J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Timeforabeer

My kids (9 and 11) have reached the far ends of the ESI ratings and now most often enjoy just blasting around the mountain esp off-piste and doing jumps and so forth.

They're way too high octane for me and Mrs Time - they just get bored with our sedate pace down the reds, so while it's great to ski with them for a few hours each days (not to mention spring for a fat lunch).... Does anyone know of a ski school or company that offers more of a 'guiding' service for very competent skiers, as opposed to lessons? I'm looking for Europe, not N America.

Thanks for any pointers!!

As someone who was scared stiff in Cham on y second week ever skiing, I'd say there are plenty of better places to start. If I was handing out advice from experience, I;d say Les Gets and hook up with BASS to get you skiing - for god's sake don't book lessons with an ESF group.

There's a ton of snow everywhere so unless it gets very warm very soon you'll be fine

Thanks Trencher, good idea, scalpel at the ready...

Duh I should have started with the obvious candidates, eh?! Yes those resorts do look interesting - have you been? What are they like in relation to Champoluc - just been, as did you recently? Cheers

I went three years ago for a weekend. Wouldn't go back; Laax is very board-heavy, Flims is a bit dull, the skiing was pretty good - the Weisse Arena Gruppe do a good job on infrastructure and obv ploughing money in. But not terribly compelling as a total package.

Mrs T, who suffers from circulation probs, has some Therm-IC heated boo liners but she has snapped the connection at the boot-battery pack end. I've looked online but can't find spares - anyone know who sells them?

Thanks

Hi - looking for a catered chalet for a mixed group of kids, newbies, and intermediates in Italy for next Christmas. 8 people, sole use ideally (will consider bigger chalets)

Thx

The comment about skiing being counter-intuitive is spot on. You have to do things that you think will end in disaster, but it's the way forward.

Mrs Timeforabeer has been skiing for about 6 years now, starting when she was 39, and despite two ski trips a year and lots of personal tuition she is only really now (as in, Christmas and then last weekend) ditching the safety of the snowplough when initiating turns; she managed a tame, but long. black run this past weekend when a year ago she would have 'frozen' half way down. Getting confident, building rhythm, and spinning a lot of plates at once to get the technicals right is hard, but something I can relate to as I came to this great sport late.

Good tuition (in my experience, avoid any group larger than 6) is key for confidence and drilling home the odd things you have to do. Hope that helps.