J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Neiltoo

bandit wrote:Any ski will work off piste, as long as it's a modern shape.

So how did we all manage to ski off piste on those old skinny skis then? )

Hi TomSki
Les Menuires tends to get mentioned less than the other resorts in the 3 Vallees. possibly cos its in the same valley as its better known (?) neighbour - Val Thorens.
Ive never stayed in it but skied through it many times. Seems a bit more french than meribel or courcheval [i.e. less Brits and Russians :) ]

Skiing is great, its certainly not the prettiest french resort I've seen but that probably means it won an architecture award when it was first built ).

The way the season is starting the snow should be great.

RossF wrote:rustylou, he might still have been correct though? Your legs not being as strong as his isn't exactly a measure of tiredness in comparison to skiing ability.

I think you may be missing the point,

When I was teaching, I taught a number of disabled skiers, should I have told one of them that the reason he couldn't snowplough was that he only had one leg? )

Its a couple of years since I've done it but the bus from Tignes to Geneva Airport always used to stop at Moutiers.

edit: http://www.alpski-bus.com/pdf/aeroski-bus.pdf

I would suggest that you go by personal recommendation rather than qualification (hence my suggesting snowgurus).
As in every walk of life there are highly qualified people who are poor teachers and good teachers with very few qualifications.

There isn't a qualifying body in the world that can teach the personality traits that in my opinion most good teachers have in common.

The problem with many ski instructors is that they are much more in love with the idea of being a ski instructor than passing on knowledge.

Check out Snowgurus

http://www.snowgurus.com/

Tony_H wrote:I bought a pair of gloves from TK Maxx last year for my son. While we were away they started coming apart at the stitching. On return to the UK I took them back. No question, full refund.

Which you were entitled to under UK consumer law.

bandit wrote:

It's a sad fact that even if paying full price from a big ski gear retailer in the UK, IME there is big hassle if anything turns out faulty. I did buy some gloves some years ago from one of the big ski shop chains. The seams on the palms parted after 6 days. My OH laughed at me...then his went the day after :lol: (same glove/model).

The retailer was adamant that the gloves had been damaged by carrying skis and ski gloves were not designed for this, (so sod off IOW) All this analysis without seeing them BTW. It took quite a bit of hassle, phone calls to their Head Office etc, before I got a result and a refund.

For a retailer to be emphatic that ski gloves can't be used for carrying skis or the seams will part, is utter nonsense IMHO. I have not purchased gloves from this company since. Full price branded goods, poor durability and shoddy aftercare.

Good job that Hestra gloves seem capable of coping with all aspects of skiing :D

Any ski glove that I have ever seen can be sliced by a sharp ski edge. This wouldnt be due to any defect, just the nature of sharp things versus material. :D
Any manufacturing defect should be obviously different from a slice. For someone to say what caused the damage without seeing it does sound daft.

In my experience its not the carrying of skis that slices gloves its picking them up, seperately, then wrapping your hand around both edges of one ski, then letting the ski slip through the glove - I see beginners do this all the time.

If they would pick the ski up by the toe piece of the binding and put the skis together before putting a hand around them - no more slices!

When it comes to the bigger, chain stores many of them dont seem to understand that its better to lose a sale than lose a customer.

Off piste skis Started by User in Ski Hardware, 48 Replies
bandit wrote:Any ski will work off piste, as long as it's a modern shape. So how did we all manage to ski off piste on those old skinny skis then? )

How do I find a good instructor? Started by User in Ski Technique, 41 Replies
RossF wrote:rustylou, he might still have been correct though? Your legs not being as strong as his isn't exactly a measure of tiredness in comparison to skiing ability. I think you may be missing the point, When I was teaching, I taught a number of disabled skiers, should I have told one of them that the reason he couldn't snowplough was that he only had one leg? )

Transport from Tignes to Moutiers Started by User in France, 8 Replies
Its a couple of years since I've done it but the bus from Tignes to Geneva Airport always used to stop at Moutiers. edit: http://www.alpski-bus.com/pdf/aeroski-bus.pdf

Ski gloves Started by User in Ski Chatter, 94 Replies
Tony_H wrote:I bought a pair of gloves from TK Maxx last year for my son. While we were away they started coming apart at the stitching. On return to the UK I took them back. No question, full refund. Which you were entitled to under UK consumer law.

Messages posted by : Neiltoo