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Blowsy 
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Introductions and profiles
 Posted: May 04, 2012 - 10:01 AM
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First post: Feb 27, 2012
Total posts: 7
Status: Offline
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Name: David
Age: 29 (for another 3 weeks... d'oh!)
Weight: 85kg (13.5 stone ish)
Height: 6'1"
Regular/Goofy: Regular
Equipment: Burton Hail Boots, UK size 11.... and that's it so far 
Experience: On and off for the last 11-12 years, mainly off.
Competence: Plenty of 'all mountain' experience but not much park/kicker experience.
Resorts Visited: Snowshoe Mountain (Virginia, USA), Liberty Mountain (Virginia, USA), Mayerhoffen, Whistler, Meribel, Meribel, Chamonix, Megeve.... in that order
Local Slope: Hemel.
Goals: At this stage, improve my ollie height and general butter skillz, get comfortable going off kickers without falling backwards onto my arse, get some basic jib/rails experience. |
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SnowSheep
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Introductions and profiles
Posted: May 06, 2012 - 06:27 PM
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First post: Nov 24, 2011
Total posts: 150
Location: The flatlands of Cheshire
Status: Offline
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Name: Andy
Age: 30
Weight: about 14 stone (can't remember when i last weighed myself)
Height: 5'10
Regular/Goofy: Regular
Equipment: Bataleon Goliath, Ride Capo, Thirty Two Prion boots.
Experience: Learned in November 2011 and been completely hooked since. Had 2 weeks away so far but looking forward to plenty more.
Competence: Confident on most reds, not really tried any blacks yet!
Resorts Visited: Zell am See, Les Arcs
Local Slope: Chill Factore
Goals: Get into freestyle. Not sure on big kickers but definitely flatland and jibbing.
Oh and get to one of the bashes  |
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ToastyBoy
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Posted: May 19, 2012 - 12:24 AM
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First post: Apr 09, 2012
Total posts: 16
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Name: Alex
Age: 24
Weight: 9st 3
Height: 5'14
Regular/Goofy: Regular
Equipment: Burton easy living restricted / forum rat, burton malavitas / freestyle
Experience: 1st trip in december 2011 - les arcs, 2nd trip march 2012 - Flain, Most thursdays since
Competence: confident on reds. Able on blacks, hitting freestyle in the last few months
Resorts Visited: Flain, Les Arcs
Local Slope: MK every thursday
Goals: Currently ollie onto rails / grabs with rotations on kickers & expand my boarding mates! |
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GooSFRabA
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Posted: May 21, 2012 - 05:05 PM
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First post: May 21, 2012
Total posts: 8
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Name: Damo
Age: 24
Weight: 11st 8lbs
Height: 5'10"
Regular/Goofy: Goofy
Equipment: On the 'to get' list.
Experience: 3 hours (of training) at Xscape... haha. Had an hour on the main slope in that time though.
Competence: I've pretty much bossed what I 'was allowed' to learn so far so my confidence is beeming!
Resorts Visited: None yet, but I am looking at somewhere in the Alps region end/start of new year.
Local Slope: Castleford
Goals: Bit of everything really. Will be having a bash at freestyle after I'm done with my Level 3/4 at Castleford on Saturday. Also meet peeps on here, go board and just have fun! |
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D219
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Posted: May 23, 2012 - 12:42 AM
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First post: Oct 11, 2004
Total posts: 947
Status: Offline
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Name: Dave
Age: 37
Weight: 13st probablyish
Height: 5'11"
Regular/Goofy: Regular
Equipment:
Board: Ride DH 04/05 Forum Explorer 01/02
Bindings: Burton Cartel 11/12
Boots: Salomon Malamute 02/03 (need replacing now mind!)
