J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by ise

not really keeping up with this, but if it helps to get an idea of our prices....

yesterday I had the excellent plat de jour at the Grimentz self service (roast pork in an apple sauce, haricot vertes in little bundles wrapped with a piece of bacon, Gratin Dauphinois and ratatouille) for 19.- chf. A coffee would be about 3.5 chf. The plat de jour is generally good value, a good meal and better value than sandwiches or snacks IMHO.

Tapps wrote:Bandit, i have had about 14/15 weeks of skiing
i am quite fit as play alot of sport
and from my snow and rock catalouge, rate myself at 7 8)

I don't think you've got the hang of internet skiing yet :lol: You need to either say you're a 9 or 10 otherwise say you're a 2 or 3 in a knowing, ironic, self deprecating way that's designed to suggest you're really an 11 :lol:

JamesH1972 wrote:
Some shops seem intent on trying to sell me lined cargo style trousers? do I really need these for non ski days?

no, you can always use the HH base layers under normal trousers. Sounds like you're all set, the buff is a great idea though.

I would be jealous but I live here (just keeping with the theme) :D ) )

You many find you don't need crampons, at the moment it's cold enough here that ice isn't forming and we've just got packed snow. It needs to be a little warmer to melt some snow and have it refreeze to get really icy.

RossF wrote:The more money you want to make, the more qualified you have to be.. my tip would be to keep working and work your way through the ranks on your holidays then go for it when you are a bit more qualified and can earn more money from the off.

Just my thoughts, I am sure someone else will be different.

I think that's right on the money, so much that I've given up getting any more ski instructor qualifications. There's too many people getting them now and too many people prepared to work in gap years or on sabbaticals for peanuts that it makes rates too low and careers non-existent. I think BASI and CSIA are starting to do good work in making their qualifications more professional but they're still not quite there at this time, but you can't change things overnight.

bandit wrote:

Maybe, except that it's cheaper to get a stay in the Caribbean, broadly speaking. Though if you wanted to book Necker Island I expect it would cost more than your average Verbier 4* over New Year :D

there you go, it seems I'm not one of the international jet set then :lol:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Yes, I agree with that comment there is that feeling out there, I don't think the ski industry will feel the crunch till next season. Thats why I am concerned about the increased prices in the early bird brochure's it smells of burying you head in the sand syndrome, all it will do is to delay booking to hold out for a bargin :cry:

The article quotes Gstaad and Verbier, I did wonder if some of the people who might have gone to the Caribbean or something switched to the cheaper option of a ski holiday.

Neiltoo wrote:
What I understood from Ise's post was that modern carving skis are designed to carve. Balance on the ski and it will do all the work for you.

I did :D or at least most of the work and certainly set you off the right way. It's a pretty low input thing, pistes here are empty and hard pack right now which makes carving the right technique for the day currently.

RossF wrote:My knowledge of physics extends beyond what you are giving me credit for Mr Mac. I said the appropriate force not that the force applied be the same for each ski assuming all the other variables (velocity, angulation, gradient of slope etc) remain constant. I believe it was quite clear in my earlier post that the force required to engage either radius would be required to be different.

Exactly. And more than that, the shape of ski allows it to form a turning arc with very little pressure, as opposed to an older ski which required rather more force to carve, as Mr Elling discussed in his book :

http://books.google.com/books?id=U_w8rVNwCREC&pg=PA131&lpg=PA131&dq=carving+ski+old+straight+skis&source=web&ots=m4PB-1a01s&sig=Isb4bl0lHD8rvezLH7jhwfYrtZ0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result