J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by skidaddle

I have no experience of Swiss rail travel, but I can say that OBB (Austrian) is a joy to use. It puts all the British services to shame, with punctuality, cleanliness and evrything else you care to mention.

ellistine wrote:If you look on your flash Atomic boots you'll see a ramp in front of the toe clip. This is to help stop the buckle getting caught in the snow when verging on boot out.

I thought it was just to make them look good!!

bandit wrote:Yes, I can explain the problem that occurs with so-called "boot out".

Carving skis have skinny waists, quite often narrower than the sole of the boot fastened into the binding in the ski centre. Unless the boot is raised away from the ski, when the ski is tipped onto its edge the boot hits the snow and prevents the ski being set into a carve.

This is why, when you see a full on carving ski, there will be a substantial lifter on the binding, and plenty of fresh air under the boot centre. Tip them over to carve, and no boot out. Fatter waisted skis don't suffer the same way, and tend to have lower/no lift plates at all on the bindings.

For a good example, take a look at any image of slalom racers skis.

Hope this helps :D

Thanks Bandit.

Thats more-or-less what I had concluded, but you have confirmed it. Will go to the cellar and check out the plate on my GS skis later!

He did refer to me as that, yes, Bandit.

Are you able to answer my query??

caron-a

You may like my favourite playlist -

The Story of the Blues - The Mighty Wah
Feels Like heaven - Fiction Factory
Wishing (If I had...) - Flock of Seagulls
Love is a Wonderful Colour - The Icicle Works
Party Fears Too - The Associates
The First Picture of You - The Lotus Eaters
Enola GAy - OMD
Fade To Grey _ - Visage
Glittering Prize - Simple Minds
Heart of Glass - Blondie

And for cheese -

When Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout.

I've seen this term mentioned a couple of times recently.

Can someone explain what it means please?

Thank you.

Tony_H wrote:Theres a difference between not getting them and simply finding them rubbish, which they were.
BTW, Simple Minds early stuff was by far their best: I Travel, Life in a Day, New Gold Dream, Sons and Fascination, etc. Those were the days when Jim Kerr, as Skidaddle so perfectly put it, had hair like a telephone!!!! Then they went all poppy and rubbish.

First gig I went to: Echo & The Bunnymen, De Montfort Hall, Leicester, 1983.

Its true - he did. When I told you that in Sauze I honestly thought you were going to have a seizure, you laughed so much.

I have on my iPod -

Speed Your Love To Me
Up on the Catwalk
Glittering Prize
Promised You a Miracle
Someone Somewhere in Summertime

all of which are fantastic.

"Belfast Child" is an example of their latter day crap.

Trencher wrote:

Tony_H wrote:Just what I was hoping to hear, Hirsty. My learned friend who likes a skinny GS ski suggested these were too fat to carve. It seems your experience and the reviews on the ski I have found confirm this is not the case, and that the sidecut enhances carving.
He did tell me I might not like them on bumpy icy pistes, but I dont like bumpy icy pistes anyway!
Let me know how you get on on them in the real stuff.

. As an off pist targeted ski I wonder if the Neo has those carving properties above.

Trencher

That was my reasoning, although I will openly add that I know next-to-nothing about off-piste targetted skis, so it was a bit of a guess!!

Ryanair Cancels Third Party Flight Bookings Started by User in Ski Chatter, 55 Replies
I have no experience of Swiss rail travel, but I can say that OBB (Austrian) is a joy to use. It puts all the British services to shame, with punctuality, cleanliness and evrything else you care to mention.

Boot out Started by User in Ski Chatter, 7 Replies
ellistine wrote:If you look on your flash Atomic boots you'll see a ramp in front of the toe clip. This is to help stop the buckle getting caught in the snow when verging on boot out. I thought it was just to make them look good!!

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