J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Pablo Escobar

Who made you hold the tips of both your skis :shock:

Ask your instructor when you are away why you can't go all the way round, I'd bet there is a simple reason ;)

AllyG wrote:Really Pablo?
That's very surprising, especially considering the fact that Bandit was doing it in a group lesson in a snow dome.

What about liability issues when a group of us were ski-ing with our eyes shut - and turning as well? Although I have to admit our eyes weren't actually covered up, so we could have cheated if we'd wanted to.

Actually I'm surprised the ski schools can get insurance for a number of things they make us do, now I think about it. Like last year, we had to climb over a snow wall about 3 feet high marking the edge of the piste, with our skis on, in order to ski 'off piste' (really at the side of the piste) over some huge boulder-like moguls.

Ally

Really, they are looking at it from the point of view that if you tell someone to misuse their equipment and they break a leg or blow out a knee then you are liable. I don't think the suing culture is as bad in Canada but they get a lot of people from the US visiting :twisted:

AllyG wrote:Sobeuk,
I think the idea was to ski with boots undone as an exercise, and I'm sure no-one was going to try and ski an icy black or moguls like that.

I would think it's no more dangerous than some of the other daft exercises I've done in ski-ing lessons - like; with my eyes shut, on one leg, touching my downhill boot, holding the tips of my skis with both hands (very difficult), bouncing up and down with both skis, backwards ... etc. etc.

Ally

I have done the exercise but was told under no circumstances to do it with a lesson-group due to liability issues.

AllyG wrote:Oh,
Thanks, you mean I am Pablo's stupid person? :wink:

Ally

Moutiers isn't Geneva, it is a lot closer to where you need to be ;)

snowb4ndit wrote:Who is stupid?

SCGB and those flights, not you :lol:

Maybe daft would have been better )

Sooo stupid, with Swiss as well :roll:

Nothing can stop the hairdryer winds.

Eggman wrote:Speaking as someone who has bad feet, bunnions, carbon fibre tendons in one ankle, :cry: I bought my boots second hand when in Saas Fee at least 4 years ago because they were comfortable. I never unclip until its time to take the boots off I don't need to my boots are very comfortable. I have a pair of "Super Feet" inners to help with my flat feet. Problems will start next year when I get my feet sorted and treat myself to some new boots. :shock:

Had never heard of someone having a carbon fibre implant to repair tendons, cool! This shed some light for me http://www.jbjs.org.uk/cgi/reprint/62-B/4/497.pdf

Just get them properly fitted and you will have no issues 8)

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Who made you hold the tips of both your skis :shock: Ask your instructor when you are away why you can't go all the way round, I'd bet there is a simple reason ;)

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AllyG wrote:Oh, Thanks, you mean I am Pablo's stupid person? :wink: Ally Moutiers isn't Geneva, it is a lot closer to where you need to be ;)

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snowb4ndit wrote:Who is stupid? SCGB and those flights, not you :lol: Maybe daft would have been better )

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Nothing can stop the hairdryer winds.

Messages posted by : Pablo Escobar