J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Dave Mac

Ok Dave, here is a good site, detailing all the courses in Tirol, this coming Autumn/winter.
http://www.snowsporttirol.at/index.php?id=termine

If you choose a possibility, then click on Anmelden this will show you the costs of the course, then course plus lift pass, then course, lift pass and hotel.

calgr2013 wrote: If you wear orthopaedic inserts in your shoes should you put them in your ski boots? Or are there specific inserts for ski boots?

I have orthopaedic insoles. Due to running over 20,000 miles as a runner, and something towards 200 weeks of skiing, I developed fascia plantar, or flat feet.

I put one pair of insoles in my ski boots at the start of winter, and they stay there until April.

On the other hand, my boots, although really good boots are a little long in the tooth.

Were I to be buying now, I would almost certainly buy footbeds. Also, I would almost certainly drive the 350 miles, (each way), to CEM's boot business.

Hi boo_jay,
Top man, you are planning to turn a great dream into a reality! I'm sure you will enjoy the experience.

Good advice from Ski Girl ~ (who is a lovely skier). Sepp would be a good start point, and he is on FB. If that doesn't work for you, am happy to get in touch with Sepp and check he is happy for me to give you his mobile number.

You are almost certainly going to need to qualify for the Anwärter. For this, you will need to take a course in Austria, The course is in German, so you will need to be reasonably fluent. I don't think the free skiing is too big an issue. the focus is on teaching.

Generally, you might be expect the course to be 10 to 14 days.

In Tirol, there are courses based around the Kitzbuhel area, normally, I think Kirchberg.

I have heard that courses in Salzburgerland are a bit more English speaking friendly ~ possibly with course material being in English, and German lessons. But you have to bite the bullet, because all testing will be conducted in German.

You may get a surprise on the course~ sometimes there are big skier names on the course staff!
You have raised an interesting subject. I will message some of my teacher friends, to find out more.

iSki Mag wrote:LOL I guess so. I never even looked at the dates of the other post.

Although it is still a relavant thread.

Correct. Well done for having a go. No doubt you are aware of Neil doing Ready Racer mag ~ he covers a range of skiing, where racing is the main content.
For many years I have felt there is a gap in the market for a magazine for beginners and for intermediates trough to experienced skiers ~ not racers, not hot shot freestylers, not guys upside down, 20 ft in the air, (although to be fair, I have been there, I just did not intend to be)
So good on you, I wish you well. J2ski has a good range of the skiing fraternity, where you may see a wide range of views and abilities.

Admin wrote:
How long do you think you'll keep skiing?

I plan to ski on my 100th birthday (planning a long way ahead before anyone starts... :lol: )

Oh Admin, this distinctly lacks ambition. What about Hermann Smith Johannsen? He skied in his 109th year, and died in his 111th year.
Man up!

Hi Ryjax, welcome to J2ski.
I am pretty sure the nearest snowsport area is Feldberg, about a 50 minute drive from Freiburg.

The height range is 950m to 1450m. Unfortunately, there is limited machine snow cover, so you will need a bit of luck with early favourable conditions.
Even worse for you is that most of the uplift is draglifts!

Looks like a smart move, doesn't have a big cost for the companies, and offers good consumer benefits. Of course the first move just had to come from the USA.

I have bought season passes for the last 10 years. On some of those years, just being in resort for 2 weeks would have paid for the pass. Skiing for 5 to 7 weeks a year brings the pass usage cost down to a low level.
Early on it was just the Wildschönau pass, then the Kitzbuhel AllStar pass, and last season the Tirol season pass.

This idea of "twinning", could surely migrate, rather in the way that Cities, then towns, then villages do. (Mostly to get free jollies for councillors, I might add. OK, call me am old cynic if you will)

So, why not more lower level ski resort twinning?

Was it a black run?