J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by tino_11

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My imagination is very limited today!

Glad you had a good time Ally!

Glacier skiing/snowboarding out of season is a very different experience to a well prepared resort in the height of winter. I find that I prefer the back end of a season rather than the front end (May/June, rather than October/November), summer is just wierd!

Even on a glacier late season, you can run the same piste all day and it will not be the same twice. It may be very hardpack/ice first thing, and once the sun is high in the sky just after lunch it can be 4ft high moguls. This has the benifit of a variety of conditions on a limited area, so if there is only 10 or 15km of piste open you don't bore easily.

I also think being able to get by on glaciers out of season give one some extra skill and confidence to cope with various situations that the mountain might throw at you in high season.

Well, finally go some bindings for the board I bought back in May. I have not used it yet as I didn't want to put sub-standard bindings on it and wreck the topsheet.

Went for the SP as I posted above, am in London so went up to the Snowboard Asylum (@Ellis Bingham) in Covent Garden and got a chance to look at them first. Really quite impressed from the off, the build quality seems good and they are fairly light and very stiff.

Hopefully get to try them in the next week or two :)

BTW, if anyone is based in London and wants to get some good leg exercise in preperation for skiing, the 196 stairs at Covent Garden tube station are fairly handy!!!

I'll do you a deal, I will give you my deatils then you are responsible, okay?

ewanmalone wrote:Amen tino! A M E N

and here endeth the lesson ;)

I can see we will get on fine Ewan, another Scot I presume? Seems we have a presence on here!

...... do I need to fill in an application?

How can I argue that boarding is best? I can't as I've never skied. So I will argue it's merits rather than it's possible superiority.

Jonah is completely right, unless a natural it is knackering, painful and difficult to learn with no snow experience.

Ski resorts were not designed for snowboarders, but progressive modern resorts certainly cater to them.

Snowboarders are often treated with some contempt from the older hardcore skiers. Would not include any of the lovely people here of course, but try a pull lift on a glacier in August and you will see.


Snowboarding is fixed, no bail-out, no ISO settings, the only level of security is your speed, ability and resilance. For this reason it is very personal, your limit lies where you feel comfortable and your unlimited pleasure is fractions away.

Snowboarding requires concentration to get by and an abandonance of it to enjoy.

It is less likely to injure your knees.

There is less to carry.

You can walk around in the boots.

......and it's bloody great :)

rustyinn wrote:For a small fee I could probably bring a selection of single ladies, one is slightly disturbed tho as she wants to give up skis and try board.

Strange....

;)

tino_11 wrote:So it seems like Skidaddle and I have a plan then. Gonna put my feet up for the next 9 months whilst the rest of you get a chalet and flights from various airports nailed down :twisted:

A few other questions spring to mind....

Do we have a count of interested parties yet?
Am I the only snowboarder?
How many attractive single ladies are going?
Can we get a group deal on lift passes?
Can those who need get a group deal on hire?
Will there by enough snow?
And has anyone seen my G&T?

Rusty, you had me at "slightly disturbed", tell me more??