J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by ATOO

jastem wrote:So fascinating, I have just watched it twice!

Thanks :)

Ian Wickham wrote:Excellent I remember doing something similar over some hidden snow bushes :thumbup:

:-) Hidden streams as well .I Could see the warning signs and markers and hear the water but could not see it and then it just appears. I never got my feet wet but came very close.

OldAndy wrote:Surely you were attacked by a rabid Marmotte to cause that little splash :D

Where were you skiing?

Haha , I put that down to fatigue and fitness .The t-bar drag lifts were thigh killers and every lift apart from one was a t-bar and at 10 minutes a go it didn't take long for them to start burning .

Vangslia - Oppdal- Norway

Trencher wrote:I like the black and white effect. How long was the pole the go-pro was on?

Fully extended i would say about a meter,which is a little to short if you want to get head to toe in but i'd modified the pole so that it didn't stick out of the rucksack to far when not in use .
I say a meter because i haven't got it to measure as it fell out the rucksack the day after the video.

I didn't get any footage from any other angles on this run so I've just added an effect to it. See what you think . :)

I wear a lid when i feel like it and had a crash with a skier in Val Thorens who wasn't wearing one,knocked him unconscious and broke his collar bone . His wife saw it happen and could see i was worried about the dude but she said straight away that he ran into me .I rang the emergency phone number from the Val Thorens app off my phone and with in 10 minutes someone was there . I felt bad leaving them but there was nothing else i could do .
Wear a helmet or don't wear one ,i don't care what you do but i was glad i was wearing one that day :)

Nice pictures dude,I'm in Oppdal at the moment and loving the empty slope's .Oppdal is another small resort in comparison to the Alps but we are still having a great time :)

Sauna then rolling in the snow then back in the sauna Wednesday night -16

Ripped my little toe nail off in the process which made Thursdays boarding fun )

Leaving in 4 hours to pick a friend up from Wrexham then driving to Birmingham to meet the other 2 lads where we'll be staying the night and then driving to Gatwick at 7.30 am to fly to Norway to meet the last 2 of the gang woohoo

Hope everyone leaving this weekend has a great time ,cya in a week!

It was minus 36 Wednesday night in Oppdal so im hoping it will warm up a little

I'm twice the boarder now than I was last year but still not as good as I think I am .
I hate stopping on the way down unless its to get on a lift.
Going with a gang of 10 is ok but I would rather a party of 4.
I'm a pussy for not trying to ride switch more,must try harder next week :)