J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Pablo Escobar

Ah you must be English ;)

freckles wrote:Hi

Typical female question here..... We are going to Jasper end of February, how much snow is lkely to be in the town? I want to make sure I have the right footwear for walking to the bars / restaurants but don't really want to trudge around in my Timberlands if there isn't much snow in the town :oops: not suggesting wearing stilletos either!

Not been to Jasper but if it is anything like Banff then the 'sidewalks' will be cleared regularly after snowfalls. I have spent loads of weeks in Banff from December --> April and never needed anything other than trainers/smart shoes. No boots, in fact I took a pair of boots for the season and only wore them snowmobiling. Worth noting if you are intending to do anything along the lines of sledding or ice walks boots are essential :thumbup:

I skied maybe 15 days in Scotland last year (possibly more, not really sure), and most of them were 'nice'. I don't remember a day that I wasn't happy to be out in the mountains, had a day at Glenshee that was dark and snowing but it just meant fresh snow :D

Yeh, a fair amount + did the season there a couple years ago. Love it!

Keep an eye on this: http://lakelouiselowdown.wordpress.com/ for LL info.

Have you been before?

Pretty sure this is Les Houches, courtesy of the guys at Whitedot ;)

snowb4ndit wrote:Well for a whole week now I have done a 20 minute session everyday on my step machine and not a thing has passed my lips that contains fat or sugar (Except some Vodka on Friday evening).

I have not lost a bl**dy ounce!!! :evil:

That's what you get for buying a stepper :lol:

Tony_H wrote:

Pablo Escobar wrote:You should try the Blackeye without the Ti, the Ti is just the standard Blackeye reinforced with titanium.

Interesting. Every ski shop I went into this season tried to flog me these, and insisted on the Ti spec.

I guess I will make a choice from what stock they have in, but I would expect them to have Atomic or Rossignol, so might try out some Bandits if not.

Or is there some Spanish ski company I havent come across yet?????

Ti spec = probably more expensive and with a stiff(er) flex you probably don't need. In some of my instructor exams the course conductor was on the standard Blackeyes and swore they were the best skis out (helps when you are sponsored by Atomic...), said they were quite soft longitudinally but very torsionally stiff. He also had the Crimsons and only took them out on 'deep' days ;)

They are also exceptionally light (not skied them, just had a fondle) unless this has changed in the last 2 seasons, hmmm :lol:

I still quite fancy a pair of the older ones for Scotland skiing 8)