J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Hoop

bandit wrote:Hoop I understand where you are coming from on this. I do hope you will be taking the email with you, nice one :thumbup:

Ski edges should be smooth and sharp enough to take a shaving from a fingernail. Bases should be smooth, free of gouges, freshly waxed and scraped back to reveal the base structure.
Bindings should hold the boot without any loose movement, no slop. There should be no excessive gouging on the glide plate under the toe piece.

Great info. Cheers, bandit. If i decide to go with Cham sport then I will definitely be taking the email with me.

Admin Thanks for the link. The economy range looks more than good enough for our needs. That's another option well worth considering...good prices. We go out on 28 January, so I think that falls outside peak times...25% discount I believe 8)

I understand what you're saying bandit, so please don't think your opinions and warnings are going unheeded. Unfortunately, for some of my group, budget is a massive consideration, so we may have to take a chance on web hire and hope that the kit is serviceable.

On that point, is there a hard and fast way to recognise skis that have or haven't been properly prepared?

I emailed Cham sport on this point and this was their reply:

Hi,

All the ski are prepared, and the edges are done after the end of the rent .

Regards,

CHAM' SPORT

I know they could claim whatever they wanted, but at least they've taken the time to get back to me on an important point.

bandit wrote:
I have also used Cham Sport at the railway station end of town. They were okay, not brilliant, but at least the rental kit was of recent manufacture, and the skis had been edged.

So I should be OK if I rent from here? :

http://www.chamsport.com/ski-rental/booking.php

They're offering 15% discount at the moment for our dates. That makes it 70 Euro for "green slope" skis, and 88 for "blue slope".

What will the difference between green and blue skis be, anyway? Will the better skis be worth the extra, or will the green be adequate for beginners (my friends) and intermediates (me...kind of)?

Doesn't hiring in resort carry extra cost though? I've been looking at hiring from this website:

http://www.snowrental.net/be/ski.asp

who use the following shops:

Skiloc
Proski
Location des Planards

Or this website:

http://www.snowpack-plus.com/uk/ski-rental.php

who use Intersport.

Anybody have any experience with either of these websites or any of these shops?

Thanks for the input guys. All appreciated.

I see this thread quickly descended into piss taking and penis jokes. Awesome :lol: :lol: :lol:

Cheers bud...all good stuff there!

Anybody else got any general tips/info to share?

Spotted some nice jackets in town for decent prices compared to the retail on their website.

They seem to have all the right features, but you never know what something is like til you try it, do you?!?!

The antidote mens jacket was the one that particularly caught my eye.

http://www.moah.co.uk/store/

Pfft, I took three weeks out of school when I was in 6th form to go to Canada. Did me no harm whatsoever. I still did OK when exams came around.

Younger kids are not going to lose out because they miss a week of school. Just ring up on the first day of the holiday and say they're ill, and do the same half way through the week!!!