J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by SwingBeep

They are certainly legally binding here in CH http://www.bfu.ch/PDFLib/982_42.pdf
At least some of them would appear to be legally binding in Austria. http://www.bormioforumneve.eu/Gschop-TDf_0701118_english_gb.pdf
They were transposed into Italian law in 2003
http://www.isiaski.org/download/rovinj_reider_en.pdf

Have you looked into setting up a business in France? It's much more complicated than in England. http://paris.angloinfo.com/countries/france/business.asp You will also have to get your qualifications recognised and show that you have 3 years experience and I think you will also have to do a course (in French) on business practice in France.

Make sure you check where your accommodation is located, as not all of it is close to the lifts. The Club Med hotel is a 15min walk from the cable car / gondola station, they and the other hotels that are away from the village centre have mini buses to take guests to the lifts.
There is a fast chair lift roughly where the red arrow points to.



Most of the pistes are very wide so there's plenty of elbow room.

Even in high season there are seldom queues in the Cervinia sector and Valtournenche is usually very quiet, maybe a bit of queuing in the morning to get out of the village if you start late but that's about it.

If it's very windy, very cold or the vis is very bad they don't open the link (getting stuck on the wrong side can be very expensive) the link is more likely to be closed in the early part of the season.

The photos in these trip reports should give you a good overview of the skiing there
http://www.alpinforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=42488 (scroll down until you get to "3. Teil Breuil-Cervinia"

http://www.alpinforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=39177&p=4758620&hilit=Cervinia#p4758620 not worth skiing in April?

I often ski at Cervinia in April. The runs below Plan Maison are usually pretty slushy in the afternoon but above there is normally fine, unless it's extremely warm.

And there was me naively thinking I was the only one barmy enough to read scientific literature on skiing.

AllyG, unfortunately the link is broken.

http://www.sportnz.org.nz/Documents/Research/awarded-grants/Brodie%20%282009%29%20Optimisation%20of%20Performance%20in%20Alpine%20Skiing.pdf

The author, Matthew Brodie has a YouTube channel with some interesting videos.

As Dave Mac was interested in this boot I thought it would be worthwhile starting a new tread.

The new Freemotion ski boot is a light weight, easy to get on and off; easy to walk in boot which is claimed to make carving turns easier.



http://www.freemotion.cc/en/set1.html
http://www.proidee.de/?P=200610717&H=SHOPPING.COM

Dave Mac wrote: Swingbeep, you really whetted the interest with the Freemotion - a one clip boot. BUT - as far as I can tell, it is not a rear entry boot.

Your right, it's not a rear entry boot; it's an easy on / off front entry boot that that combines a flexible "comfort boot" with a rigid exo-frame.

It seems to be further development of the Kneissl Rail soft boot introduced in 2002. Both were designed by Kurt Hilgarth, he was head of R&D at Köflach and Dynafit, before setting up his own design studio in 1996. He has about 20 skiing related patents. The innovation appears to be a U shaped spring (the power string) that runs around the boot passing through the cuff rivets which they claim, ensures a progressive transfer of pressure to the edges when the boot is flexed.



They also plan to introduce a series of short carving skis 120cm – 150cm and have developed a simplified system of instruction "Carving in 2 hours".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oESpD5Rx_yA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U7vyWjWJNo&feature=colike

I doubt we will ever see rear entry boots again; they are simply too expensive to manufacture.

Dave Mac wrote: My Raichle are entering their 26th season, but I open them really wide, slide the foot in, and operate just one clip. OK, the soles are b*ggered.....

If you want to extend the life of the Raichles you could try rebuilding the soles using a 2 component polyurethane adhesive; such as Devcon Dev-Thane 5 it's about the same hardness as ski boot polyurethane.

Perhaps you should have used a thicker plate ':wink:'

Alex, there are already two ski boots on the market that address the issues you list.

The Freemotion carving boot from Austria at € 399



http://www.freemotion.cc/en/set1.html
http://www.proidee.de/?P=200610717&H=SHOPPING.COM

and the Apex ski boot from the US at $1295 (probably more than most people would like to pay)



http://www.apexsportsgroup.com/index.htm