J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

Tony_H wrote:

EmmaEvs wrote: :?: Would I...?! :lol:

P.S. Awww you're really getting the hang of the smileys now Tony. It makes a big difference :D :thumbup:

NOW?
And you've been on here, remind me, how long......? :roll:

Tony,
After you've been on here a bit longer and learnt your way about the site, you'll discover that the date members register is in their personal profile :wink:

According to this, Emma joined us on 6th March 2010.

Emma,
Are you going to have a big party to celebrate your first anniversary on J2Ski? I love virtual J2Ski parties :D :D :D

Back on Topic
I have been studying the snow situation in Courchevel, and they say it's been 3 weeks since they had any decent snow and they're managing by using their 563 snow cannons (fortunately it's still been freezing at night) and pushing the artificial snow about with the piste bashers. But the pistes are hard and reported to be icy in resort. And there is no snow forecast for the next week, which only leaves one week for it to snow loads before we get there.

But I'm not too despondent as I find ski-ing hard packed snow easier than powder and I don't mind ice. As long as I don't have to take my skis off and walk on any of the pistes I will be quite happy :D

Ally

Some airlines won't let you change the name on the ticket. This happened to my sister once, going with Inghams, and she lost all her money. And even if they do let you, there will be a charge.

Thisismoney.co.uk did an article on it, in Feb 2010

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/bargains-and-rip-offs/travel/article.html?in_article_id=499485&in_page_id=1093

Ally

Strangely enough we had a foot of fresh powder snow at Tignes when we were ski-ing there in October :D

I just hope Courchevel gets plenty of snow in the next 2 weeks, ready for our arrival there :D

Apparently it's quite skiable at the moment, but more snow would be nice.

Ally

The snow at Utah looks fantastic, but wouldn't the flights to Salt Lake City be pretty expensive from the U.K.? And you can't get a direct flight from here - you'd have to change, say, at New York.

Maybe I was looking in the wrong place, but the flights I was looking at cost £500 upwards. For comparison, I managed to get a return flight from the U.K. to Geneva for £60.

And, I think the lift passes are even more expensive than in Europe.

If I wanted to go and ski in the U.S. I think I'd be looking for the cheapest holiday, including everything.

Ally

If you want to feel sorry for someone, I'm pretty sure poor Dids isn't going ski-ing anywhere this season :cry:

bandit wrote:I had my Movement Black Rose's assessed with a Campbell Balancer, to find where the mounting needed to be. This is a womens specific ski and my bindings were placed 1cm forward of the centre of the running surface after the measurements were done.

It costs £10, and is done by

http://www.jonsskituning.co.uk/content/view/33/48/

Initial results are 8)

Back off topic (sorry Dan) -

Bandit,
Thanks very much for that, I found a further article linked to that one, which said that sometimes we find we prefer a certain ski to another one because of the position of the binding, not because of the actual ski itself. And that the binding position can have a great effect on our ski-ing.

http://www.lous.ca/techarticles.html

Back on topic -
I have hired 7 different sets of skis on 7 ski holidays (never had the same skis twice) and I've never failed to ski on them yet. In other words, I've never had to take a pair back to the shop and change them. So I reckon I can ski on just about any pair of skis within my ability range.

I have noticed good and bad points about the different skis, but I find after a few days I get adjusted to them and generally manage okay. Like, I grumbled quite a lot about the wide, soft, Scott women's skis I hired in October because they felt unstable when I was schussing really fast, but they were great in the powder and I managed fine on them otherwise. And I expect if I'd had them a bit longer I'd have found a way to schuss whilst keeping the skis happy.

So maybe it's a case of being flexible and adjusting to new skis, rather than buying skis with a perfect match to the way one skis at the present moment.

In which case any skis suitable for one's ability, weight, strength and type of ski-ing (off-piste etc.) would do :?:

Edit
Sorry - miscounted - 8 ski holidays and 8 different pairs of skis and I wasn't counting the 2 holidays and 2 sets of skis when I was a child because they were the old-fashioned sort (the earliest ones had cable bindings!)

Ally

We did the same as Emma and hired the cheapest skis and boots for the first 4 ski holidays and then moved up to the more expensive ones, and this seemed to suit us fine.

I imagine the more expensive ones are just because they're newer and the cheaper ones are old stock but I don't really know. I mean, they usually seem to offer beginner, intermediate and advanced level skis and boots at 3 different price brands.

Ally

SwingBeep wrote:I got the info. on COM from here: http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2006/centerofmass.shtml A woman's larger pelvic obliquity range could also be relevant.

Thanks SwingBeep :D
We did Moments at school (force X distance). I must rush out now and buy another weighing scale and two 4X2 8 foot planks so that I can work out my centre of mass :wink:

I'm sure it must vary a bit from person to person depending on their shape - apple and pear etc. and boob size for women. Anyway, I know now that it's somewhere a bit lower than my belly button normally, but presumably it changes due to my 5Kg ski boots when I'm ski-ing.

As Trencher said, for those with time to spare and an investigative mind it might be worth moving the bindings a bit if they're on a rail system to see if it helps with balance etc.

Presumably if they're unisex skis they put the non rail bindings in the middle between the mens and womens positions.

Ally