J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by freezywater

Tony_H wrote:

skidaddle wrote:

bandit wrote:

Tony_H wrote:

tino_11 wrote:

Tony_H wrote:

bandit wrote:

Tony_H wrote:I absolutely like my skiing the same way, Bandit.

I know VT was purpose built, but it certainly doesnt have the snob value you mention.

The carbuncle on the Maurienne landscape known as VT should, IMHO be used as target practice by all EU airforces :x

I raise you:

Boston, Lincs.


For more worthy of bombing practice.

Re-Raise

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs.

Although I think that's maybe why it looks like that already.

You have a good point, Tino.
However, I win, as I give you:


CORBY.

Night night.

Who said it was over :D I raise you, and offer......

SCUNTHORPE

Oh no. I win as I give you -



Scotland.

I quite like some parts of Scotland, actually. Especially the bit my wife came from.

Anyway, lets put this to bed now.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you.....










Dewsbury.

I win.

I might be joining this a bit late in the day, however, ladees and gents, may I give you


THANET (Margate/Ramsgate/Broadstairs)

thanks, I'll have a look.

they look good, excellent price for a brand new ski.binding combo, where did you get them out of interest? Thinking about trading in my Volkl G2's for a fatter ski.

please tell me you didn't get the ones with the fake diamond in the top :?: :wink:

i think Ise may have hit the nail on the head with the acrophobia business. My wife started skiing 3 years ago and whilst she has grasped the technique well she struggles with her nerves and won't go fast at all, making her turns harder etc etc. The past 2 years she has always been in the ski school and had an okay time but never really progressed due to skiing 'safe' slopes well within her comfort zone at a low altitude. This year we went to Finkenberg and skied all week on the Penken mostly above 2000m and she nearly had a heart attack when she saw the ropes, something along the lines of, how's that supposed to stop me? shoudn;t they have a fence there? Halfway through the week she declared that she had had enough and hated skiing, wouldn't come again but might try strapping one of them ironing boards to her feet!! The solution was to find a very wide and long blue run and get her to ski down it over and over again behind someone going slow until she got used to it. By the end of the week she'd even skied a couple of reds, mind you we didn't tell her until afterwards that they were red!!! :wink:

My recommendation would be to try something similar, it may work :roll:

very nice, let's see how you fare on the flat my boarding friend :lol:

have you tried Sport 2000? not sure if they have a website but would guess they do, if not InterSport?

BTW, managed to get away with just a slight bend in one of mine so v.happy :oops:

OK, got back from hols yesterday and this is what First Choice at Stansted do. On arrival at the check in desk the computer tells them if you have pre-booked or not, they then ask you to WEIGH your ski bag, I guess this is more to do with Health and Safety issues here in the UK with the bag chuckers, wouldn't want them lifting something too heavy to throw!! Once weighed they were tagged and you then had to deposit them at oversize baggage where your boarding card was checked. On arrival at Innsbruck they simply stack them all outside the ski claim area, beware people on our flight found theirs had been nicked so if at all possible I would let one member of the party collect the 'cases whilst the other waits for the skis. Depsite having lots of racks for each country/airport the Austrians seem to bypass this nowadays and dump wherever the choose!! On the return leg through Innsbruck you simply take your skis to the oversize baggage area and give them your name and flight number and bingo!! skis are tagged and loaded. I paid the £30 carriage for mine and the wife's skis, and to be honest as they were packed in the one bag(along with some clothes for 'padding') I could probably have only paid for one ski carriage and not worried, but hey ho!!