J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Dave Mac

There are ways of getting 2.5% off the Inghams price.

Dobby! Just cancel all the Christmas gifts, and give each other a Christmas holiday!!!!

This is an interesting explanation.

Many skiers will look and say, "well, OK, but I don't get involved in moguls, steeps, couloirs, tight spaces."

However, almost everyone will sometimes have a need to operate shorter radius turns. When? Well you are comfortably cruising down your selected run, and ~ something happens. Someone cuts across you, someone falls directly in front of you, and then there are snow boarders.... (just joking, guys) I once was head down racing my son, but had a russian type hat on, heavy earmuffs, unable to hear the desparate blasts of the piste machine, with whirling blades, coming towards me, and just 15 ft away..... that was my shortest ever radius turn in 50 years of skiing.... It is an instant need to turn rapidly.

I would think this test may be more accurately carried out, using a turntable, or probably, two turntables. The same devices could then be used in repeat exercises, in order to increase the rotation range.

Then you can go for those moguls, steeps, couloirs, tight spaces.....

andymol2 wrote:

Are you coming out of the closet as a hoarder?

Definitely not, Andy. I am still recognised at our local recycling centre as the guy who chucked 6 pairs of skis in the tip.....

After 10 years out, suggest you discount buying at this stage.

Skis change, year on year, but that is only part of the consideration.

After 10 years, you will have changed. Reading between the lines, you are experienced, but do not consider yourself expert. You have aged by 10 years. Are you as fit, strong, mobile as before?

The benefit of renting is that you can start the holiday on a softer ski, then as you regain your previous capabilities, move on to a faster ski.

You can trial skis that you might potentially buy.

I own about 11 pairs of skis, (I had a clear out a few years back), but I still take an occasional hire. It is a good way to keep up to date.

It is pretty good ski area. However, I wonder how much of the appreciation of Zermatt is due to the imposing Matterhorn.
Vail, Whistler, Beavercreek, Keystone would all compete ski wise with Zermatt. Arapahoe Basin leaves it well behind.
I will go back to Zermatt soon, to finish my painting of the Matterhorn, but that is a separate issue...

Jonny, do read the T&Cs carefully, looking particularly for Cross Border charges. This is something that has been sneaked in in the past 3 years. On my first time, I refused to pay them. On the following visits, the hire companies stated that my insurance would be invalidin the cross border country.

Some companies have now put a maximum charge.

FQ is spot on regarding j2ski offers. I have used a couple.

For my regular Niederau January visit, I book early with easyjet, then quickly follow on with my regular accommodation. Hence my flights are at lowest cost, and my accommodation remains at a modest cost.

But then.... I was once awakened by Frau Mac, who urged me to drink my coffee, and start packing.

This was pre internet days. She had been on teletext during the night, made the call, got a great deal, and booked us for Tignes the same day...

Have skied A basin twice, and narrowly missed another visit in March, due to bad weather conditions on the Vail pass.

Also ski Kitz almost every season, and will be driving over from Niederau again in mid January. I often go on the Tuesday pre-Hahnemkamm, and watch the practice runs. Just as good as the race.

The note "UN sponsored report identified it as a likely early victim of climate change" is somewhat contentious, since the general implication is that CC is totally man made, whereas in reality, CC has been a part of the earth's history.