Ski show London - Thursday 21st of October.

NellyPS wrote:Missing it again :(

That makes two of us :evil:

Hello all. I will see you at the J2 stand, I might do a drink but probably not lunch, and I certainly wont be buying it for you, I am just a mere small businessman.

Quite a few of us descended on Admin yesterday, and took advantage of his good nature at the bar, while he left his secret weapons in charge of the J2ski stand )

It was great to say hi to LOTA and Tonypants for the 1st time, together with Snowbandit, Scapula and Tony_H who I first met last year, in the same venue.....at much the same time :D

Unfortunately I missed LOTA, but was lucky enough to meet Tonypants.
Good to see the old faces again, and in particular our own webmeister, Herr Adminiztrazion.
Snowbandit now needs a new name, as she will no longer be skiing on Rossi Bandits, except maybe in icy conditions......

Regards the show, it was very much same old same old. I watched a bit of the fashion show, and the breakdancing and body popping was fantastic. Not so keen on the Westbeach gear they were doing it in.
You heard it here first: this season is all about freestyle colours - bold, bright, matching or non matching - it really doesn't matter.
Gone are the straight Schoffel pants and Red Spyder jackets, unless you are German or Russian, and in come greens, blues and yellows, as well as a lot of white mixed with turquoise for men and plum for women.
I particularly liked turquoise and green mixed, but thats for another day.
Some nice gear on show, although it was interesting how quiet the Trespass stand was.....does anyone actually buy any of their stuff?
Oakley had some good reduced prices on their stand, and SnR had quite a bit in the sales too, including up to 50% off a range of goggles and I managed to pick Mrs H up some white Adidas Yodai goggles for £57. Just a new beanie for me and yes - it did have a bobble.
I looked at helmets, and then looked away again. Not for me, thanks.

I could literally have spent thousands on skis and related gear, but I dont have it to spend and had to keep telling myself that. There are one or two real bargains to be had on skis, including some gorgeous Scott Maya ladies skis including binding for £265 (I very nearly bought them for Mrs H, but would have been castrated if I had....) as well as last seasons Scott Aztecs for £235. Neo's at £500 without bindings....hmmmm.

Snowbandit fell in love with some Volkl's and promptly invested in them, I am sure she will be on here at some stage to show you all. Not sure if shes taken them to bed yet though....

Plenty going on, with some good freestyle demo's on the slope. I managed to chat with a lot of people on the stands, in particular representing ski areas I have either been to (such as Serre Che) or places I am considering (such as the Dolomites) and I got the run down on St Moritz from the Club Med girls.

All in all a god day out, made a change from the arse end of a lorry on the M25, and for anyone thinking of going, do it. It gets the juices flowing again.

Admin, what ever made you employ those 2 lovelies on the stand, I really have no idea what the motivation behind it was.......

I had the lowdown on Serre Chevalier from the ClubMed girls!

Also had a fun chat with the Freshtracks girl at the Ski Club stand - and told her off for saying Engelberg train station instead of Engelberg railway station.

Didn't buy anything - don't need anything - apart, perhaps, from a new daysack, but that can wait!

Some good ideas for hols, though, Serre Chevalier, Formigal, Grindelwald or maybe Canada!

Good to meet Signor Admino and Bandido; I think a picture of the J2 stand helpers should be added to this thread forthwith!

I too did not buy anything as I did not bloody well go, I had a fantastic time on the M11 and the back roads of Norfolk. But I'm glad you guys all had a good time :evil:

I enjoyed getting hands on with the new boot liner concept from Skiset. I would have enjoyed spending more time in the company of the guy who handed the liner over 8) though Admin's secret weapons got there 1st and had turned all giggly as a result of taking in the view :mrgreen:

Calm down Bandit. What did you think of the liner?