J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Zwee

Thanks Ally,
Unfortunately I don't think she is confident enough to do that type of class - she has done a couple of Black runs in previous ski-schools but she is nervous and resorts to snowplough quite often.
She has been on 4 skiing holidays - the last 3 she has had good tuition, the first in Bulgaria was rubbish - she has always skied with her younger sister (who probably would be up for the classes you recommend) so I think whatever she does next year will be a shock.
Zwee.

My eldest is fast approaching this tricky age and it seems that next season she will be too old for Children's ski-school. She was quite a bit older than the rest of her class this year but because she was with her younger sister it wasn't a problem.
I don't think she would enjoy being on her own in adult lessons (she wouldn't be in the same class as us) and has only 4 years experience so would not be up for "race-training camp" which is the only alternative I've found.

I know in the school holidays there is more chance of there being more children in the adult lessons but we are still hoping to avoid going then.

Does anyone have any recommendations for places that cater for teenage ski-lessons?


Thanks.

Zwee wrote:...Well I have returned home with one old pairs of boots and 3/4 of a new pair - the replaced outer boot should arrive within 10 days - Fingers crossed.

My left foot had no problems so I'm hoping that
(1) My Right boot arrives and
(2) LOWA are the boots for me
(3) I don't have to post :oops: because 1 or 2 fails.

I haven't managed to find much info on LOWA ski boots (only "translated" on German or Polish sites) but if they work for me I don't really care!

All being well I shall be selling some Atomic ski boots and some boot heaters fairly soon.

I spent the weekend putting all the ski stuff back up in the loft for another year :( which reminded me to tell you that my other boot did arrive :D . I will have to wait for next year now to find out if they truly are the boot for me.

Ian Wickham said:

I still wonder how many people blame their equipment and not their technique

I did wonder this when I posted originally but no one mentioned anything along those lines - are you saying now I could have saved myself a lot of money!!

Actually as my feet lose feeling (or have too much feeling!) whether I'm skiing, walking or sitting I assume there is something wrong with my feet/boots and not my technique - I'm very good at sitting :-).

My Instructor did also say that once my boots were sorted there'd be no stopping me and I would no longer be in the same lessons as my OH - incentive indeed to get them sorted me thinks.

There's an ATM at Ellmau Tourist Office that I used twice with no problems and used Credit Card to buy boots with no problems either.

johntin
I gave up with my boots this holiday (in Ellmau) and bought some LOWA boots too!

I went to a recommended shop "Gunter" where they looked into sorting them out but when they measured my feet, looked at size of boot, footbeds etc said they were far too small in length, width and height. I know this may not have been the right thing to do but I'd had enough of skiing without feeling my feet and needed to do something (Sorry CEM but heel lifts hadn't helped and I was desperate) now. The LOWA boots were a good snug fit, the cuff was adjusted to my calf, and the air system used to hug my ankle, the clips could be done up on more than the loosest setting without being too tight and they felt better than anything else I'd tried.

After a days skiing my feet were better than they had ever felt skiing - not perfect by a long way (I wouldn't expect that yet)- I took them back for a little tweak on the Right boot - and went to pick them up the next morning. I could have cried :( - they had over-stretched them - meaning altho' I had plenty of room widthwise the area over the foot had lowered so much that there was hardly room to squeeze my foot in. As there was no one of authority there I had to take them and ski with them - no numbness but a lot of pain.
However, when I returned to the shop that evening they immediately (before I had said anything) said they had made a mistake and would replace the boot. They stretched it up a bit so I could use it for my last day - it was slightly better. Well I have returned home with one old pairs of boots and 3/4 of a new pair - the replaced outer boot should arrive within 10 days - Fingers crossed.

My left foot had no problems so I'm hoping that
(1) My Right boot arrives and
(2) LOWA are the boots for me
(3) I don't have to post :oops: because 1 or 2 fails.

I haven't managed to find much info on LOWA ski boots (only "translated" on German or Polish sites) but if they work for me I don't really care!

All being well I shall be selling some Atomic ski boots and some boot heaters fairly soon.

Thanks Micric- not long to go now - hoping the snow stays good and my boots are fixed so that I can enjoy it properly.
Cheers. :-)

I had some advice -

"It sounds like the calf is tight and is causing the foot to go numb. The solution is a heel lift [needs to be a large one] stretching exercises and possibly some other boot adjustments. If you have a large calf then stretching the boot backwards in the cuff will help, the other thing is the B tech boots from atomic are pretty soft for their level, it may be that you are over flexing the boot and this is causing the problem. The solution here is to have the cuff of the boot fixed in an upright position, thus allowing you to transmit pressure to the ski but not run out of available range of motion at the ankle joint."

And

"Heel lift first, then flair the cuff, and if required bolt to hold the cuff in a more upright position."

Going to try the Heel Lifts first - as my preferred bootfitter is away til after my holiday I'm hoping someone in Ellmau,Austria can sort me out with this - if anyone can recommend anyone there please let me know.
Thanks.