J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Discodee

andyoneil wrote:

Discodee wrote:

andyoneil wrote:

OldAndy wrote:

NellyPS wrote:
King of cool Mr W 8)

IMHO anyone wearing shorts in the snow would be cold not cool .....
:roll:

Had a morning skiing in shorts once just to prove that we could

VERY gentle slopes and no falls

Oh and no drag lifts (to keep on topic)

The kids always remember a guy skiing in just his grunds in Andorra. I have a photo somewhere! is there a facilty to upload it?

we were in Andorra.......

Ooh now. When was this then? We were there January 2008 and I have the photo somewhere lol

andyoneil wrote:

OldAndy wrote:

NellyPS wrote:
King of cool Mr W 8)

IMHO anyone wearing shorts in the snow would be cold not cool .....
:roll:

Had a morning skiing in shorts once just to prove that we could

VERY gentle slopes and no falls

Oh and no drag lifts (to keep on topic)

The kids always remember a guy skiing in just his grunds in Andorra. I have a photo somewhere! is there a facilty to upload it?

Snapzzz wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Remember drag lifts are there for us to look cool on :thumbup:

Im 39 this year Ian, i'm not sure i can still look cool. Everytime i ask my 11 year old how i look she just rolls her eyes....Not that I'm bothered

You're only a young pup! )

Iceman wrote:Do t-bar still exist? I hate them, I always end up taking out the person I am on with. Or they are smaller than me and the bar is on their back!

They had T bars in Rauris last yr. Wouldn't let my kids go on em.

Have never minded drag lifts until this yr in bardonecchia. They had a few which went on for AGES and were very precarious and there was always the worry, "What if one of the kids fell off, and if so, how would we find our way onto the piste?" as they were in the middle of nowhere after half a minute! Shame as one was a very scenis gorgeous blue run, and another a black run the kids wanted to go on lots but we couldn't risk that awful lift on their own
Also, over at Jefferau, my hubby stopped top of the piste with my jacket, camera and videa bag and his backpack, ready to film me when I got off the lift. I skied down, and as I got down, the lift broke. he wasn't impressed having to come back down carrying all kinds of stuff. Fortunately it was a very small run. lol

Dave Mac wrote:

The other key factor is the snow condition. Ice-type conditions, (marble, glaze, frozen ruts, etc) will change the value of the run.

Equally, perfect piste can make a seemingly difficult run into a joy.

Good topic.

Totally agree. I am only a low internediate who prefers gentle blue runs, but I got down a black no problem last week, becaus it had great snow coverage. On the other hand, a blue we came down was very wearing because it had a long steep section which was just a sheet of ice and the rest of it was marbles. My dodgy knees were killing by I got down it, whereas they didn't bother me at all on the black one because the coverage was so good!

LOL Thank you Randyrat. :) My kids sure love all the hols!

haha!
Well you read properly lol!

http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/11802.page

I loved it, but I am not an expert, more a middle intermediate