J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

Thanks Pablo,
I hope someone buys your skis (if they can calculate whether they're the right length for them of course :lol: maybe you should do some free calculations for people, or say skis suitable for people weighing between 12 and 14 stone, or something).

Ally

Sorry Pablo,
You mean, I've done it again, and hijacked your thread. I just don't seem able to keep on piste at all. I do try, but I seem to naturally wander off course.

Ally

Thanks Ise and Pablo,
So how much weight difference = 5 cm of ski length?

Ally

Thanks Ise,
But sometimes the ski hire shops will be come unstuck, selecting ski length on height like that. I have a female friend who also skis, and she's about 2 inches shorter than me, and weighs about 3 stone more.

Another thing I would like to know, is this. Do men and women really need different skis, and if so, why?

Thanks again,

Ally

Ise,
I'm not too sure what you're saying (I'm exceptionally thick, as my daughters will tell you).

Do you mean that generally speaking a skiers weight is proportional to their height, and that therefore height is indirectly related to ski length, or that height is actually directly related to ideal ski length?

Thanks,

Ally

Does your height really not affect your ideal ski length? I thought it did, as well as your weight. Otherwise, why do they go on about how beginners should have shoulder height skis (or whatever it is they say) and more experienced skiers should have skis eyebrow height, or whatever.

And if you have your own skis, does that mean you have to buy more when you get fatter, or thinner, or possibly keep a whole range of skis - like with clothes - according to your weight?

My weight regularly fluctuates by about a stone, or by around 10% of my total body weight. I tend to put on weight in the autumn, with the shorter evenings I'm out working less, and over Christmas, and then try and lose weight to get my ski trousers on in Feb, then put some more back on, and then lose it again with the long days because I'm outside working.

So, I'd need long skis at Christmas, shorter skis in Feb, and then even shorter skis if I was ever lucky enough to get to ski during the summer :lol:.

Ally

I know what that object is - it's an anchor. Presumably you throw it overboard when you are ski-ing out of control and heading for the edge of a ravine :lol:

But I don't know the answers to any of the other questions - I'm not very good at quizzes or ski-ing.

However, thank you Pavel for taking the time to make this quiz. Maybe you could do an easier one for idiots like me?

Ally

Bandit,
Courchevel is about a half hour transfer from Moutiers train station, which is on the direct line from St Pancras Eurostar or RailEurope (or change in Paris). Moutiers is also about half an hour from Val Thorens, depending on if you get the bus or a taxi.

Ally