J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by rossyhead

i have a friend who has just said she wants to buy a new board for learning (she can ski)
what does anyone know about this board as I have no knowledeg of mens boards never mind womens?!!

Nitro Mystique 09/10 board with Nitro Raiden Deco 10-11 bindings

from conrad sport the package is 290euros so a pretty good price i think?

i cant find any reviews really so any info would be good

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hmmm ok thanks, im just torn between getting a cheapish pair of phat skis for offpiste here in scotland-various differnet pairs on ebay for around 100quid or paying a bit more, getting a pair of "black crows" with the baron bindings and being able to use them for skinning up-scotland is looking like as good as last year!

I have been looking into getting a pair of fat skis for use in scotland and have considered doing some light "touring" in them- basically to get me out of the corries up north and to get to a few of the decent rusn off the back of cairngorm, nothign more than an hour.

Been looking at getting something reasonably cheap because my skis are in storage in Italy.

What are the opinions between Dukes and Baron bindings? And how do you fit skins to skis? Do you leave a gap at teh edges for traversing?
How does it work with alpine boots?

Cheers!!

Reckon youll be fine almost anywhere right now-the snow is fallen BIG time in Italy, was talking to a few folk in Bormio the other day and they have had to cancel all the training because the powder is too deep (and is lying ontop of a good base anyway)
Im away on boxing day and am confident ill be fine at 1200m to 3000m in Bormio

this is a stunning set of photos-

http://www.winterhighland.info/pix/pixalbum.php?pix_id=663

Dave Mac wrote:

rossyhead wrote:as someone posted on another thread, winterhighland is the best site to use for really accurate reports-the wetaher reports and used by climbers and proper mounatin people, not someone in london at a computer reading off the met office site!

I agree with that Rossy. Who were you referring to re the London based person? Can't see anything like that on this thread?

i wasnt referring to anyone was just saying those guys are actually up there are they not? i thought the guy that runs the site is from oban?

as someone posted on another thread, winterhighland is the best site to use for really accurate reports-the wetaher reports and used by climbers and proper mounatin people, not someone in london at a computer reading off the met office site!

i love morzine so i am too biased to answer properly but if you went there you would not be disappointed-quiet, very french, beautiful and tons of good tree skiing