J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Dave Mac

Trencher wrote:

All I can say is that there are a lot of excuses around for not carving
Generally, people who can carve don't do "short wiggling turns" when they make skidded turns.

Eeh, Trencher lad, I'm gonna have to take thee to task. Listen to this conversation , overheard on slopes above Zermatt, two years ago.

"Dad, why do you still ski in that old fashioned way."
"Because I like it"
"Why don't you learn to carve"
"I can carve"
"What! Rubbish! You can't even carve a turkey leg"
"Oh really?"

Ten minutes later, in the queue for the gondola....
"OK, you can carve, why on earth do you keep skiing like that?"
"Because carving's boring lad, it's quite restrictive, it's only one technique out of at least ten, and like I say, I ski like I do, because I like it"

Trencher wrote:

Which is better, to be first to the bottom or pull some Gs through some fast turns?

To be first to the bottom.

Every time. :wink:

Bandit wrote:

It's worth remembering that every ski ever made is a carving ski.

Well said Bandit. I have been trying to say this to a carve-mad colleague, he who bores us to death with radius and side cut queries. Well carve-mad went on a learn to carve week. I should say that he is a very capable skier. Next season, we are all skiing together, but he always arrives last, where he previously was quick. Our fastest skier pointed out to him, how much additional ground he was covering, by carving.

Having said that, skiing on 215 Kneissl white stars did hold me back for a season!

The issue of being up to date is really that ski radii have modulated a bit, but it is helpful to start with a shorter ski length.

Going back to the original submission, I respectfully submit that you are starting off on the wrong path in two ways.

Firstly, unless you are a qualified instructor, which I recall from your previous posts, is not the case, you will be better to put your son into ski school. I did this with both of my sons, although I had several years experience working for an Austrian ski school. If you try to teach him yourself, you are almost certainly holding him back, and wasting some of yoor own skiing time.

Secondly, You will almost certainly get better quality skis if you hire, than if you buy secondhand. Your hire skis should be only one or two seasons old, will be in better condition, set up properly. If you have any problems, you can take them back. If your on starts on short skis, but progresses quickly, he can take a size longer. Finally, if you add the cost of purchase, together with the cost of air shipment, I doubt that over two years you would be significantly cheaper. Also, by then, your son's skis would be ten years old.

I apologise for being so blunt, it would take to long to say this in a gentle way :-)

Hi grant,

You might consider hiring with Skiset, you can link from J2ski. Advantage of hiring is that if you get any problems, it is easy to get them resolved.

A secondary advantage, if you really like what you have hired, you can enquire if the hire eqipment is for sale, whereby you should get a good price.

Hi Caron,

We have had summer times Austrian Lake district, Fuschl am See, Halstadt, and in the mountains, of course Niederau.

Niederau costs are low, apartments from around 80/90 Euros per night. Catch the Gondola up the Marbachjoch, heaps of walks, along with good places to eat. Horse riding up the valley, mountain biking, great folk museum in Oberau.

Go stay at the Auhof, meet up with Jan and family. Very good summer location.

Choice of target location mostly depends upon where you fly into.

Should have said the 1.02% applied to the lift pass cost increase.

Two types of Geo-thermal.

Trench. Run a few hundred feet of pipe horizontally, about a metre underground. Constant temp, warmer than winter external temp. Needs further heating.

Borehole. Go to depths, 50m ~ 150m, temps can be 18deg to 20 deg. Can be used directly for underfloor heating or temperature-enhanced.

Uk installation costs are significantly higher than European. Euro grants are multiple times better. You have to be careful about geological substructure, I am led to believe we have sulphurous content ~ this can lead to corrosion issues. There are motor/pump maintenance cost issues.

Interested in your geo installation Ise. What depth bore are you at, what is the input/output temp difference, single or multple bore pipe, what size pump do you have, and how do you use the heat?

Do you get grants in Switzerland, your region, your district?

Fan--tastic, Tino, 67 times, 6 to 7 times, that really woke them up. You shouldn't have explained, better left as it was.

Presumably, most on busines, ....but did you ski?

Well done Daisy for a good result!

You can be sure it was the threat of exposure on J2Ski that drove the result!