J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Iceman

Cheers Cem. Rivington Alpine is about 10 miles from my house so just a stone's throw. I will give them a bell and get over there.

Will it be a case of him looking at them and then maybe doing to somewhere like Chill Factor to see if there is an improvement - or are they likely to be able to look at them and then improve knowing the likely problem?

I imagine it is best that I go after the pain has subsided? I still have a slight pain & lack of sensation - last day I skied was Friday.

Icy is off out for the evening soon, so I thought I would get this in while I can still see straight and the red wine has not been spilt down my dinner jacket & shirt :shock:

I hope all fellow J2skiers a great evening whatever you are doing. May we all have a nice snowy season and have great time racing down those slopes by whatever means of transport you choose to use :D

Adders - Good job for keeping us on the straight and narrow in 2012. Keep us the good work in 2013 :thumbup:

AllyG - well done in organizing the J2 ski trip. I, amongst others, thought it would not happen. Great job. Have a blast :thumbup:

All the others - thanks for the banter & advice.

Have a good one all, see you on the other side

Here we all come 2013 - get ready!!

Iceman :D

Tony - 5 years equates to about 12 weeks on different conditions, so I don't think 2 days skiing will show something that the previous 12 weeks has not.

Trencher - I use boot dryers to dry them out at night. Could this cause the problem~?

I have had my Salomon X-Waves for about 5 seasons with no problems. They have custom foot beds and when purchased them the liners were customized too.

This year I faced horrendous pain in them. So much so that I had to finish at 2.30pm one day and head off to the local intersport to get them looked at. The chap there spent a very long time looking at my boots asking how I buckle them up and all that good stuff.

I am suffering from pain in my left foot. The pain starts where the toes join the foot (underneath) and then continues to the front of my toes. IT is like someone is standing on them. When I take the pressure off my foot and what feels like the blood flows back I get in horrendous pain.

The chap inserted a small heel lift and said that if that did not work the shell at the toe end may need blowing.

I went away the next day (xmas day) and skied half a day. Pain had not gone. The only way to reduce the pain was to wear normal everyday socks. My usual ski socks are thin, but no where near as thin as my 'work socks'.

I dont want to have to continue wearing my work socks skiing as they are a bit short!

Is blowing the toe area the solution here or is there anything else?

Does anyone know of people in the North of England that may be able to help out?

Icy is back - started the monster washing activity :( :evil:

Roll on March 2013 ;)

AllyG wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:20 ......... :lol:

Glad you managed the high level maths involved in working this out, Ian :)

Congratulations :thumbup: :wink:

I hope Icy is enjoying his ski holiday, and he didn't have too much trouble going through customs :wink:

This thread seems awfully quiet without him popping up every 5 minutes to remind us all how many days he has to wait :(

don't worry. i am watching from a far!

day 1 done. great day. early nightfor more tomorrow. :-)

Adders, my email snow report is empty today :-(

I got excited, scrolled down and it was nowhere to be seen! :cry:

packed up. 17.5kg inc all xmas presents and some wine. :thumbup:

peeing down here!!

Changed my mind. Can i go on the countdown list now ;-)