Messages posted by : freezywater
see; now you can't just say something like that and not expand, more info please?? Enquiring minds want to know 8) |
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Yep! had my full gear on last weekend in the house, I do seem to recall someone in the garden with their skis on also!! Ellistine? |
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Trencher
could you not have got your insie knee any closer to the snow :?: |
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3 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!! We're on 6 pages already, and it's only been a couple of days, could this be the longest thread j2ski has seen? Admin - what's the record for longest thread? |
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yeah I thought that odd too, in my experience whenever I've bent an aluminium pole they always seem to crease at the point of least resistance and that crease tends to remain when you try and strighten the pole, and at best you get a pole with a crease in it, at worst it snaps when trying to bend it back. I do remember years ago heating up a bent pole and strightening it by pushing another pole down the inside to reform it but in todays "throw-away" culture it seems easier just to replace with new. I think I'd be too paranoid if I'd spent a lot on carbon poles, as Pavel says, the old baggage handlers can be quite aggressive at times!! |
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Is it me Pavel or do you have a dodgy poster of a young Kevin Keegan under your bench?
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"something to do with the chemical make-up" nope can't see any mention of it having chemicals in it there? hey ho! chemical make -up i.e. crystals rather than flakes.
[Chilling the thread - your opinions are very welcome here but stay cool please, Admin] |
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johntin, firstly, throw those rear entries away!! If you plan on doing any serious skiing IMHO rear entry boots are dangerous, they don't hold the foot as well as the modern front entry buckle boots do.
Secondly, any bootfitter worth their salt will tell you that the person trying on the boot is the ONLY person who really knows if the boot they have on their feet is comfortable or not, a decent bootfitter will steer you in the right direction, i.e. Rossi boots are generally slightly more forward canted and therefore may not suit a beginner, A Nordica boot will generally be a narrower fit then a Head, you get the idea? Be honest and take as long as you need to be certain that the boot on your foot is the right one for YOU. Do NOT let colours/brand sway your decision, at the end of the day most of your boot is covered anyway. If you ever make it to Leeds try Severn Sports, my wife had endless problems and the staff at Ellis Brigham in Milton Keynes weren't very patient (now admittedly my wife can at times be indecisive but probably no more or less than most women but that's another story and no doubt the responses will come flooding in form the female half of this forum :D) The staff at Severn Sports were spot on and they knew exactly which boot to recommend when my wife complained of this and that with such a boot, in the end it turns out that the boot she felt most comfortable with happened to be the cheapest :wink: She now refers to them as her 'slippers' so cost isn't everything :mrgreen: |
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