J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by baillie353

Let's be honest, what would skiing be without a pint inbetween during the beautiful day?
Ski lift up, ski a little, pint, ski some more, pint - maybe a bite to eat - ski lots more, enjoy the beautiful day.. then apres ski :)

Just take them to a hill that you know for sure has grass beneth the snow :D

I find myself looking out of my window in Glasgow and all I can see is white with continuous snow falling.

Has anyone ever had the sudden urge to take their skis to a hill and have a bit of a blast? :D
I certainly am right now.. (all be it dark now, but there's always tomorrow!)

We all wish full time skiing - thee best lifestyle in the world, without a doubt.

Btw longy, love your pic, where was it taken?

I have good experience in Ellis Brigham at the Xscape, but you are right - it may well be the size etc of the boot itself.
I'll look for CEM, thanks for all of your recommendations! :)

Hello again J2skiers.

I have just been reading through some posts and generally around the internet and noticed that some people had been complaining of pain in the feet after skiing - I am now on my 3rd year skiing (2 of which I have had my own boots) and I too suffer from this pain - only since using my own boots.
It exists on the outter edge of the foot and often at the top half of my feet.

I usually find it is random when it begins to hurt, sometimes it won't hurt for 2 - 3 days.. other times it will hurt after just 2 hours of skiing.

I believe I know what causes this problem and it's such a rookie mistake, but what was I to know - it was my first time..

When I bought my own ski boots, I went to Greeve Sports in Glasgow and seen a pair of Salomon SPK Kaos boots in the end of season sales. Were £220, now £100... So needless to say, I grabbed them.

Yes, they are freestyle boots and give a lot more flex than normal, but they didn't actually do any proper measurement of fitting.. it was a case of sitting down, sticking the boots on, tighten them up, walk around.. I'll take them.

Since this stupid mistake, is there any possibility that a more professional shop (ie - Ellis Brigham) would allow me to take my boots to them and ask to be properly fitted?
What could they do to have my boots 'properly fitted'.. I don't quite understand what can be done, do they change the sole or something?

Anyways, cheers for reading this and any advice/suggestions are more than welcome - as always!

Either one or the other then I guess, I think this time I fancy a longer, stiffer ski so I can really control turns at higher speeds, my current skis bounce around and are pretty unstable when going fast - don't get me wrong, they're good skis and can handle speeds - but when the feeling comes to just straight-line it down a nice red or black for a bit of speed-breaking, it isn't so fun..

Thanks for the feedback!

P.S - I like your sig rossyhead

longy133 wrote:How much are we talking for a weekend including travel?

I only went up for the day, I think the day lift pass was £26? I can't remember exactly, but it was around that. Not sure how much for the weekend and as for accommodation.. I've no idea, never stayed up there - Sorry!