J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Pablo Escobar

Heard some good news today from Stewart Davidson the accountant at Glenshee ski centre, when I called to see him when I came off the hill. They finished the season with about 43000 skier-days, up by about 4000 on the 39000 total in the previous season, i.e a 10% increase. He said they could have done with a couple of more weeks at the end, which came suddenly with warm weather, much earlier than last year.

Chionophile from Winterhighland.info

I am not completely sure of the figures but I reckon 43k makes for a pretty profitable season.

John Mounter wrote:Hello I'm a noob here so be gentle with me.

After far to many years of skiing without a helmet I have decided after a very heavy fall invest in one. I've been looking for a long time and I've been trying to find one that is mirrored/chromed and I just can't find one and wondered if anybody knew where I could get one. I know it is very chavy but I need something to stand out as my new ski gear is all black and I look like everybody else.

Also in the heavy fall I snapped my atomic's so I now have to replace them. I'm 26 and have been skiing for 20 years. I can ski all over the mountain and I'm looking for an all round ski which is stable at speed. I have looked at Volant skies and wonder if anybody knew anything about them? I do plan on picking up a second hand pair of twin tips so I can trash them in the snow parks and not be worried about how much they cost me.

Any help would be great.

As far as helmets, you should just get one that fits. Mirrored sounds pretty gay to me, why not go for something like a Sweet helmet that you don't see a lot of people wearing (at least not in Canada), check them out at www.sweet.no .

How heavy are you? Are you pretty aggressive when you ski or more relaxed? Where and in what conditions do you like to ski.. if you do all your skiing in the Rockies the ski is going to be a different choice than if you spend your time heather hopping in Scotland.

Edit

Nothing against gay folk, I just imagine if Julian Clary was to ski his helmet would be mirrored.

If we are going on latitude we should really get damn good cold and snowy weather, unfortunately we get blasted with warmth from the Atlantic :(

For example, Scotlands ski resorts top out at around 1000m and we always have plenty snow

Ian Wickham wrote:

Pablo Escobar wrote:I worked the early shift at your preferred supermarket for 6 months, never again.

If you speak to Mrs W her preferred supermarket is W*itrose . :shock:

Good on her :wink:

I worked the early shift at your preferred supermarket for 6 months, never again.

How long is it Tony? (excluding queues)

Funnily enough there was an advert on the TV (during the skiing you missed) advertising it as the UKs cheapest daily newspaper at twenty pence.

Why so low in Austria?? Started by User in Austria, 28 Replies
If we are going on latitude we should really get damn good cold and snowy weather, unfortunately we get blasted with warmth from the Atlantic :(

Camelbak Started by User in Ski Chatter, 33 Replies
Ian Wickham wrote: Pablo Escobar wrote:I worked the early shift at your preferred supermarket for 6 months, never again. If you speak to Mrs W her preferred supermarket is W*itrose . :shock: Good on her :wink:

Me and Mrs W's March 2010 adventure Started by User in Ski Chatter, 24 Replies
How long is it Tony? (excluding queues)

Ski Magazine Started by User in Ski Chatter, 41 Replies
Funnily enough there was an advert on the TV (during the skiing you missed) advertising it as the UKs cheapest daily newspaper at twenty pence.

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