J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by tino_11

I smoke, eat to richly, drink a little too much but never suffer from the cold. It needs to be 10 below with wind before I'll consider a hat. I'll only wear goggles when my tears freeze and judging by the whiff of my boots my feet don't suffer either. I'm with Wickkers on this one.

Dave Mac wrote:Without being too controversial to our less gifted friends, (Tino excepted), what about those boarders who make a turn, sideslip ten feet, think about making a second turn, and then sideslip another ten feet.

All good conditions for ice-making........

I missed this completely, and only in the interest of fair representation I have to agree ;) I still do this a little on a toeside turns on big steeps, heel side no issue, but in a complete reversal to my initial learning I hate looking up the hill on steeps. If it's really steep I'll take the toeside thro' 180 and ride heel side switch. This can clear snow quite effectively :oops:

Far Queue wrote: :D :D

I'm feeling your excitement with you Tino. Whatever board you take, I'm sure you are going to have a great time.

Cheers fella, I almost resent the days between now and then, how bad is that??

pavelski wrote:

- on flats ( at base, on traverse sections) be very careful

Pavel

Amen to that, I bought a board last winter with reverse camber and rockered tip and tail. Effectively the board is curved longitudinally from the centre and curved upwards/outwards at the edge of the traditional points of contact. Now on powder and happily on tracked out off-piste this is awesome as it's very hard to catch an edge. It even performs well at speed on piste, and given the curve from the centre especially well in moguls, but drop the speed, lose concentration for a second on a flat or try and use a surface lift and it's useless.

The packing is almost done barring deciding which board to take with me, it's not an easy decision to make. Trad camber and a little shorter, stiffer but with great all round performance especially on groomers, or something a wee bit bigger, rockered, cambered and made for powder. Whichever I take the other will be required, so maybe I should take the former and deal with it when it dumps snow )

Work on Thursday morning, 2 hours on train to Milan in the afternoon, a further hour to the airport, 2 hour wait, 2 hours to Madrid, 3 hour wait, 12.5 hours to Santiago, collect bags and 90 minute drive to resort. Given a good wind I'll be on the slopes by midday Friday :D

Still debating if we should take snowshoes to get some good backcountry, or just concentrate all our efforts of heliboarding later in the week. Limited to a single bag @ 23kg for the hold narrows the options a little. Snowboard boots aren't so bad for hiking up in unless it's knee deep, which unfortunately I doubt so late in the winter.

Passport secured, train fares booked, I'm more excited by this than anything for a long time. I'm going with no broken bones this time, so I am insured. Can't wait. Will do my best to keep you up to date with some pics of proceedings.

tino

Grizwald, when you book be sure to let us know so we don't ) No seriously, I assume you are from the Northeast flying from Newcastle. So how can I refuse. Just go to St. Anton and sod the cost. You won regret it.

I noticed this is in the France forum, and the only reason I reply is not to recommend big French resorts. Don't get me wrong, I like them but for the reasons you state I would chose Austria also.

SwingBeep wrote:Here is the document you need Tino http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/dangerous_goods/Documents/DGR52_Table23A.pdf you should get approval (in writing) before checking it in.

Cheers guys for all your help, I'm tempted to get one before I head to Chile, but the bank manager will have an episode :(