Poster: A snowHead
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OK, today's the day: I've been skiing in the morning, I'll be playing cricket in the afternoon.
(Admittedly, both are indoor activities)
Anyone else put together any apparently contradictory same-day combinations?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The most ridiculous I've achieved was ice hockey (it wasn't supposed to be ice hockey - just the field was a little too hard for a serious game of hockey and we were playing on grass rather than astro) followed by windsurfing.
It was bloody chilly when we were windsurfing though! Both were outdoors when I was at school a number of years ago (I think they called it "character-building" back then).
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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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Sitting in an outdoor pool overlooking the ski slope you've just come must rank fairly high up there. The snow settling on your head is just a bonus.
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One February a couple of years back, I had been skiing at Mammoth in California in the morning, left at lunchtime and drove to Furnace Creek Ranch in Death Valley, so by early evening I was in the outdoor pool with temperatures in the mid 70s Fahrenheit - quite a contrast in one day!
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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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In Kimberly we had a hot tub about 3 feet from the bottom of the piste - quite surreal to be sitting in water and feeling far too hot when there are people schussing up and taking their skis off within splashing distance.
Otherwise in NZ I skied one day then played golf (admittedly only crazy golf!!) late in the afternoon.
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A couple of years ago I was staying in Schladming, in August. We skiied the glacier in the morning and went white water rafting after lunch.
Not too disimilar I suppose
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Yeah, I've done the hot-tub thing as well: In fact I've probably been in the same hot-tub at Kimberley. - There's also one at Panorama that's within spitting distance of the slopes.
My best hot-tub experience was in Japan, where they piped up the water from the natural hot springs to a tub on the roof of the hotel: there was an outdoor hot tub where we got the authentic snow-in-the-hair experuience, and an indoor bath about half the size of an Olympic swimming pool (but shallow) in which I had a surreal conversation with an octogenarian Japanese gentleman ("Ah, you play ski. I play ballroom dancing")
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Um, I guess playing hot-tub volleyball after skiing.
OK, it wasn't outdoor tubs, but it was a "different" sport.
You take two hot tubs 2-3metres apart, one light football, and five or six people in each team. You need to get the ball into the other team's water. Only allowed three touches on each side, and everyone must be in their own tub.
After that, it's a matter of not knocking over your opponent's beer.
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Hmm, one thing I keep wanting to do is to ski down a blue run, a few yards from a friend, both of us holding tennis racquets, trying to volley a tennis ball from one to the other. I wonder how many volleys we'd manage before we lose the ball or crash. Trouble is, I haven't yet found a friend who likes both skiing and tennis (my only two sports where I'm any good).
Before I get slated for being irresponsible, of course we'd only do this on a pretty empty run. The danger of running into others would be pretty high otherwise.
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I'll give you a game of piste tennis Cedric - its an interesting concept!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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WHY?
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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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WHY NOT?
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Maybe this is the place to sort out unfortunate friend's problem.
Mum and teenage kids love skiing. Dad buggared up knee playing rugby and won't ski, but does enjoy golf. Is there a resort that would allow him to play golf while rest of family go skiing?
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You know it makes sense.
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Jonpim, yes - Aviemore. Dalfaber is a small "village resort" just on the edge of the town. It has a decent nine hole course that's free for people staying there, and it's only about 20 minutes to the mountain. Stayed there at the beginning of Feb - very pleasant. Golf course was covered in snow, but that's rare. Obviously they have the winter greens on at the moment, but it's probably your best bet...
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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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Jonpim - yes again - Heavenly for skiing and courses around Reno for golf. Done it; one of the courses was brilliant but cann't remember its name.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Lorraine - didn't you say there was a golf course close to the Hintertux glacier?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Played a Masters golf course in the morning and had my only ever attempt at snowboarding in the evening. Both out doors and both adding to the suntan !
...the boarding was, however, on a sand dune....
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