J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by ise

bandit wrote:OH is currently in Vienna. He reports 1.5 to 2" of fresh snow in town :D

Says the locals are no better at driving around on this stuff than the British, despite all having their "winter tyres" on :mrgreen:

depends where you are, Mrs Ise was saying the same thing last night, over at the other house it's been very cold and icy for sometime and she was saying people were tearing around without much regard to conditions, then when it snowed lightly last night they all slowed to 10kph :roll:

dgou wrote:
Scouts have a similar center in Kandersteg, Switzerland and neither centre would turn away business if they are not full!

last time I spoke with them bookings were down so I would expect they have got space.

Neiltoo wrote:

elgius wrote:carving ski's make intermediate skiers ski faster than their capabillity

isnt that the point of carving skis though?

I hope not! Learning to ski faster is great but surely skiing faster than you are capable of controling is dangerous! :D

Interesting thought though, maybe carving skis don't so much help you improve your skiing as help you go quicker with more confidence which is going to feel like progress.

It's tough though, I was just over in Grimentz and the pistes are in perfect condition, even on my big freeride skis it's fun to carve a bit and let the skis run a bit. Even on nearly empty pistes you've got to have your wits about you, any busier and it would be dangerous.

gdbn wrote:Made me think ....

You are way more experienced than me ... how did you find the flex ?
I was told they should last me a good few years and would be suitable for advancing from my novice status.

Flex is probably something you'll find you go through phases with. There's no doubt if you were racing you'd want something pretty stiff but otherwise it's a personal thing. Beginners generally find boots with more flex are more liveable with and intermediates tend to take progressively stiffer boots. After that softer boots offer a bit more ankle flex with the penalty that you need to work a bit on harder pistes. I find a softer boot works better off-piste but that's counter to fashion currently.

caron-a wrote:You should be alright with us, a bunch of 30 somethings who don't wear mini skirts with no tights, boob tubes and stilettos

can you tell us what you do wear or is it not that kind of forum? :lol: :lol:

Neiltoo wrote:

bennyboy wrote:

None of those stupid tight S turns.....massive fast wide turns, rather like GS turns, down a steep face :D

Well, I guess if you're going to use big fat skis that make it easier you might as well go the whole hog and do the easiest type of turns possible )

I don't know, sometimes I think we do tiny little turns more to impress other people than for our own enjoyment or just because we think we're supposed to :D

I always though a good definition of Freeride wouldn't include such constrained, rigid turns and be something more fluid and dynamic using the terrain features a little more. Some slopes call for small turns but a lot don't, on more varied terrain I find I don't want to dump so much speed sometimes as well.

But I suppose you don't want to trash the slope either :lol:

and other visitors speak highly of the concrete cows

I hear Milton Keynes is beautiful this time of year with a warm, temperate climate and ideal for a winter break.