J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by cwagner

Never been to St Anton - if it is that full of brits I never will :shock: Seriously, most of the resorts in Austria I have been to I love. We are aussies and have met some lovely brits who have become good friends we see once or twice a year. Did love N though :D

Hear hear for Austria - all of it :D

getting back to the question, my husband is about the same wieght height and he tried 3 sets this year. He loved some Blizzard skis and was given apair of the new style that 'split' at the tips when you turn - he hated those. He cruises reds most of the time

All those other heads was not the main thought on my mind, safety being first but yes it was the second, all those nits :-o

I live in Abu Dhabi and no hope of buying a selection of helmets here so had to get them in the resort which happened to be Kitzbuhel for the day to have some boots fitted at Daleboot before heading to Jan's place in Niederau. I was only in Kitzbuhel for the day and glad I did buy them as Niederau was just about sold out with the changes to the Austrian laws I suppose. paid too much for the helmets but was more concerned with getiing on the slopes than shopping and as I said we do not have any ski shops here except for Ski Dubai and that is more expensive again. Maybe I should buy obnline and have them sent to one of you guys to forward on to me :wink:

Hi, it does depend on what you have to have done to the boot shell, liner, canting etc. Mine were a about 600 Euro I think and my husbands around 650. As I live overseas (out of the EU)I also get back around 200 euro in tax which I am in the process of claiming.

I know it sounds a lot but I have suffered for so many years and this put an end to all my suffering. I would have paid anything to continue skiing without pain in my toes and feet.

It is worth every cent as I said in my post - go for it!

Hi

I have just returned from Austria where I had decided to buy all 3 kids their own helmets this year. All posters here are right, try and buy the most comfortable one. All 3 kids ended up with a different brand with prices ranging from 40 to 160 Euro as they all fit differently. The top end one I bought should last a few years though as it has all the adjustments etc and hopefully I can hand it down to the other two and get my moneys worth!! My daughter is also a good skiier and a bit gung ho so thought I should get her something which looks good but is very safe. I think it was a Smith and the other two were Uvex

Hi to all

I have just returned from Niederau and Kitzbuhel where I purchased a pair of custom made boots from Daleboot in Kitzbuhel. I suffer badly from sore feet and knees and on cem's recommendation I decided to bite the bullet and get my neew boots custom made. I made the appointment with Rob at Daleboot to have the fitting the day I arrived

All I can say is worth every cent and more!!!!!!!! They were fantastic. Light, perfectly fitted and oh so comfortable. I know it is hard to believe as ski boots are never comfortable but I just want to rave about them. I did not realise also that my feet/ankles were badly pronated when I bent my knees and this hampered my turns as I was not edging properly. Rob at Daleboot fixed this (he has all sorts of measuring gadgets)and though it felt strange to have my boot so canted for the first day or so after that it was like I had discovered a whole new way to ski.

My husband was so impressed at the change in my skiing and the lack of whining about my sore feet that he also had a pair fitted. He did not once undo them or take them off during the day, I nearly had to prise them off his feet at night in case he wanted to wear them to bed!!

If anyone has any foot problems with ski boots at all I very very highly recommend Daleboot. I have been skiing for 30 years and have never owned a pair of boots like this!!!

I also enquired about the kids boots (am reluctant to buy as their feet grow so quickly and they do not normally moan too much about their hire boots :wink:P Rob showed me the boots his 10 year old daughter skiis in and they are adjustable in length like the old kids roller skates. He even offered to have them shipped in the next day at cost so my kids could have them for the rest of the trip. Fantastic service. I will do this next year

Thanks again Rob and Daleboot - you have changed the way I ski forever.

NB - I know I am going on but just to let you know I have no commercial interest in Daleboot whatsoever, just want to share my happiness with all

Pablo Escobar wrote:Jan I Stenmark, previously a regular poster here.

Hi Pablo

I have just returned from Jan's place in Niederau and he is so snowed under forgive the pun :lol:) with full house that he probably doesn't have time to check in lately. He really looked after us when we werew there - why don't you check him out for the 7th march trip? pm me if you do not have his website address

What - noone at the Auhof!!!!!! We have just returned from 2 fantastic weeks in Austria, one of which was spent with Jan and Mrs Jan at the Auhof. I know everyone goes on about the place but I would just like to add to the previous posts. We had hear so much about N on this site that we just had to go to see for ourselves.

Loved it, the husband loved it, the kids both came first place in their ski races. My daughter had Jan's son as an instructor and she really came along a lot. Both husband and kids tried out the speed ski run (clocked 76kms per hour!) Niederau is not for all the snow gurus who want to offpiste all day long, though there is quite a bit of that too - Jan does tours, but for a family and a lead in to the ski trip (after a year out my old muscles need gentleness)it was just what we needed. The runs are all uncrowded as are the lift lines, scenery is great and the evening company in front of the fire was lovely.

We had very heavy snowfalls while there so the skiing was just about perfect. Drove 15 mins to Auffach on one day and tried that out too - lovely.

All in all I would recommend it and we would be back