteremely powerful Ragnaroks.
The last you will see of these people is as they disappear off over ridges and peaks or sometimes deliberately jumping off cliffs in an attempt to end the terrible pain they feel, cackling out loud, screaming and gasping for air. It's a terrible way to go and there is apparently no known cure which is why you will see them always going for bigger cliffs and steeper faster slopes in a desperate attempt to feed their addiction.
maxhowarth, See how it easy it was for Kelv1n, to get hooked. Please. Just say no.
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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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funny. very funny.
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Big Paua, Brilliant 
I think it was LLoyd I met at Braehead a couple of months ago, when Blues had thier ski test day, really nice guy. I'm planning to trial the Preachers when we're out in Tignes next month. It could be expensive.
I have a feeling my Recons may be feeling rather neglected this year as I'm taking the old set of Line Blends, that I picked up on eBay, with me if there is enough snowfall in the next week or so. If I get on with them, they'll be used for the back country course in March.
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| Big Paua wrote: |
You gotta watch those Whitedot dealers. They often hang around outside chalets and pubs as well as fridges. They will stop at nothing - including chatting up 74-year-old OAPs - in order to get access to their children and other markets.
They use those pretty green spotted Preachers to lull people into a false sense of security; kind of like sweets or a gateway ski which quickly leads on to bigger, harder and more poweful models.
You will see people already led well off the piste on these gateway skis, smiling and laughing insanely with a far away look in their eyes and taking apparently terrible risks. All thoughts of families, mortgages, jobs and homes long forgotten. They look like they've not got a care in the world but really they are actually deeply unhappy having already developed powerful and deep cravings for the Director model which brings a bigger, stronger "buzz" ( I believe they call it).
From the Director it's just one quick and easy but ultimately doomed step (there's always another dealer just around the corner ready to feed the craving) to spending your last bit of money on the powerful black Redeemers. For most this is the end of life as they know it but some people with immensely strong constitutions (Scandis and the like) will survive long enough to go on to use the exteremely powerful Ragnaroks.
The last you will see of these people is as they disappear off over ridges and peaks or sometimes deliberately jumping off cliffs in an attempt to end the terrible pain they feel, cackling out loud, screaming and gasping for air. It's a terrible way to go and there is apparently no known cure which is why you will see them always going for bigger cliffs and steeper faster slopes in a desperate attempt to feed their addiction.
maxhowarth, See how it easy it was for Kelv1n, to get hooked. Please. Just say no. |
Oh, ha thats awesome....might have to quote that on the website  )))) !!
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These people, and their deceptively pleasant ways, led to me investing in a pair of Whitedot Ones, with Jester Schizo bindings, when I was going to buy something rather more pedestrian. And lo and behold, they excelled in a week learning to Park ski in Saas Fee this summer, and led to much joy in powdery new snow between the trees in December.
I'm now lasciviously eyeing a pair of Preachers (having found the non-rockered, 89mm underfoot WD Ones fine, but not awesome in waist deep powder bowls) and something skinny and rigid for piste mornings (hello K2 AMP Charger!). Damn you WhiteDot for your superb product, great attitude, helpfulness on the phone and generally excellent service. Damn you for your peple hanging around and getting us rental-clad punters to "have a go on these, you might like them". Damn you to hell for forcing me to be a repeat customer!
PS. skied my Ones at four Tahoe resorts in December. Multiple comments and questions at every single resort. Seems other people are being sucked in by WD's deceptively decent marketing/image. WARNING: DO NOT BE TAKEN IN. YOU WILL SPEND ALL YOUR MONEY WITH THEM IF YOU ARE.
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Tried my 2013 Directors for the first time today; not a sniff of offpiste so I was worried this might be an error and had some Doberman Spitfire Pros in the car in case they were terrible but bloody nora they were great fun on piste! Lapped up everything I could try them on and stable as I could ask for at speed. Excellent things, very happy. 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Harry Flashman,
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skied my Ones at four Tahoe resorts in December.
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you are their front man, mysun, even if you won't admit it to yourself!
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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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It's an addiction, I started thinking about a pair of redeemers and was then talked into also buying the preachers, the wife soon followed with a pair of directors... and now we've just order a pair of Ones for her...... no money now, but very happy....
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I suspect this is all just a clever viral marketing campaign...
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You know it makes sense.
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bobmcstufffunny thing is there's a whitedot advert on the side of the page ( for me at least!)... it's all very clever, but all i have left to buy are the Ragnaroks and a bobble hat.
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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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| RattytheSnowRat wrote: |
Harry Flashman,
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skied my Ones at four Tahoe resorts in December.
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you are their front man, mysun, even if you won't admit it to yourself! |
You'd hope they'd pick a better bloody skier than me to be their frontman!!
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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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BenAS, the bobble hats are very nice. Sadly my girlfriend pinched mine.
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FAQ
Now looking forward to the S9BB to try my shiny new pair 
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