J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by julietP

ise wrote:

Hamish Macbeth wrote:
I agree with you, snow-related fiction isn't that easy to find.

I don't know, ski forums are full of it )

Briliant.

Do you two know each other? You're like a comedy duo, your exchanges do make me laugh!

That's really helpful. Do they take bookings for odd days or are they a sat-sat place?

looking for a short break in early jan (3rd onwards). Want to show my OH the delights of the ice bar, scotland yard and the likes (oh and film him falling down the hari kari )) ...

want to be staggering distance from town...

please let me have full booking sites of any nice B&B's.

cheers

That's great - thanks for the help.

I wonder if anyone can help with what may be an obvious quesiton. We are taking the kids skiing for the first time this year (age 10 and 14 at time of travel) and I wondered if their ski hire is the same price as adult ski hire? I can't seem to get this information from the ski set website...

Many thanks

Lynn_D wrote:

freezywater wrote:

Tony_H wrote:

caron-a wrote:

Lynn_D wrote:My skis are propped up in our living room at present due to lack of space elsewhere. We are just about to start an extension on our house so space is at a premium – we have a full bathroom suite, tiles and grout in the conservatory and a shower, two radiators, lights, paint and bathroom taps in the living room (along with my riding gear and my husband’s cycling kit) so they don’t really look too out of place… :roll:

you've got skis after one trip? blimey, you are keen!

.....or a natural

or loaded :roll:

Keen – definitely have a ‘skier A attitude’ according to Pavel’s ‘classification’ … (nothing else would have persuaded me to do some of the bizarre exercises I was told to, which strangely enough, worked every time…..) :roll:
A natural – I really don’t think so (you’d have to ask my instructor, but unlikely…) :?:
Loaded – I wish…. )
Just figured it would be better to have my own kit and get used to it rather than hiring each time.

And PS, I think red runs and paralelling on your third day makes you a natural. On my second week skiing ever (having only been on 2 red runs in my first week and 'paralelling' and swearing through those two) I went for beginners lessons again the second time but thought I'd go for the 4week plus category to speed up my learning as I was the best in my first week classes - most of the second week group had been for six weeks and were awful - I gave up the lessons after 2 days, having paid for a weeks worth and skiied on my own.

My boyfriend (a natural skiier in every way) was not impressed with the results. Having given up on my lessons, I was still not advanced enough to do the blacks and the jumps with my boyfriend and mates so I 'taught' myself to really improve my technique that week.... on my own. I apparently picked up so many bad techniques teaching myself that I can only regret not getting 121 lessons straight away.

Anyway, I'm still skiing and I'm still trying to catch him up.. but that's all part of the fun.

Lynn_D wrote:My skis are propped up in our living room at present due to lack of space elsewhere. We are just about to start an extension on our house so space is at a premium – we have a full bathroom suite, tiles and grout in the conservatory and a shower, two radiators, lights, paint and bathroom taps in the living room (along with my riding gear and my husband’s cycling kit) so they don’t really look too out of place… :roll:

Does your husband have a road bike and does he find cycling helps his skiing?