J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by ise

Ian Wickham wrote:I'm thinking about having some off piste lessons this year, and i wonder if you have any advice on a ski to use off piste.

what do you have already? and where are you going?

off piste needs definition as well, a lot of people just mean powder when they say off-piste and buy some fat ski on that basis. In reality a lot of off-piste skiing is hacking around in crud in steep places (or it is for me) so fat skis don't always work too well. Also, in truth good powder in European quantities, say 10-50cm, isn't so difficult to ski so you hardly need a special ski for it although obviously everyone does get a special ski.

It's probably the case you're already making the best investment in getting lessons and won't need an ultra specialised ski anyway.

Thanks for those. Nothing really leapt out at me, I was probably thinking of something more freeride really, like some BD Havocs or Kilowatts so I'll dig around more. There's a couple of places in the UK I get a major discount at so I'll drop them a note and see what they have.

Tony_H wrote:What are you looking for in particular?

I nearly bought a pair of skis the other day and I don't imagine it'll be long before I finally trash the pair I'm on so it might be a good time to look for some more.

Tony_H wrote:Its all the Americans fault. Everything is.

watch the video :D

... and ours hasn't been flushed quite as far down yet I was wondering if anyone had some recommendations for cheap ski shops on the internet in the UK, with the current exchange rate at 1.8 there might be some deals for me at least.

Tony_H wrote:
Seriously. Happy Christmas everyone :(

there's never going to be a good time. nice to see the government's economic stimulus package kicking in there :roll:

nice video of some of the ar*ses who got us in this mess who are also hopefully redundant now...

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/11/24/in-2007-pundits-scof.html

Mike3000 wrote:Old habits are sometime hard to break, looks like there could be pain ahead

Ross F, is the Rick Astley comment for real or a wind up?

that's right, research suggests to acquire a new skill there's a low number of repetitions, something like 20 or 30 times, but to fix something you're looking at 2500-3000 or so.

everyone loves Rick Astley )

tino_11 wrote:I bet litigation or the fear of it has a big part to play in that!

no, it's just teachers have lifes as well and want to do their own thing. Some younger teachers without other commitments will go on trips but not older ones. Fear of litigation is greatly overstated.