J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by piste2powder

bandit wrote:Piste2powder, do you represent the office for the local ESF Syndicat?

Hey Bandit, No I don't and would not ever work for the ESF. Its just good to hear that people have enjoyed lessons with an esf instructor,that is a bit of a rarity

Hi snowplough

Thanks for the comments, its good to hear you had a goog instruction from most of the instructors at ESF L2A. You are also right in saying that they are specially chosen for Mark Warner. they do try harder when a large contract is at stake.

Hi there, if you have had ski instruction in les 2 alpes and you can remember the name of the instructor, then please rate them here.

Tell us the name of the instructor, the date, what you were working on and how it went. Also if you could give a quick description of what type of skier you are.

This can then be a good reference guide for people wanting recommendations.

We look forward to your input. Thanks.

[Please restrict replies to positive recommendations - thanks, Da Admin Man]

adh is only 200m at the village l2a has a better snow record as it has europes largest skiable glacier

Hi Svalvoi, Zermatis certainly very popular and a great ski/board area, however in my opinion it has lost its old world charm, it is now quite modern and very expensive. it is also about 3+hrs by car, but it does have a glacier and as you are going early (dec) i would recomend choosing somewhere with a glacier to guarentee the snow. other resorts which are about 2hr 30mins away are sass fee in switzerland, or tignes / les deux alpes in france. hope this has helped you to narrow down the search.

The place you have been searching for does exist and it is well within your reach. only 1hr 30mins from grenoble ideal for flight or train, 220km of piste, guarenteed snow, europes largest glacier, and linked with La Grave, probably the best off-piste in europe. Oh yeh not to mention the great night life many many hotels plus being one of the cheapest large french resorts. Have you guessed where it is yet. but off course its LES DEUX ALPES. All you have stated you will find there, on of europes meccas for off piste, one of the best snow records. check it out.

Hey Vladiator. Don't think its past you going off piste, grab a lesson or two to learn how to change your skiing to enable you to ski off piste better then go for it and enjoy.
Well to answer you question about which ski to buy, it will really depend on not only what you ski but also how you ski and even how tall and heavy you. These days if you mainly ski piste but would like to go off piste you can get skis that have a piste sidecut (quite turny)but is a little bit wider under foot giving you better floatation. generally an all mountain ski in lenght should come upto around your forehead. if you look on many ski manufacture sites a lot of them have ski selectors. you enter you info and it will tell you which ski is suitable.
If I had too choose a ski for you a ski which I like and is both great on and off piste is the salomon lord, great edge holding on piste, slight rocker and wide enough under feet to perform well in powder.
Hope that has helped.

Right then I know I am posting a little late but after reading this I beleive I should try and settle this. First of all white pass turns are used to get away from the old school habbit of just using one ski and lifting the inside ski around. it helps to get the feeling of keeping the inside ski down, the result being you can start to ski using both skis better not just the inside (its an exersise only) the ability to start a turn on the inside is a useful skill, but I don't beleive it should be used until advanced to expert level. When starting out the most important thing is to learn how to balance over the new/outside ski. so to sum up learn better balance first on the new/outside ski then start to feel the inside ski, as you progress you can start to feel the inside ski more, but realisticaly you don't want to be using the inside more (for most skiers, experts can as Bode has proven, but Bode has also proven it dosn't work all the time)progressing to use TWO skis better with give you more grip better presure control and so giving you more control with less effort.

The thing about crossing ski's, this happens more due to rotation into the turn of the upper body and not really which ski you are using to initiate the turn.

I hope this has helped and welcome any feedback.