J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Marksman

Love it :thumbup:

Glad the cones were not taller :shock:

Methinks you say 2010 in the subtitles though...

More please :D

Owen.

NellyPS wrote:

Marksman wrote:I feel the admin snip coming on...

A saucisson snip?

:shock:

…for a Freudian slip!

I feel the admin snip coming on...

No worries.

The boots are a bit weird aren't they? Don't worry, they feel far more natural when they've got skis on the bottom and are moving!

I wouldn't worry about buying boots until you've had a week to see if skiing is for you. If it is going to be something you'll do then your own boots will be the most significant purchase you make. Anyway, just enjoy the lessons as they come, don't get stressed if you're not brilliant straight away and don't worry if you're totally knackered at first. Skiing gets sooooo much easier (physically) as you get better.

Cheers,

Owen.

Adrian1964 wrote:Hi, reasonably new to the forum and hoping to go skiing for the first time. Been looking for some advise and came across this website selling some books and stuff. R they worth it do you think. And will I need them? www.howtoskiandfitnesshealth.com Any advice would be great. I'm 47 and a bit over weight ish !

Hi Adrian.

It might be worth starting your own thread with that kind of question as the scope of this one is pretty specific.

Any knowledge you can arm yourself with before skiing is good, but no need to overdo it. You don't need the books but they may give insight into what is to come.

The main thing is to book good lessons, and make sure you have the right clothes.

Also be prepared to hate it for a couple of days. It may take a while before it clicks in your brain. For me it took nearly a whole week of wanting to quit, wanting to kill the instructor and wanting to go home. But the feeling when it comes together? Nothing like it, and it sticks with you forever!

Good luck,

Owen.

dgou wrote:Niederau, been there twice, Pension Diane ha ha ha ha!!

Pension Diane website wrote:you can virtually ski back to the hotel (winter months only).

I woner if a Brit asked for a refund after not being able to ski back to the hotel in the summer?

dgou wrote:Err do I? :x

Ooops, had a horribel thought I'd just asked the wrong lady for a list of rude words :oops: Mentioned in the epiphanies thread...

Owen.

I'm doomed, thanks for that.

Maybe I should go to need-a-row instead? :lol:

BTW you still owe me a list of rude words...

Owen.

Groovy! Thanks.

dgou wrote:Yes we amused the little kids in the morning saying we were getting the Flumps bus!

There was I thinking I was going somewhere grown up and now it will forever be stuck in my mind as flumps :roll:

dgou wrote:If you get the area lift pass you have access to all the resorts - Elfer, Schlick 2000, Flumps, and the Stubai Glacier - on a good day, nowhere better, on a bad day -20 OMG and some very long T bars which I understand have been replaced to some degree.

Sounds like fun to me :thumbup:

Cheers,

Owen.