J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by andyoneil

MattSki_score wrote:Right the time is nearly here to start the competition!!

Mrs Mattski_Score is on the injury list already with bust ribs and I am full of flu, but that will not stop us!!


The Skiing mst go on!!

well bowled sir!

4 weeks before my quest begins....

Looking good Icy

Have a great trip

My rep mate from VDI is doing Morzine this year so if you're with Inghams you'll meet him

Scarlet Fez wrote:Keep an eye out for the Band Frog on the Tyne they are there every year, really good live music. Salvensdadl was a great place to hang out.

Frog on the Tyne - I'd go and see them for the name alone!!!!!!!

Tell us more?

(and yes, I am a Geordie)

bedrock barney wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:They make me giggle like a girl!

They certainly are a real challenge, and flexible knees are the order of the day. I am no expert either but will take them on at every opportunity.
I tend to focus a few bumps ahead and try to develop a rythmn. Of course i fall regularly but i find them such fun.

No music on the next Gopro vid then. We want to hear the snapzzz snortle...

I've tried proper moguls a couple of times. Not pretty at all and luckily I didn't pick any long runs. The au naturale black piste next to Arcelles in Val d'Isere looks horrendous. Anyone tackled that one? You can see the whole length of it when riding back up on the chair and it's not exactly heavily populated by skiers/boarders.

I know the one that you mean and have NO desire to try it - its not as steep as the red (weirdly) I dont think but it is bumps top to bottom.

No thanks!

I too am in the "chuffing hate moguls" camp

I've had a bit of a lesson (they appeared in our way on a general session in Killington) and was told there are two real ways to tackle them:

The Zip-Line (as they do it in freestyle at Olympics) where you use lots of knees and follow the line through the moguls
or
The standard way with normal skis and normal knees is to actually put the turns in on TOP of the mound and thus if you miss one you've got room for the next (assuming you're not right at slope's edge. That's the theory anyway

One of our group had the zip line sorted - but she's 5' 1" and weighs 7st so has tiny skis.......

me - I'm still bobbins and usually end up in a heap but at least I know roughly what I'm doing if I have to (though I too will avoid if possible). Zip line doesn't work when you're tall, fat and have poor technique at the best of times.....

Its like all things ski - needs a lot of practice but is no fun falling and eating snow a lot whilst you do so. For a one or two weeks a year skiier like me I can't trade off the time needed to get good versus my overall holiday enjoyment so I avoid like the plague and crash through as far as possible when all else fails

I cant decide if this is absolute genius, a Bond gadget or a wind up!?!?!?!

Any which way I love it!

I always do 1-1 private lessons (well 2-1 as the wife comes too)

Have never stayed in Tignes but when in Val I use Evolution2 and they have offices in Tignes I know.

Excellent instructors, perfect English and quick progression

geno68 wrote:We are heading off to Davos tomorrow. Will let you know what we find.

Def consider the Ice Hockey mate - the NHL is still locked out so the great players are in Switzerland (and other leagues)

Have a great time!