J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by tino_11

Dave, your question could be answered 2 ways and I'm not sure which way you want??

If the question is why I chose to engage in skiing or snowboarding regardless of which one of those I do, the I would say it's the freedom it affords. Whilst sliding down a chalenging bit of mountain at a healthy speed, one can simply tune everything out and and engage in something totally and purely for the sake of itself.

If the question is why I settled on snowboarding, then I would have to say it is the minimalist nature of it which attracts me. I tend to snowboard "light", and if I cant get it in my pockets I dont need it, so its just me and the board which also helps with the explanation above.

Either way I wish it would start snowing!! Similar to Goff, this weekend last year I woke up to 80cm of new snow at resort level @ Hintertux and had a fabulous 3 days riding (despite forgetting my insurance)

Tony_H wrote:

Dave Mac wrote:

That's ma gal Bandit!

So on Thursday in the Land Rover, we had:
Me & OH in the front seat
New Guide Dog, in dog cage, + several bags of tools in the back seat.
Two other GDs in the tail, one mine, plus one boarder.
A ton of building materials on the trailer

That doesn't happen every day, but it occurs 2/3 times a month. Also, good on snow, and when driving in fields.

I just can't see me doing this in a VW polo.

It wasn't Tino was it?

took me a while to figure out if you were calling me a dog or a tool?!?!

appreciate the clarification 8)

bandit wrote:

NellyPS wrote:

tino_11 wrote: 7 or 8 après ski cheekies followed by a swim, a nap poolside then a nice meal is more my style . Followed by good coffee, a peaty single malt and maybe a wee dance at the club.

Isn't that a tad dangerous? I'd drown if I drank that much and went swimming.

I do believe that Tino puts in quite a few hours in training for this element of his sport!

Not sure if he can swim though )

......good point Bandit, I should clarify: Swim = Getting wet in a pool, for the love of goodness, how does one manage breaststroke or crawl with a Mojito???

And some Gin.

Man, I miss all the fun :(

I would have picked:

1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
1, 1

I would like Alaska and a Helicopter if you guys win.

Trencher, I'm in the Twin Cities my Euro is getting me enough Dollars to upgrade from Bombay to Hendricks gin this evening ;)

I wanna go #%?!•¥ snowboarding. The rest of everything us particulary crap right now.

Lessons: slow way to gain moderate confidence and decent skill.

Beer: fast way to gain supreme confidence and get back to the bar to help make you think you have skill.

Fractured skull and broken coller bone: excellent method by which to unstich your bad habits and learn to get through a week without hitting the deck once by doing it properly.

I tried all 3 ......

• option 1 lasted 45 minutes
• option 2 lasted 3 years
• option 3 will hopefully last a lifetime

I'm sure I will stray occasionally mind :)

Well this thread was more entertaining than I anticipated.

Back to the German, 'stimmt' alone would suffice, translating as 'agreed'.

I am a great believer in efficiency, hence my fervent mistrust of turning.