J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Far Queue

Hmm, looks interesting, but I think the single room supplement will be a bit of a deal breaker :o

I already have two trips booked for the coming season, Saalbach-Hinterglem and Madonna Di Campiglio.

I have even started the shopping with a new very heavily discounted ski jacket (arachnid brand) and a jumper ready for the cooler evenings.

Hello Cadnesaberdeen.

I think ultimately what you will be looking for is what is commonly called a hockey stop. But lets take it a step at a time.

From the plough, you will learn how to do the plough turn. Turns are the basic way of controlling your speed and at the beginner level you will usually do lots of turns and basically come down the mountain by crossing across the slope many times. Once you have mastered the plough turn, you will move on to what I know as stem christies and finally parralel turns.

The simplest thing to remember is that if you want to stop, simply keep your turn going until you start to go uphill, this will always slow you down, although you have to remember you may have a tendancy to start to slide backwards once you come to a stop going forwards :)

A hockey stop is simply an agressive turn where the skis are allowed to slide sideways with the edges acting like a brake. I'm sure you will have seen downhill skiers at the end of the run doing exactly this on tv.

I would strongly advise that you seek professional guidance if you are asking how to do something pretty basic on here. A few days with an instructor will give you so many benefits in the long run and should help you enjoy the sport even more, especially if you have only just taken it up towards the end of your mid-life.

There are plenty of videos around and I'm sure someone will have something better, but just to give you an idea here is one I just picked off of youtube

There is only one answer to this, and that is anywhere where you are with good friends and have access to snow! Simples. :)

I hate to pick you up on a little technicality, but it was Commander James Bond, he was never a Major! ;)

That's all very well Daved, but you (or your partner!) have to make sure you get up early enough to actually catch the coach! :)

He might be on to something though Adders :) Perhaps we could have an emergency button on the forum to report spammers and dodgy linkers!

Billip2 wrote:Surely this story has been posted a week too early ?

Sadly Billip2, I have experienced this phenomenom personally in Italy a few years ago. It is most weird to be sking on an orange coloured mountain :(