J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Ian Wickham

bandit wrote:Wickers you might have a point about having them on the wrong way round. A friend told me recently about his mate managing to ski a couple of runs on some B2's with them on backwards :lol:

Don't worry too much about it though, at your age there are bigger issues in life )

shazzo wrote:
I must have been very fortunate because where ever I've been someone has stopped very quickly and helped me to retrieve poles, skis, sunglasses etc. - luckily I have only had small tumbles and not hurt myself, and more importantly have never taken anyone else out with me. (Well only my daughter (then 20!) once, and she just stood there watching me slide very slowly in to her!)

Perhaps ski schools should teach people how to fall over - I think sometimes people career out of control and causes damage to themselves and others as they are afraid of falling instead of committimg to a safe tumble early on in the process.

With more and more skiiers on the pistes dare I also suggest some form of test and licence system?!

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Ian Wickham wrote:Here's another tip from the wickers book of skiing, when all's not well Swop your skis over :thumbup: :thumbup:

How does that work then Wickers?

Especially as some skis are "handed" when they come out of the factory :mrgreen: :D

Then why don't they mark them, just like that Irish comedians wellie boots, can't think of his name :evil:

They do, put your reading glasses on :lol:

Not on my skis, I used to have a sticker from a ski service shop that I used and I always used to know that was my right ski but in Adelboden it came off, I'm off to the garage to check I'll be back :wink:

Right, just taken little W to school checked the skis no left or right, Check date, no not april the 1st , I'm contacting Fischer to demand why my skis ain't marked L & R :mrgreen:

Not only are some skis made "handed" by the factory, some have a different internal structure for left and right edges.
I'm assuming that your Fischer's don't have that either :D

AllyG wrote:Eljay,
That's odd, I have exactly the opposite problem. I can formulate sentences fine, as long as I know the vocab or have a dictionary, but I am really bad at understanding what French people are saying. And I can read French pretty well, but they speak too fast for me, and I can't separate out the words. I am best communicating by e-mail :lol:

Ally

AllyG wrote:Out of interest, I have checked the prices for next Feb half-term, 13th Feb, to see if Bulgaria is still the cheapest.

I used Inghams ski on the internet, for no particular reason, but I didn't want to check all of the Travel Agents. And I was particularly picking a mainstream travel agent, because I think people on their first ski holiday are probably more likely to use these. It's only later that people start designing their own holiday.

I checked their prices to Bulgaria, France, Austria, Italy, Romania, Andorra, and Slovenia. I looked at half-board hotels, flying from London airports, 2 adults and 2 children.

Bulgaria was still the cheapest, but not by much, so I think the argument for going there because it is the cheapest is getting weaker. I have no idea why France was so frightfully expensive with Inghams - unless I've made a mistake (only too possible!). Of course I didn't include all the extras, like ski passes etc., this might make a difference to the rankings.

Ally

Bor hotel, Borovets, Bulgaria = £607 p.p.
Hotel Bradul, Poiana Brasov, Romania = £681 p.p.
Aparthotel Xalet Besdi, Arinsal, Andorra = £685 p.p.
Hotel Spik, Kanjska Gora, Slovenia = £724 p.p.
Hotel Gruberhof, Igls, Austria = £768 p.p.
Hotel Sciatori, Tonale, Italy = £819 p.p.
Hotel Excelsior, Chamonix, France = £991 p.p.

Pablo Escobar wrote:We haven't addressed the biggest language gulf between Scotland and England.

acarr wrote:I'm ok with holiday-level French and German, but I luuuve how our Austrian instructor spoke English. It was very cute :wink:
Allie

amanda n wrote:lol, the town area was very nice mrs w would enjoy that, appears to be great night life and from reading reports but not actually ski-ing there just near to it cant see it being a problem.

but someone is bound to dis-agee give it time