Experience: Average 2 weeks a year since 98
Competence: Pretty decent off piste nothing special at spinny twisty things
Resorts Visited:
Avoriaz
Bankso
Borovets
Cairngorms
Chamonix
Courchevel
Courmayeur
Glencoe
Golte
Kravecs
Livigno
Mayrhofen
Nevis Range
Pas de la Casa
Passo Tonale
Sauze D'oulx
Serre Chevalier
Risoul
Soldeu
St Anton
Tignes
Val D'Isere
Val Thorens
Vogel
Whistler
Local Slope: Well nearest is MK but place I've spent most time is Courchevel
Goals: Ride more powder, bigger drops nto powder, manage to do a 3, ride in some further flung resorts |
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BigDanno
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Posted: May 23, 2012 - 01:16 AM
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First post: Feb 28, 2011
Total posts: 192
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Status: Offline
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This is me
Name: Danny
Age: 42
Weight: 13.5 st
Height: 5'10"
Regular/Goofy: Goofy
Equipment: I have a few boards and a few pairs of bindings - I just keep buying them but at the moment I like my Ride Cue and Drake 50 binders buy have just got a Salomon Patrol and Burton Freestyle
Experience: 1 week holiday and time at Castleford
Competence: Poor
Resorts Bansko - loved it
Local Slope - Castleford (100miles but as local as it gets)
Goals: To get from poor to OKish
Just so you know I like beer but I can't see that anyone else has listed that although I am a Geordie so it is in our rule book. |
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wheyward
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Posted: Jun 10, 2012 - 11:40 PM
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First post: May 10, 2012
Total posts: 63
Location: Northants
Status: Offline
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Name: Will
Age: 27
Weight: 11st ish
Height: 5'8" ish
Regular/Goofy: Reg
Equipment: Salomon Prospect 156, Burton Missions
Experience: Two weeks in the alps on seperate occaisions, and loads of trips to MK, but can't wait to improve and progress further.
Competence: Not very!! - I'll try anything, have already broken a collar bone and damaged my tricep ligaments in MK, but Im actually alot more comfortable riding a nice big mountain.
Resorts: Visited: Avoriaz 2012, Les Arcs 2007?.
Local Slope: MK
Goals: Butters, presses, frontside 1s ... (they kill me), 3s, boxes... the list goes on ... o and POWDER carves/turns.
Hoping to tag along at the summer bash, as I only have a very small group of boarding buddies, who don't go to the indoor slopes too often, the Winter Bash in Avoriaz in2013, could be a maybe also, but its early days yet. |
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Mister83
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Posted: Jun 11, 2012 - 12:26 AM
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First post: Jun 10, 2012
Total posts: 18
Status: Offline
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Name: Mike
Age: 28
Weight: 12st ish
Height: 5'9" ish
Regular/Goofy: Reg
Equipment: What ever the hire shop give me for now.
Experience: None, have skated on and off for years and surfed a few times
Competence: I can tie my own shoe laces, oh and I am toilet trained.
Resorts: Visited: First trip December 2012 (not sure where yet maybe Cham)
Local Slope: Plymouth for dry, Tam is my closest snow, maybe dartmoor if weather permits next winter.
Goals: To get down a mountain in one piece.  |
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MantisGuy
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Post subject: Newb
Posted: Jun 24, 2012 - 11:06 AM
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First post: May 31, 2012
Total posts: 67
Location: Essex
Status: Offline
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Name: Tim
Age: 32
Weight: 13.5st
Height: 6'2
Regular/Goofy: Regular
Equipment: Burton Clash (2009) 160 Wide, Burton (not sure what ones) bindings, Salomon boots.
Experience: Never been away, had first lesson at Hemel about 6 weeks ago.. Done a freestyle day with Definition camps.. picking it up ok
Competence: Can ride switch ok, though not long had the Burton board, only ridden it once so still adjusting to it (feels like a rocket compared to the boards hemel lend out).
Resorts Visited: None
Local Slope: Hemel
Goals: Whatever is humanly possible.. No sense no fear! |
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frost.e
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Post subject: RE: Newb
Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 11:04 PM
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First post: Jun 03, 2012
Total posts: 20
Status: Offline
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Name: Erica
Age: 29
Weight: ...
Height: 5'7ish
Regular/Goofy: Regular
Equipment: K2 Luna 154, Burton Escapade bindings, Salomon Ivy boots, Red mutiny helmet...
