J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Dave Mac

RossF wrote:

Running is bad for your knees. Get on a cross trainer

Had over 20,000 miles logged, track, cross-country, fell running, marathons. No big injury issues.

Started skiing 40 years ago. One bad injury, (not counting the knock-outs, cuts, broken teeth), but recovered well from that.

What really damaged my knee was playing footy in the garden, when the lads were quite young. Dangerous game.

RossF wrote:

You owe yourself an apology for buying a Frreelander, and all the neighbours as they have to look at the thing!!

RossF, surely that's just a skin deep appraisal. Rather like a kilt, its what's under the bonnet that counts! :wink:

Range Rover was a P38.

Trencher wrote:

That's a lot different from times past, maybe you don't appreciate what it used to be like

Trencher, I feel a..

"When aah were a lad, yooo cud buy a suit, go t't pictures, 'ave four pints, and still get change out of sixpence"

....coming on.

I owe the world a big apology.

Recently sold my old 4.6 liter Range Rover, £2k/yr average maintenance cost, 15mpg. My first tankful cost £82.00 :(

Carbon footprint, don't even go there.

So, bought a 6 month old 3.2 litre Freelander. Course it has all the up to date whizmos, ejector seats, headlights that point to the right, when you cross the channel ferry, you get the picture. Totally over the top. It's better equipped than my house. At one point, I considered moving in!

The one feature, that captures my Lancashire/Scottish soul is the MPG readout. So, we go on a 500 mile journey, I'm on cruise control steady 58 miles per hour, light toe touch, cruising up to junctions, five mile queue behind me. At the end of my stint, it's reading 30.1mpg. Result! Then my frau takes over, and I grab some ski-dream sleep. Waking at the journey end, double shock// horror ~~ 22mpg!!

"Don't say anything", says she, who must be obeyed at all times, chucking the car keys over, "You drive like an old man" :oops:

Most villages in Austria have small privately run pensions. You can search on the area website. The web site for Nierau is:

http://www.wildschoenau.com/buchen/winter/en/suchen_tis.aspx?nav=tmp_1_700605169

Always check out the location. Life is a lot easier if you can ski to the door, than if you have to walk half a mile, or get a ski bus.

One advantage of smaller places, is that it can often afford an opportunity to improve language skills. The younger people can almost all speak English, but there are older pension owners, that only have a smattering of English, and like to help you learn.

Oh,forgot to say, I also had a pair of Blizzard firebirds, (red & white diamond surface). I had them for 26 years, they were barely worn in, yet my OH FORCED me to trade them in for a pair of ....K2s.

I use the words "trade in" a tad loosely. I fear they may be appearing as an exhibit in the Breckenridge museum of skiing....

Hi Skimac,

If you did ski fast on reds, and could comfortably handle blacks, so, what's different? Not the slopes. not the snow, not you, well, mebbe a bit creakier. Although from where I sit, you are a youngster.

For sure you will need a couple of weeks to get your muscles re-learning.

So then, if it works for you, do what you like doing. That can include regaining your existing technique. And then there is no reason why you cannot experiment with some other techniques, some are latter day. The skis are cut a bit differently, but you can still elect to ski totally on edge, as modern carvers do, or with controlled edge release as you probably do.

You can be confident about the skills that you have, and also build upon them.

Hey, ski well.

One practical use of a well-positioned T-bar is that it is an excellent place to meet up.

See you on the Kropfraderjoch at New Year, Jan!!