J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by andymol2

Don't you just love having snow rammed up your nostrils.

The key trick is to roll & make it back on your skis in one smooth(ish) motion & continue skiing whilst brushing off the snow before the kids/wife have had time to get their cameras out!

What wipe out?

You don't think she's wear a real bull? - I know she's strong but a ton of beef is beyond her!

Perhaps I've come up with a new sport - ski rodeo! Any volunteers to put the boots & ski's on the cattle?

I go for the kit I can get a bargain on (within reason). Usually that means black!

Unlike a colleague of mine who took back his hire boots to swap for a different colour! Middle age does strange things!

I just don't get the fetish for bobbles.
Bobbles went from woolley hats 30 years ago.

I know fasion comes and goes but I'd put them with flares, platform soles and romper suits. Every now and again some fasionista tries to bring them back but deep down they still make you cringe!

Volf wrote:February 16th 2011, 15.00 local time
The Marmotta restaurant at the Top Of Sauze d'Oulx reports 30cm fresh snow with clearer skies forecast tomorrow.

Volf

I had the best polenta I ever tasted there!

I have decided to try a helmet this year - my reasons are:

1) Having no hair I have to wear a hat anyway to stop me getting cold! So logically one could argue a helmet is a hat with a crust!

2) My hats seem to ride up & I end up having to pull them back down when I get up to speed.

3) As I have got faster I guess the chances of hitting my head hard have increased.

4) To avoid being too much of a hypocrit insisting my youngest daughter wears hers. (It has been compulsory in some of the resorts we've ski'd for under 16s)

I still don't think it should be mandatory for adults. I think it should be for kids.

In short no.
I'm off to Kreischberg on Sunday & the run to the bottom is black. Those who don't want to ski it can get the bubble back down.

The blue down into Ardent (Portes Du Soleil) also turns into a mogul field at times.

The drop to El Tarter gives a choice between blue or black. (possibly a green as well)

I guess the shape of the mountain determines what grade of run can be made. It's nice for weaker skiers to be able to ski down at the end of a day - rather than feel they've wimped out - or even worse come a cropper skiing a run beyond their ability.

I'm sure we would all hope that they grade the run honestly so that all skiers can decide what they ski rather than end up on a blue that should have been graded red.

Sometimes there is no option but to go down in the lift as the runs don't go down to the car park! (or the lower snow has mented)

The BMJ article was publication of meta analysis done by 1. Gerhard Ruedl, postdoctoral researcher,
2. Martin Kopp, professor,
3. Martin Burtscher, professor
of Innsbruk university.
They concluded that head injuries accounted for 9-19% of reported snowsports related injuries and that skiers and snowboarders with a helmet were significantly less likely than those without a helmet to have a head injury.

The reduction in risk was greater in children than adults (odds ratios 0.41 and 0.65 repectively)

They went on to discuss whether or not other factors may influence these figures. Helmet wearing seemed to be more common in experienced and by inference more skilled skiers. This might skew the figures for adults, although the more skilled the faster the skier.

My interpretation: At present the evidence isn't compelling enough to make helmets mandatory for adults. Time will tell - the longer helmet are around the better the figures will be at telling the real benefits.

From what I can gather the article is also available on the BMJs Facebook page. (will post a link if it is - the firewall at work blocks facebook)