J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by snowb4ndit

Pablo Escobar wrote:Some people aim for 'cool' and miss the mark..

Ian Wickham wrote:

snowb4ndit wrote:My ski's are marked left and right (even though the graphics make it obvious anyway). I still ski well some days and like a giraffe on other days!

So do you mark you're boots left and right as well :lol: :lol:

Tony_H wrote:

Tony_H wrote:You're right, expecially now shes out of work, bless her.

Ian Wickham wrote:

Tony_H wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

snowb4ndit wrote:My ski's are marked left and right (even though the graphics make it obvious anyway). I still ski well some days and like a giraffe on other days!

What I have done in the past when thing have not gone too well is stop go for coffee and just go through in your mind what you should be doing, am I too far back in the ski ? is my weighting of the ski correct ? etc etc
till you have put it right.

If you can't do that then it may cost you :twisted:

I'm with stupid.

Mrs Ellistine, I recall, was having a particularly odd morning in St Anton last Jan. The 4 of us were skiing together on the Rendl, and she was hanging back a little. On the 2nd circuit they stopped, we waited, and Ellistine waved to us to go on. We waited at the bottom by the lift, and slowly they came down the hill. Mrs Ellistine was very stiff and upright, body language all wrong, they were having something of a fall out or so it looked. We took the lift up and went for a coffee, and 10 mins later they arrived off the lift, with Mrs Ellistine looking really fed up.
They walked over and explained that Mrs E was having one of those mornings where it wasnt working for her, and she was really struggling to turn one way. Nothing Mr E said was either being taken in or was making any difference, and I could see how frustrated Mrs E was becoming, as she is a good skier normally.

So, 3 Vin Chauds later and off we went again. Strangely, everything was suddenly fine.....

(May I point out that it was Mrs Ellistine who had the Vin Chauds and not me, yucky stuff)

You should'nt talk about Snowb4ndit like that 8)

bandit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

AllyG wrote:Ian,
How did you treat your sun stroke?

Ally

Went to bed and slept for 24 hours, drinking plenty of water whenever I could, was not a very pleasant experience :oops:

Nasty....but avoidable! Put a Buff on your Christmas list, and keep it in your pocket :thumbup:

http://www.buffwear.co.uk/pages/product-info/ways-to-wear.php

Ian Wickham wrote:

snowb4ndit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

I did miss a days skiing with sun stroke once, lost my hat on the way up could not be bothered to ski back down to the apartment for a replacement

I bet everyone around you had nice goggle tans that day! :lol: :wink:

There was a lot of laughter going on :oops:

Ian Wickham wrote:

I did miss a days skiing with sun stroke once, lost my hat on the way up could not be bothered to ski back down to the apartment for a replacement

Tony_H wrote:

snowb4ndit wrote:

Then out comes the piste map...discussion...route planned and off we go.

Excited and slightly nervous in the gondola, can I remember how to do it?

I'm glad I am not the only one. I got called "anal" last time we went away after trying to plan a route for our group.