J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Neiltoo

ise wrote:

I don't know, sometimes I think we do tiny little turns more to impress other people than for our own enjoyment or just because we think we're supposed to :D

I'm sure that there is some truth in that :D

Sometimes I think I'm having so much fun I don't want the slope to end, the more turns I make the longer it takes to get to the bottom :lol: (sad I know, but I never claimed not to be.)

As I only get to ski a couple of weeks a year these days [still don't know how this happened ) ] there are less and less slopes that I know well enough to want to really fly down, not knowing whats over the next rise - this could also be down to 'getting older' )

bennyboy wrote:

None of those stupid tight S turns.....massive fast wide turns, rather like GS turns, down a steep face :D

Well, I guess if you're going to use big fat skis that make it easier you might as well go the whole hog and do the easiest type of turns possible )

Tony_H wrote:


Day 5 was a bad boot day for some reason, but I think it was because i was hung over, not really feeling it over at Sonnenkopf, and as a result I had them too tight,

There is nothing that will make your feet swell more than a skin full the night before :D

The train trip from Chamonix to Martigny is worth doing just for the scenery alone -

Hi Tjpesone

One place that springs to mind would be Leysin, turn off the autoroute at Aigle - That said, I would head straight to Verbier. By the time you get to Leysin or anywhere else, park your car, get a lift ticket etc. I'm not sure how much skiing you will get. Leysin - Verbier is only about 1 hour by car

ise wrote:

I really wouldn't bother though, there's a lamentable lack of facilities for advanced skiers, most of the mountain hasn't even got prepared runs :!: There's a whole side of the mountain here where they can't be bothered to prepare it and just claim it's a freeride area (whatever that is)

Thanks Ise, I'll look them up online. Not that I would want to go there of course, un-prepared runs, freeride area - Whats the world coming to?


I know that I posted this link http://vimeo.com/2492092 earlier in this thread but I've just got a chance to watch the whole movie (rather than just bits of it)
There is a very sobering and inspiring interview with Jean- Yves Michellod and lots more shots of his sitski about half way through the movie.

You can buy the dvd here http://www.guidoperrini.com/home.html Half of the profits go to http://www.parasport.ch/

And while I'm plugging Guido's films this is my favourite:
http://www.guidoperrini.com/showreels.html Play the 'winter action reel'

Now, assuming one wanted to visit the area where this movie was shot, which one obviously wouldn't due to factors mentioned above, what hotels would be recommended, hypothetically of course? )

Great Film!


Not sure who filmed it, but Guido Perrini has done a lot of stuff with the Falquet brothers.
In my early days in Verbier he was a ski bum with a 16mm camera, these days he makes some awesome movies.

http://vimeo.com/2492092

I was planning to go to Tignes at the start of March, maybe its time to try somewhere new )