J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by OldAndy

NellyPS wrote:I'm so excited I want to do this:

At least you aren't going weeeeeee this time.
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Cem - that is the best description of what a well fitting boot should feel like I have ever heard.
Thank you for sharing.

David, David, David..........
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Mainly jealousy I expect Seb.....
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But don't forgeet you are now a resident expert on Chamonix - hope you'll answer all the questions as they come up during the winter.
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but even though I've seen this post I will still open the e mail when it arrives !!!!!!
Two snow reports, however identical, are better than one!!!!
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No one will recognise you as a skier by the end of the season.

You will be fitter than you have probably ever been, fully aclimatised to altitude and very at home on your skis and the mountain.

Try to ski with good skiers as much as possible so you can be pushed and this will help you improve. And I would suggest that working quietly on your overall technique some of the time will pay dividends - rather than just flying around the slopes with a big grin on your face.

No idea what your finances are like but getting some professional tuition as you go along could really, really help - could be saving up for a private lesson, getting an invite to join a group or being really lucky and becoming best mates with an instructor.

Go for it :thumbup:

The best I can think of (in terms of improvement) was a mad, very fit, young Scot - who first put skis on in Tignes in the summer and by the following February was talking about joining the instructor training programme - and was good enough, no doubt!

45 sleeps to Tignes.
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Although I struggle with the sleeps thing as it could be over 100.........
Is it two sleeps when the cats wake me up butchering a mouse at the end of the bed?
And where does one stand with that sneaky little post lunch snoozette???
Is this counted as an extra sleep?

Problems problems........

Ian Wickham wrote:

lilywhite wrote: I really wouldn't pack my helmet in a soft ski case. Have you seen how they get thrown around?
If your helmet takes a signifigant bang it will need replacing.

I sometime have the same problems with my bobble hats, it just get a snag and they just need replacing 8)

Very true Ian.......

Mind you my head always seems to mend itself, and I have yet to replace it.
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