J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by moogy

Dave Mac wrote:I'm not going to mention my falls. They all happened early days, and even now, are too painful to think about.

There was a muffled cry for help.....

Right, Stu, just a moment......

lilywhite wrote: Hi newbie here, be gentle :D More along the ridiculous than spectacular- following a mountain host thru the kiddy area in Are Sweden at literally 5mph followed him thru a gap in the tree's having missed the instruction to bear right as I lit a cigarette, found myself airborne, only a couple of feet but totally unexpected, landed in a heap on the back of his skis, red faced, uninjured and still with my poles under my armpit, fag in my mouth and butt tin in my hand. That will teach me for trying to to smoke on the move!

tonypants wrote: my fave is Banff, I wish I was going next week

Trencher wrote:
A can of tool dip to repair my gloves.

Tony_H wrote:I look on here, holiday websites, webcams, ski clothing websites, etc many times every day at this time of year. I am close to exploding, especially as I am on the verge of booking for January.

Far Queue wrote:I think the best one I have had was on the mens downhill course in Lake Louise.

About 2/3 of the way down you come over a ridge and hit a shortish steep bit. Not really sure what happened, but I suddenly found myself no longer on my skis :shock: I could not stop myself at all, and am sure I was accelerating as I slid for the best part of 80 yards down the piste towards a left hand bend. Fortunately, the catch netting had been put up prior to a competition, and I can honestly say, it is very impressive in the way it stops you when you hit it.

I passed the two buddies I was skiing with on my back, and they both nearly wet themselves laughing as I floundered down on my back :shock:

The good news, throughout all this, I kept both my skis on and both poles stayed attached, and I simply stood up in the netting and was back out on the piste before the others were even half way down the bit I had slid :twisted:

It was probably this single event which caused me to start skiing with a helmet, as I was totally stunned at the way I just accelerated down the slope on my back.