Experience: Used to ski a bit. Tried boarding last year and have had about 10 days on mountains. 6 of those days I was riding with a broken wrist. Or should I say, trying to ride :s
Trying to get to snow sheds as much as possible. Recently enjoyed some Maverix and Definition training
Competence: I'm getting there... deffo enjoying learning 
Resorts Visited: Schladming, Bankso, Pila, Cairngorms
Local Slope: Hemel
Goals: Wanna start hitting those kickers on freestlye nights, build confidence and head to New Zealand for a season |
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steph_dilworth
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Posted: Aug 05, 2012 - 12:20 PM
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First post: Aug 05, 2012
Total posts: 11
Status: Offline
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Name: Steph
Age: 24
Weight: No comment
Height: 5'7"
Regular/Goofy: Goofy
Equipment: Burton Lux 150 reg camber, Burton Scribe bindings, Vans Hi Standard Cheryl Mass boots, Red Hi-fi helmet
Experience: Been riding for '3 years' but probably got around 15 weeks worth of boarding in over that time - Combination of 2 holidays in France, 2011/12 Winter season in Whistler plus any riding I've done at Chill
Competence: Pretty much game for anything - riding the pow, piste or park!
Resorts Visited: Season in Whistler Canada, Holidays at Les Deux Alpes and Alp d'huez
Local Slope: Chill Factore
Goals: Progress with my freestyle and park riding
If anyone ever fancies going for a shred (preferably at Chill Factore as its the most commutable for me!!) Drop me an email - I don't have many mates into snowboarding and would be cool to go with people who love boarding as much as I do |
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Jayson
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Posted: Aug 15, 2012 - 11:03 PM
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First post: Jul 31, 2012
Total posts: 1
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Name: Jayson
Age: 28 and 3/4
Weight: 69kg
Height: 6' ish
Regular/Goofy: Goofy
Equipment: Forum Substance 156 rocker, Union Contact bindings, ThiryTwo Boots
Experience: About 6 weeks up at hemel, pretty much weekly.
Competence: ummmm 6 weeks worth.......and counting
Resorts Visited: hopefully first one this coming season!
Local Slope: The Snow Center - Hemel Hempstead
Goals: smooth buttering, riding switch as well as i can goofy, 180s and riding kickers |
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Frawley
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Posted: Aug 26, 2012 - 12:32 AM
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First post: Aug 26, 2012
Total posts: 1
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Name: Frawley
Age: 23
Weight: Not sure..
Height: 5'8"
Regular/Goofy: Regular
Equipment: None
Experience: 1 week a year for past 3 years
Competence: decent enough for only being away 3 times
Resorts Visited:
Kitzbühel
Söll
Mayrhofen
Local Slope: None
Goals: Improve eevveerryytthinngg |
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Crispy_
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Posted: Aug 27, 2012 - 09:08 PM
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First post: Aug 27, 2012
Total posts: 10
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Name: Crispy
Age: 26
Weight: 82ish
Height: 6'0"
Regular/Goofy: Regular
Equipment: 158 Burton Custom, Union Force Bindings, DC Rogan boots
Experience: A couple of weeks here, a few weeks there, a fair bit of time in the dome...
Competence: Fairly handy, certainly not embarrassing, not got enough balls to hit the pro line though *sad face*.
Resorts Visited:
Val D'Isere
Tignes
Mayrhofen
Local Slope: None
Goals: Become Xavier De La Rue ...... |
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tortyv
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Posted: Aug 28, 2012 - 11:01 AM
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First post: Oct 15, 2009
Total posts: 4640
Location: Luton, UK
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I can't believe I didn't see this thread until now!
Name: Vicky
Age: 28
Weight: 69kg
Height: 5'5
Regular/ Goofy: Regular
Equipment: Rome Vinyl 149, Ride Bandita Contraband Bindings, 32 Prospect Boots (Also own Burton Lexa Bindings and Burton Moto Boots)
Experience: Learnt how to ski in 2005, by the winter of 2006 I was doing my first season. By the end of my first season I had switched to snowboarding. Three full winters (four months long) plus about five or so weeks away.
Competence: Fairly competent going down the mountain, can get down most things. Though despite my efforts , I'm still pretty crap at freestyle. I do love riding powder though!
Resorts Visited: Three seasons in Bad Gastein, Austria, (as well as another three trips back there) plus trips to Morzine, Hintertux, Werfenweng, Zillertal and Lengries.
Local Slope: Hemel
Goals: Just to have fun, oh and not to break anything (especially not ankle ligaments  ) |
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