J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Roger Mayne

Thanks for the replies. Julia, found your website info usefull Cheers. 8)

Hi, thinking of driving to BlB at xmas. Anybody been and how good is it?
Cheers

Been skiing in France over Xmas for the last 3 years. Snow was a bit thin in Saint Gervais 2 years ago but was fine this year in Termignon and good 3 years ago in Notre Dame de Bellecombe.It is not generally busy where I have been and I would certainly recommend it. :mrgreen:

Hi, We stayed here http://www.peakretreats.co.uk/saint-gervais/apartments/le-grand-panorama.htm a couple of years ago. Decent enough accomadation and very close to the ski lift. Cheap too :mrgreen:

Hi there, going to Termignon (next to Val Cenis)at Xmas. Any body been, whats it like? We are going for 8 days and hiring a car,is there anywhere nearby we should definitely ski for a day? Cheers :)

Hi, I would not worry about pole planting, the problem is obviously with your technique as you do your turn. It should be obvious to someone skiing with you.... Probably best to get a lesson .

Yes I used them last uear at xmas to drive to Notre dame de bellecombe and am using them this year to go to Saint Gervais.

This year we are going to fly to Geneva and then hire a car and drive the last bit.

Driving from UK is hard work and with the costs of road tolls going up due to the euro exchange rate we did not think it was enough of a saving given all the driving involved. We are a party of 5 and we could not find anybody cheaper at xmas this year or last.

:) Hi

I've been to Bansko and its a good place to go to learn to board or ski.

If you go to your nearest snowdome/dryslope you will be able to learn the basics of either boarding or skiing in a day. (this does not mean that you will be good, just gets you started.)

You will then need several more open pracice sessions to improve your technique. It is harder to learn on a dryslope but you will have better technique when you get on the real stuff.

I can already ski and this year decided to learn to board at swad dryslope. I have ten hours on a board (all supervised by instructor) spread over five weekends and I can now board the main slope and link turns :mrgreen: That is the minimum standard that you should aim for as it gets all the "sitting on your bum" out of the way before you get on the mountain.

I would not say that learning to ski is harder than learning to board, you will have the same problem doing either in that you will want to lean back away from the slope. In order to make skis or a board turn you need to put your weight forwards and this takes a while to learn.

If you get a chance to learn either, go for it and don't quit in the first few lessons. It does get easier and you can do it :mrgreen: