J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

Hasn't anyone else got any good advice for this poor guy? He did go to the trouble of putting up his video for us.

Ally

I'm going to try wearing one. I'll have to if I try ski-ing slalom. But I'm a bit worried about how I'll fit it on with my glasses and goggles.

Ally

One of my friend's kids got sunstroke when he was on holiday here with us. He had a very high temperature (checked it with a thermometer) and we were really worried. We nearly took him to Casualty. We put him in the bath with ice in it, gave him plenty of water, and salt, and a banana. Apparently it's not a simple case of overheating and lack of water, but also lack of salts, and bananas have lots of potassium. Dioralyte would have been a good idea, but I didn't have any. Flat coke is also supposed to be good.

Anyway, we monitored his temperature, and it went back down in a couple of hours, so we didn't have to take him to Casualty. And he was fine afterwards.

So, you could have tried lying in the snow on the balcony, Ian, and drinking flat coke. Maybe you'd have been back ski-ing by the next day.

Ally

Ian,
How did you treat your sun stroke?

Ally

Ian,
I think you have to wash your socks as well as your feet.

And I hope Caron-a is okay, seeing as I'm meant to be playing Mum, according to Nellie, and her feelings haven't been hurt too much.

I don't suppose ski-ing with a hangover is any worse than ski-ing when very tired, or with a nasty cold, which I've done several times (I wouldn't know, since as everybody probably knows by now, I'm tea-total). I just ski slower, and more carefully, and for a shorter length of time, when I'm below par. But I wouldn't stay in bed - not after paying £1100 for 7 days ski-ing!

Ally

My 16 year old is a very good skier, and she wanted to have a go at snowboarding.

So, I paid for her to have a snowboarding lesson at Chillfactore in Manchester in June. She found she was totally rubbish at it, and it was really frustrating for her to go back to a beginners' lesson, and she's now quite happy to go back to advanced ski-ing lessons!

She couldn't believe ski-ing could have been so hard when she started. She was only 9 at the time, and she can't really remember now. But I do. She did find it very hard, and it was a job to persuade her to continue.

I do understand what you mean. I am really relieved that my daughter has decided to stick with ski-ing, so that we can still ski together. I know good snowboarders can have fun with skiers, but they seem to go down the slopes in a totally different way, and I'd really miss our little chats.

Ally

Tony,
If you read my list, that was one of the things on it. I always find myself going into a snow-plough the first time I try and stop with my newly hired skis, and then I look around anxiously in case anyone has noticed :oops:

I was quite pleased to see some of the fantastic skiers at Tignes last week doing snow-ploughs where there wasn't any room to do anything else.

Ally

Hi Scarlet Fez,
Well, you look a lot better than I do in my mini-video! It's very brave of you to put it up for everyone to see.

I did notice your poles moving about a bit oddly, but I wondered if it was because you seem to be swinging your shoulders slightly at the beginning, to make the turns.

I will wait for someone more competent than me to comment.

Ally