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I hope you get some good news from Profeet :D

And, if anyone else is thinking of buying boots etc. from them they have a sale on now:

http://www.profeet.co.uk/news/2011/03/25/ski-sale-now-on!

Ally
Zell am See Slalom course on film
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 8 Replies
Wanderer,
I thought that was pretty good :D

Much better than my first attempt at slalom.

Ally
Tropicana,
I had a look on the Ski Club of Great Britain website, for Argentiere, and their leader says, for 30th March, that there was 25cm of snow overnight and ski-ing high up was good.
For Megeve, it said only 37/90 lifts are still operating, and there are lots of brown patches with ski-ing best in the morning.

Ally
Tropicana,
I hope you find some decent snow somewhere, and have a good time :D

Ally
Ski Bindings New & Old
Started by User in Ski Hardware, 38 Replies
Dave Mac wrote:
AllyG wrote:Alistair,
Edge to Edge are selling off their old ski hire gear. Maybe they've got something that would do, for your mysterious and amusing project?

http://edge2edgeshop.co.uk/category/41/Skis

Ally

Ally! This is a very expensive offer! I buy new skis cheaper than their ex-rentals! My son buys ex-rentals imported from France for £80!


Dave,
I meant maybe Alistair could ask them if they have any suitable bindings in their skip (or wherever they put their out of date stuff).

Ally
daved wrote:My skis weigh in at about 11k (190 gs skis)...


11 Kg! Really :shock: No wonder my hand was aching carrying my skis up the gondola steps - note to self - must devise fitness exercise for hand strength for next year :lol:

That makes a total weight for skis and boots of 16 Kg which is 35lbs, or 2 1/2 stone. Wow. No wonder there's a section in my 'get fit to ski' book on weight lifting.

Ally
It's quite true what Old Andy said about the crevasses on the glacier draglift. I found myself looking down through a bottomless crack and I was very glad I had skis on :shock:

Ally
Daved,
That's a good point about the weight. I know my ski boots weigh 5 Kg, although I don't know about the skis but they feel pretty heavy to me, especially when I have to carry them upright, like up the gondola steps. I can carry skis over my shoulder like a sack of corn for miles no problem, but vertically I find much harder.

Ally