J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by ise

Dave Mac wrote:Ise, I wasn't really talking about LGS, which can be viewed as reasonably steady state. I was trying to describe mid-afternoon very wet heavy snow, and the depth/temperature variations associated with this condition. ~ Generally, conditions seen in lower alpine resorts.

That's probably best termed as wet granular snow and is caused by high temperatures and/or rain. That's a lot easier to ski than LGS though.

caron-a wrote:

I know I've read about falling downhill rather than backwards, is this right? In the new year I'll have a long session with my physio to get me measured for braces and we'll go into more detail, then it'll be fresher in my mind for when I finally get on the slopes.

I don't have an ACL injury but from what I understand ...

if you're falling then let it go, keep your weight forward while skiing and ankles flexed etc, if you start to fall then that stance should push you forward and into the fall line on the fall. What else I've read is just all about not getting the weight back which is all just good common-sense good practice skiing anyway.

bandit wrote:

ise wrote:


I think in the US it's common now not to teach snow ploughs which seems odd to me but they have some reasoning behind it.

I'm sure I read somewhere that in the US, learners are not taught the skill of traversing.
I was surprised to be asked if I could traverse by Snowcrazy when he was leading us off piste in La Plagne.

For me it's one of the basics.

actually wasn't that me? on a steep traverse in Tignes? I'm never sure if people have confidence when it's steep although I recall we were mostly over it before it struck me to ask.

freezywater wrote:Ise do you have insider weather knowledge that us mere mortals are not privvy too :?: Or liek the rest of us are you simply wishing it to be true :?:

After 25 years I've a fair idea when it's going to snow ) I'll be skiing from November to May as usual.

Trencher wrote:

davidmpires wrote:Oh...I didn't know that ski changed that much from US to Europe, I thought that as a beginner skier, it would be exactly the same learning it here or there.

Is one more right than the other? How do you base that difference? Or is just that old thing of the europeans saying that us, is rubish and vice versa?

From what I understand, there is a lot more difference in the way snowboarding is taught. On a snowboard forum I belong to, there was a lot of heated debate a few years ago about the differences in riding style between Europe and the US. What one couldn't deny, was that there were great exponents of both styles. So the debate ended in acceptance that there really wasn't just one right way to ride, but that there are number of ways to move on a board.

Trencher

There's big differences, not just in the things taught but in the way instructors are recruited and trained in the US, in the US they want to get people into instructing much quicker so the entry bar is very low, at the top end it's all pretty much the same though, there's good reasons for this but it does mean you have to pause a little when someone tells you they're an instructor as it might mean they're a 3 or 4 week skier themself. I think in the US it's common now not to teach snow ploughs which seems odd to me but they have some reasoning behind it.

VickyC wrote:
Due to other commitments the holiday will need to be postponed until March. Where can we be confident there is snow in France?

definitely stick to a mountain, always more than the coast I find :)

March is part of the main winter season, you don't need to camp on a glacier at 3000m to find snow. Should be good this season, Easter is later so March should be pretty quiet and I'd lay a small wager we'll have about the best skiing of the season.

bandit wrote:ise, that is a really excellent powder skiing photo. If you've not sold it to an agency already, consider it 8)

About the only time I've been far enough in front of Neil to get a photo', I've a number of his back dissapearing into the distance )

more snow conditions :

Steep and a bit icey :



Powder :