Messages posted by : Marksman
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Hi Ria. Thanks for the reply. Glad I'm not alone and glad you've managed to reawaken your skiing passion! Hopefully you'll be able to tempt him back, or he'll find something that he can do for a week whilst you hit the slopes...
I never had much time for the Harry Potter craze but I think referring to non skiing partners as muggles may work! Have fun, Owen. |
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Evening all.
I wonder if anyone can point me towards a good ski shop in or near(ish) to South Wales? A change in life has led me to believe that skiing is what I want to do to have fun. Having not skied for 15 years the return was hard to describe. Somehow I just felt like me again. Does that make sense? Suffice to say the bug has bitten and I can't see it letting go! With this in mind I've taken the hopefully sensible decision to hire skis for the foreseeable future but to buy some boots. (Thanks to AllyG and others who have posted about their experiences, tis invaluable to a boot virgin such as myself.) A plod round the interweb has yielded "Coyoti". Nice site and a very good fitting guide seemed promising. I was ready to go and have a look when I saw that they seem to only stock Head and Atomic boots. Now this will be my first pair so I really want to get it right. So should I go and see if they happen to fit my feet or find somewhere else with a larger range? I'm happy to travel to somewhere else but to do so will cut into the budget… Any and all advice appreciated. Cheers folks, Owen. |
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Evening all.
This is my first post on the forum so please be gentle with me! I'm in search of some advice on hiring ski's for my mother. She's a near beginner (parallel turns on blue runs) and although I won't state her age I'm 37! Last time we just took what the shop has handed out and thought nothing of it. (She on the standard option and me on what was called a performance package.) Last year she had an accident on the slope. On our last run before lunch confidence outstripped ability and she lost control and crashed hard knocking herself unconscious in the process. Hospitals followed. (Many thanks go to the snow patrol and staff at the medical centre who were excellent.) I appreciate technique, helmets and more lessons are what we should be concentrating on but this post I'd just like to talk skis if I may. Now the accident wouldn't have happened with a more cautious approach. However I can't help thinking that more aggressive ski's may have helped her get out of trouble. On the flip side faster more nervous skis are no comfort to a beginner. Argh. To use a motoring parallel, if I was on the edge of control in a car I'd rather it be a nimble lotus Elise with brakes and chassis that can handle being chucked around rather than a front wheel drive understeer euro box that just wants to go straight on... Sorry for the waffley post :roll: In summary, would it be safer / more dangerous to put a beginner on a more advanced ski? Thanks for any advice. Owen. |
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