J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by mfc

http://www.salomon.com/uk/#/ski/helmets/helmets/venom . G/friend got this yesterday in black to go with her new black jacket and new black salos :shock: Its got detachable badges on it :x Its a fashion thing and got a logo :evil:

Helmet must feel comfortable and if you tip yor heed upside down it must stay on.

My helmets blue which goes with my blue eyes and my long blonde flowing hair. :mrgreen:

caron-a wrote:

andyhull wrote:In our groups (usually about 30 per trip) most now wear helmets. About 6 years ago it was just one or two, but every year more have bought one. I reckon this winter we'll only have one or two not wearing them.

As for all children having to wear them, I totally agree. Though when snow is involved I think the term 'children' should include all in the 1-101 age bracket. :wink:

In our group of 27 I am the first adult to consider/buy a helmet. Then again, I'm the only one to have had a bad accident which may have something to do with it.
It's all up to the inidividual at the moment...

My better half fell in France skiing and the ear piece on the helmet broke because her head hit the hard packed snow so hard. Could of been alot worse if she wasnt wearing it and now helmets tend to be a safe fashion a accessory.

G/friend just bought a new lid yesterday, weve been wearing them for 3 years now.
I dont buy into the idea that a lid gives me a false sense of security, so i go out of my comfort zone, i wear it as i cannot help what other people do or what state they could be in.

Just about to ring and pay for our holiday for the 5 of us. Its not just the holiday though its some thermals for the kids and gloves, goggles and having lessons every 2 weeks at Kendal for the kids (get them cheap though).

Feeling ill already :cry:

Add my new skis which i will be getting some time soon, glasses and goggles from the snow show, G/friend going nuts and buying anything which had a logo on it and its really a tidy sum we shelled out.

Add Selva in March and well, its a very lot of money :(

No not at that standard but i did say I was a good intermediate who wanted to progress to advanced and wanted skis that would move with me.

The Recon are to expensive, its the K2 Apache i was shown. Where can you test last years skis? suppose i could ask at C Factore if they have test days.

bandit wrote:mfc, the salesman was quite right about the twin tips effect, you will lose ski length as it's turned up and not in the snow.
K2's are a heavy ski, and Recons's would not be my suggestion for a 1st time purchase, but what do I know :lol:

The Sidewinders are a fair price, Nevisport has then with a Marker 12 binding for £315.

http://www.nevisport.com/catdetail-9-catdetail1_id-151-catdetail2_id-552-product_id-811011

Hard work this ski choosing lark innit )

So what your saying is if i got K2 skis at 170 they would really be a 163 or 164? I wont be getting the Recons at £500 however my O/ half fell in love with them, weird really she practically purred over them :roll: Even said shed help pay for them.... I feel im going to get shafted for something soon )

Went to look at some skis yesterday. Went to 2 shops, the 1st shop a teenager recomended some skis which apparently "ripped the piste up" and "arced like a bi$*h" :shock: and had a "doudy" picture on the ski. :x I left!

The 2nd said Id ski well on the K2 Apache Recon, Head Peak 70, Scott aztec, Salomon tornado Ti all over £400. The best would be K2 Apache and the most expensive at £500 :shock: and they can also do the ironing etc so the bloke in the bloody expensive shop said so it must be right :evil:

So i explained what i wanted and its my 1st ski etc so off he goes and 10 seconds later produces a K2 Apache Sidewinder which is last years ski at £300 with bindings. I ski on a 170 but this ski apparently ticks all my boxes but its a 177. Now i will try and explain his theory about the size, here goes.... The skis where i ski have a rounded tip but the tail is flat but these K2s are rounded at either end so the bloke in the expensive shop says if you cut of the bit (not literally) on the tail which is rounded it would be a 170 :?: wtf!!!!! By this time my heads battered and my other half has bought a bloody helmet :evil:

Again im on about buying some skis. I have not got a clue where to start. Did you test your skis first or just pot luck by reading up on them and hope they were ok on you? Theres loads of differnt makes and for what i want just about every make does apparently what Id like it to do.

Im 6ft2 or 3 and 14 stone. I use 170s at Kendal. I like to cruise the piste with my better half then when she has a break Im off to push myself as much as possible. Im at the better end of intermediate but want the skis to be good for advanced as thats my aim. Id also like to try some off piste at some stage.

Any ideas? Next week i will probably visit some ski shops but would like to have an idea of what i would like and what people are trying to sell me.