J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by ellistine

I have a couple of ideas but I'm pretty much on empty;

When you buy a house you look at the initial price, taxes, legal fees, etc..

With the house it would be 'Can I afford it?'

Ellistine you are good! Now think what every skier must consider when buying a new ski!

With the ski it might be 'Am I good enough for it?' so perhaps it's my ability level.

Buying skis that are designed to match your own skiing ability will help with your skiing and also stop you spending more money on features that you will not benefit from.

The other thought I had could be to do with exchange rate. I recently bought some new bindings from the US and even with the postage costs they worked out cheaper than buying from the UK due to the strong pound.

I'll tell you one thing, It'll be a lot cheaper to send a pair of skis to Mike than to me!

Hint 3: Ellistine you are good! Now think what every skier must consider when buying a new ski!

I can think of lots of things to consider when buying new skis but I can't make these into a number;

Where will I be skiing - on piste, off piste, ski park, restaurant cruising etc?
How much am I willing to spend?
Is the ski a current model or a previous season?
What discount is available?
Am I able to test the ski?
Am I a Bode Millar fan or a Benni Raich fan (to choose the make of ski - I must be an Anja Paerson fan with my Salomons)?
How often am I going to use them - should I hire instead?
Am I a he or a she?
What do the reviews say
And most importantly - are they better than my mates?

I think this thread should be renamed to 'Mystical Numbers all skiers won't Know!' :?

Mike wrote:when our ski hill opens for the season

Here's a link to 'my hill'. Not quite the same but open all year round!

http://www.dorsetsnowsportcentre.co.uk/the_gallery.htm'

The flight path for Gatwick passes over my wife's cousin's place.

That'll definately be Weybridge then and not Weymouth. We don't see much in the way of those new fangled flying machines around here - plenty of tractors mind.

3 = Number of pairs of skis you can fit into one bag to avoid paying even more carriage on flights. Might need to remove a binding or two though.

Mike from NS wrote:Does Weybridge sound anywhere close to correct

Weybridge is an area near London that is also on the Weymouth to Waterloo line.

2 = Number of skis required to, um, ski!

Mike wrote:Is there an area called St George's Hill in Weymouth

No, Greenhill perhaps? There's an awful lot of King George Links in Weymouth as it was him who made sea bathing fashionable.

The line from Waterloo station ends in Weymouth and does indeed go past Wimbledon

2004 = Zell Am See, Austria. The first time I stepped into a pair of skis?

Mike from NS wrote:I saw you were on line so thought I would ask if you ever have gone to the Blackpool Dance Festival?

Having lived all my life in an English Seaside resort I've never really felt the urge to visit some of the others around our coast - I know I probably should. As for dancing, blimey, I remember when I was at junior school I was quite ill for a while with a form of meningitis. I was off school for about 6 weeks plus for another 6 weeks I was excused from the compulsory 'country dancing' lessons. That pleased me greatly :-)

125cm = Pole Length?

To be honest at the time I think it was probably more to do with having to dance with Girls. Funny how things change as you get older!

Insurance Policy Number?

Yes the Lake Districts are lovely. I have an Aunty who lives there so I've visited the lakes quite a lot. I remember having to ride my mountain bike back to her house for about 20miles, stood up, having snapped the seat post decending one of the mountains. For somereason we also thought it best to take cans of Ginger beer with us. Again, funny how things change as you get older.

5 - Levels of ski ability (although looking on various sites it's more like 9)