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The chances are, if you're here, that you rather like snow  Maybe you're planning your first ever ski holiday or maybe u spend all Summer planning ski holidays (and all Winter sniffing out an extra little bargain ski-trip too  ) The members of snowHeads, between them, must have skied and snowboarded just about everywhere. From solo skiers short of a ski buddy this season to organisers of ski-parties of all sizes, from absolute beginners to instructors and even ex-olympians, every snowHead has a question and everyone has an answer for someone.
From "What's the best ski insurance package?" to "Where's the best powder?" and from "How I survived the snowtrain" to "Ryanair ate my hampster", whether you ski, snowboard, blade or just build snowmen (just?!), someone at snowHeads knows something that can help you and the chances are you'll know something that can help someone else too.
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| Jenny Jones wins gold again at x games Posted on:05-02 at 11:25 |
Britain’s Jenny Jones has retained the X Games slopestyle title she won last year. She is the first Briton to win consecutive gold medals at the X Games in Aspen. Shame slopestyle isn't an Olympic sport.
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| Research suggests helmets do reduce chance of head injury Posted on:05-02 at 11:07 |
A new analysis of twelve studies has concluded that wearing a helmet reduces the risk of head injuries in skiers and snowboarders by about 35 per cent. It also found that there was no basis to the concern that children wearing a helmet might be more vulnerable to hurting their necks ... :: Read more
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| Didier Cuche breaks thumb, may miss Olympics Posted on:29-01 at 19:57 |
<b>Swiss ski star Didier Cuche has broken his right thumb in a crash while racing. </b> The injury means he could miss Vancouver Olympics. The Swiss ski federation has announced that Cuche has travelled back to Switzerland and will have surgery in Zurich tomorrow.
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| Financially troubled Intrawest sells Panorama resort Posted on:28-01 at 19:25 |
A business group, Panorama Mountain Village Inc., has announced it is buying Panorama resort from Intrawest. The deal is due to close in February, pending regulatory approvals ... :: Read more
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| GB Olympic ski and snowboard teams announced Posted on:26-01 at 18:18 |
The British Olympic Association (BOA) today confirmed the line up of the remaining teams representing Great Britain at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. In a ceremony at Somerset House, London, the BOA announced the 13 ski and snowboard athletes who have been chosen ... :: Read more
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| Prince Charles cancels Klosters ski holiday, on advice of Gordon Brown Posted on:25-01 at 10:16 |
According to a report by Telegraph.co.uk, Prince Charles has been advised - and has agreed - to cancel his annual Klosters ski holiday. The advice came from non-skier Gordon Brown, who is concerned about the public expense in the current economic climate. ... :: Read more
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| FIS launches safety research project Posted on:23-01 at 17:10 |
The FIS has initiated a 3-year research project to improve safety for Alpine skiers. Last year, 43 per cent of all Alpine World Cup skiers had an injury. And, this season, several top racers (e.g. John Kucera, Nicole Hosp and Jean-Baptiste Grange) have already been injured. The FIS has asked the University of Salzburg to analyse the risks involved in Alpine skiing and come up with proposals that may decrease the number of injuries.
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| Sean Rose gets gold at over 70mph Posted on:21-01 at 10:03 |
Sean Rose won Britain’s first IPCAS World Cup gold medal for both himself and the British Disabled Ski Team in the first downhill race in Sestriere yesterday. He finished almost a second in front of Japan’s Akira Kano, getting the team’s best ever result just days away from the team selection for the Paralympics in March. ... :: Read more
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| Olympic organisers to truck in snow to Cypress Posted on:21-01 at 09:39 |
The Winter Olympic's venue for freestyle skiing and snowboarding events, Cypress Mountain, is to have snow trucked in, after forecasters predict no new snow and warm temperatures. Other contingency plans being rolled out include using straw and wood to take the place of snow to build the base for the courses ... :: Read more
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| Whistler to be sold mid Olympics Posted on:21-01 at 09:30 |
The Whistler Blackcomb Resort is to go up for auction right in the middle of the Winter Olympics. Creditors who had lent $US1.4 billion to the resort's owner, Intrawest, have given notice that they have seized control of the company and will be attempting to sell off its assets by auction on February 19th ... :: Read more
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| Research shows ski slopes graded with bulldozers open earlier in the season Posted on:20-01 at 11:39 |
According to a new study of seven Lake Tahoe-area ski resorts, ski runs that are graded with bulldozers open earlier in the season than ones that are simply cleared of trees. However, they do cause more environmental harm than other runs ... :: Read more
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| Helmets could soon become law in California Posted on:19-01 at 09:28 |
A new ski helmet bill has been introduced in California as a way to prevent a fatal head injury. California State Senator Leland Yee has proposed that it should become the law that anyone under 18 should wear a helmet on the slopes in California. If they don't, their parents would face a $25 fine.
In a tragic heli-skiing accident, however, a woman from California who fell into a creek apparently drowned when her helmet got stuck between two rocks.
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| Tour Operators threaten Chambery pullout Posted on:18-01 at 21:48 |
After a chaotic start to January, British Tour Operators have threatened to pull out of Chambery unless the airport raises its game and steps up to the mark. Guests waited for hours for a flight, some spent 3 days in hotels and others had to be bussed to Milan ... :: Read more
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| Public outrage saves pigs from death in avalanche experiment Posted on:18-01 at 09:10 |
Scientists have abandoned an experiment to study the effects of being caught in an avalanche, in which pigs were buried alive in snow and left to die after protests from animal lovers. The researchers in the Austrian Alps chose pigs because of their biological similarity to humans. The animals were buried (either completely or up to their necks), and then the time they took to die was recorded.
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| Brit gets gold in skeleton World Cup Posted on:18-01 at 08:39 |
Britain had great success in the Skeleton World Cup in St Mortiz on Friday. Shelley Rudman won the gold, her second win of the season, which closes the gap between her and Hollingsworth at the top of the overall standings to 34 points. ... :: Read more
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| Swiss racer Lara Gut to miss out on Olympics Posted on:15-01 at 09:05 |
Lara Gut, one of Switzerlands top skiers, has announced that she will miss the Vancouver Winter Olympics. She has failed to recover from a dislocated right hip sustained when she crashed during training back in October. ... :: Read more
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| Cairngorm closes due to too much snow Posted on:15-01 at 09:01 |
The CairnGorm Mountain ski centre will be closed all day because of too much snow. Despite working with huge caterpillar vehicles and snow blowers yesterday to try and clear the slopes and approach road, more snow ovenight has covered up all the hard work. ... :: Read more
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| Skier with broken ankle survives 3 weeks in mountain cabin Posted on:14-01 at 16:17 |
A cross-country skier has apparently survived 3 weeks in a mountain cabin in Norway after breaking his ankle. He set off on a cross-country ski tour on December 26, and was rescued 3 weeks later by two Norwegian women who stopped near the cabin for a snack. He had not been reported missing ... :: Read more
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| snowNews from snowHeads Posted on:14-01 at 15:41 |
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| Skiers stuck for hours in broken cable car on Brauneck mountain , Germany Posted on:12-01 at 17:36 |
A cable-car ski lift holding 43 people was stuck for more than 2 hours on the Brauneck mountain in southern Germany today. People travelling up the mountain in the lift's 4-person pods found themselves trapped in freezing temperatures, after the emergency brakes brought the system to a sudden halt. Those lower down were rescued by the fire brigade using ladders, or clambered down using ropes. Those trapped further up the mountain had to be rescued by helicopter. ... :: Read more
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