J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AB

Have sold the new pair of DH skis and bindings, the Super G skis & the 09 pair of GS skis.
The 08 model 193 GS skis are actually legal to race at FIS & BASS level, but not at Europa cup or World cup.

I have more pairs of Atomic factory race skis for sale. All come direct from Atomic as part of a sponsorship deal to a GB team member who races at Europa cup level.
There are :-

2 prs of Downhill skis - 215cms and 45m radius - FIS legal to race Downhill. Both 2008 models. 1 pair is brand new and has never been fitted with bindings, there is a new pair of 10-18 bindings ready to fit.
The other pair are almost new & fitted with 10-18 World cup race bindings. The bases are perfect and the edges have only been sharpened once so are about 95%.
They are extremely fast!!
The nearest DH skis retail at £595 & bindings at £225 -10% for being last years model from Bartletts. We are looking for £400 for the new pair including bindings & £350 for the used pair.

1 pair of Super G skis - 211cms and 33m radius - Fis legal to race on.
They are the 2008 model fitted with the 10-18 bindings. Again these are as new and have hardly been skied on with perfect bases & 95% edge left. Again extremely fast.
These also retail at £595 & bindings at £225 -10% for being last years model from Bartletts. We are looking at £350 for these.

2 pairs of GS skis - 1 pair of 191 & 27M radius - 2009 model. They are in excellent condition apart from a small chip on the top cover which does not effect the ski at all. The bases are excellent and the edges are 95%.
They retail at £565 plus £225 for the bindings from Bartletts.
We are looking for £325 for the this pair.
1 pair of 193 and 21M radius - Not legal to race FIS on. They are the 2008 model fitted with World cup 10-18 bindings. Again as new ski with near perfect base and 95% edge.
We are looking at £250 for these.

1 pair of Slalom skis - 165cms and 12.3m radius - FIS legal to race on. 2009 model fitted with the 10-18 World cup bindings.
They have excellent bases and 95% edge left. One ski has a damaged tip with some cracking on the top cover, but again should not effect the performance of the ski. Retail is again £565 plus £225 for the bindings.
We are looking for around £225 (because of damage)

They are all hand matched in the Atomic factory for stiffness etc and are only supplied to National team members. You cannot buy these anywhere at this level.

They are all surplus to requirements as he is now training through the summer and waiting for the 2010 skis.

If you are a serious racer doing either FIS or BASS races on a budget then these could be for you.

Please PM me for more info.

All the proceeds will go back into the training fund of TJ Baldwin the current British Junior (U21) champion in 4 events and GB team member.

Thanks

Pablo,
Forgot to say that it's National Express coaches, or Nation Express east coast trains.
(TJ was going great until he missed the gate! Pity they didn't show him in the Downhill or GS, or all the Junior races he won)

Pablo,
You can get either a train or bus from Peterborough to K Lynn.
The train takes 1.35 hrs and has 1 change (Ely I think) and costs £19 return
The bus goes direct to K Lynn and takes 1.05 hrs and costs £10.60 return.
Hope that helps?

Thanks for all the interest in TJ and the congrats.
He did have a very successful British Junior champs winning 4 out of the 5 titles up for grabs and coming 2nd in the other.

He won the Junior (U21) Downhill by 3.8 seconds (The first time he has actually won it - last year he won the U18 prize) He was also 1st International Junior.

He won the Junior Super G by 1.5 seconds and was also the 1st International Junior. This is the 3rd year running that he has won this title. No one has ever achieved that before.

He won the Junior Slalom by 2.6 seconds and was again the 1st International Junior.

He was 2nd in the Junior GS after falling on the first run 6 gates from the finish which put him too far behind to be able to catch up on the 2nd run.

The 3 wins plus the 2nd meant that he easily won the Junior Overall combined championship by 174 points.

As well as coming 5th in the Senior Downhill he also came 6th in the Senior GS and was again the top placed International Junior in both races.

I forgot to post how he got on at the World Juniors - He had a bit of an off week but with some encouraging bits.
The Downhill was going really well on the top section but he carried far too much speed into the steep technical part and could not make it round a gate.
The Super G was his best performance - He came 24th, which is the best ever placing by a GB male (38th being the previous best in 2000) It should have been a top 10 result but he took too much air over the last roller and had to put his skis sideways to make the 4th last gate and scrubbed off lots of speed. His coach said he lost about 1 second with that mistake. 1 second would have put him up to 7th - *****!

His FIS world ranking points from these races and others from earlier in the season mean that he is now ranked No1 British Junior (U21) in Downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, Slalom & Super Combined - everything.
His world rankings for his Year of birth are - No 6 in Super G, No 21 in Super Combined, No 24 in Downhill, No 55 in GS & No 85 in Slalom.

Next season will be his last in the Junior age group. He should be racing all the Downhill & Super G Europa cup races.
He wants to make the GB qualification standard for the Olympics & get a top 5 place in the Super G at the World Juniors.

He now has another 7 days rest before heading off to Kaprun to start his summer training with an 8 day speed camp (Downhill & Super G) on the glacier. Then after that its strength & fitness for 3 months before more glacier training in Switzerland then hopefully off to Chile in Sept.

He's doing pretty good for a little ol Norfolk boy!

Definately need it. Have been stopped for checks in France, Austria, Germany & Switzerland all wanted to see it.

Good luck to the lad, I think he will need it!
The papers seem to have some very poetic licence. Don't believe everything you read in the papers Ian!!

They were not the British championships at all. They were the BARSC races (British Alpine Racing Ski Clubs) mainly run for DHO & Kandahar race clubs. There were only 18 boys in the race with 3 different nationalities competing. He was also beaten by the best GB girl, also age 9, by 6 seconds (same course)

The British champs are run by Snowsport GB and they only have Children (11-14) and Jun (15-20)/Sen categories and take place at Meribel from 28th Mar - 6th Apr (Jun/Sen) and 7-11th Apr for Children. They do run an unofficial Minis race there where all the very best U11's compete.

It's always nice to get things in the papers but this is some really good spin and really bigging him up.

I've never even heard of the Children's european cup especially for 9 year olds. (Having had someone in the GB children's team for 4 years and racing all over Europe in international races for them.)

I don't want to sound mean to him but there a large number of GB kids out there with just as much if not more talent. If he comes along to the British Mini races held in a couple of weeks and wins them then maybe the papers would have something to write about. Even then he has many years to go before things really matter when he starts FIS racing at 15.

All skis now sold.