J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Dave Mac

Oh they do! We have our season passes on Swatches. When my ski buddy, Mel inadvertantly wore his wife's watch, as he went through the gate, the liftie knocked on the window, and called out.... "Margaret"!!!!!

Ski passes are non-transferable. A season pass will normally have a passport style photo, if not on the pass, appearing on the lifties screen as you pass through, There are other identifications linked to the epic pass, ID and DOB.

That is quite a chance for someone to take, especially since the pre-season offer is still open.

Having said that, the epic is a great value pass, ~ IF you buy your own..... :twisted:

Swingbeep, what a good video. It felt like the essence of skiing. Even the stops were due to the goggles being snowed over!

NellyPS wrote:

andyoneil wrote: it was "race prepped" and thus a little quick for us mortals

What does that actually mean? How can they make the snow quicker? (apart from turning it to actual ice)

That'sexactly what they do. The old method was to water te course and get the Austrian Army wallahs to side slip down the course. Now they use chemicals.

Snapzzz wrote:174

But it really depends on the Ski, not all behave in the same manner and long skis can ski shorter than the stated length.

Powerful point, Snapzzz.

I am happy to ski any ski length, 140 to 210. Some adjustments in technique required!

andyhull wrote:Quality rather than quantity!

Nah, Andy, you could have added a couple of inches for the ski boots and the same again for the ski hat, plus an inch for doubt, ~ no skier ever carries atape measure with them!

It is a good question, young Andy. The thoughts still go through my mind ~ of course they do. Nowadays for changing reasons ~will my knees be OK?
I always pick a steep drop off, and point straight downhill. After 2 turns, I check the births and deaths columns. If all Ok, I press on.
Result, iNNit?

brooksy wrote:

Dave Mac wrote:My boss,head instructor Franz, if asked by the Saturday arrivals, "when is it going to snow?" ~ would glance to the west, and then say quite confidently "Wednesday morning", before pausing to add, "about ten o'clock"

Along came Wednesday, bright sunny day, everyone having a chuckle at Franz, when, it started to cloud over, then started to snow at 9.55am. Suddenly, he's a weather god.....

So even he cant get it right -)

Right, Brooksy, :cry:, on the other hand,it was five minutes extra, could have been worse!