J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by GeordieSki

Newbiggin Hall/Westerhope (near the airport). Did you mingle with the locals/stick to the civilised areas of town?!!!

I saw what the rest of the country would call 'chavs' when I was skiing, but I dont think I would see a true charva anywhere other than Ibiza/the toon!!! :lol:

The west end of Newcastle, where the true charv originates!!!!

One thing I love about skiing......that thankfully I dont think charvs will ever discover it, and given what the people round here have been wearing in the snow showers we have had the past couple of days its a good job.....(vest tops and hotpants or shirtless for the lads)! I bet you miss those sights!!! :twisted:

tino_11 wrote:I only lived there 18 years, guess a bit has rubbed off )

Mainly I go boarding with an Irish mate, we are a seriously bad mix!!!

Great (but potentially lethal) combo!!!! :lol:

tino_11 wrote:so when they turn on the lights at 8pm and you have been drinking heavily and dancing around to all manner of nonsense in all your gear, some crazy Duth guy suggests a snowboard race, you have to ask what the insurance company would say :?:

Anyhow, after falling off the t-bar twice and being offered a flask of Navy Rum at the top, I won the race :D The fact that I did the grand total of zero turns top to bottom probabaly helped :lol:

tino....you seem to have acquired the Geordie daftness (and alcohol induced practices) when you lived here that would make you absolutely hilarious to watch. I dread to think (but would love to see) what a bunch of Geordies would do when alcohol was mixed with a proximity to a dangerous sport!!

Jan I Stenmark wrote:We have had over 5800 distinct hits on our cam today since 15:00 GMT 8) That must be some kinda record for a resort with only 70km of runs :P

I guess popularity breeds webcam melt down ...

We will be trying to restore normal service asap :shock:

Ah....the price of being so popular!!! I have to admit, I was one of the ones on the webcam all day yesterday waiting for it to start snowing :oops:, and then I had to go do some work and missed it when it did.... :cry:

I'm glad the webcam is back on, I can get my daily fix now!!! Thanks Jan!!!! :lol:

I notice Jans webcam for Niederau has crashed so many people are wanting to see the snow!!! :lol:

darbs wrote:neiderau has very limited sking we got bored after one day two days was enough,Now the good news village is very quaint with one or two good late bars, but book a taxi(minibus to hopfgarten and you can ski the skiweld ,sol, etc ,loads of partying, door to door drop off and cheaap enough if there is a few of you

A brave j2skier to risk that!!!!! :lol:

fft100 wrote: Is it fair for other users when you have lines of beginners (first week !) in lines semi snow-ploughing accross the slope ? one or two, ok, but a whole first week ski class ?

As one of those complete beginners who was taken onto reds in the first week I think thats a bit harsh! Everyone was a beginner at some stage so it'd nice if we were cut some slack for trying to learn, plus we generally just do what we are being told by the instructor, we aren't trying to be in the way...honest!!!! :oops:

Anyway, surely its better to have lines of beginners that you can see, rather than a lone beginner that you can't, that ends up crashing into you...They might not hold you up as much as the lines of beginners, but I'd imagine they are more dangerous than those in a class!!!!

I know I'm speaking from a pretty biased point of view though so I guess in a few years I'd be more qualified to comment!! :lol: