Is it worth buying my own Equipment?

Why use Easyjet or Ryanair is carrying Skies etc. Swiss Air and Brit Airways carry your skies for free (ish). Return for me LHR to Geneva rtn £167 over half term including 23kgs, skies etc and 8kg hand baggage. Loads for a week ....or two -)

Swiss - free ski carriage - brilliant! BA - will take ski bag as your allowance (stuff your bag with clothes) and use your hand luggage to carry the rest. Easy, no need to go near RyanAir or EasyJet.

I fly from Bristol so Easy jet are about the best option for me. A return flight to Geneva from Bristol in Jan cost me about £80 and that included luggage, if I dropped the luggage and took a board I may be paying close to £100 but that's still not bad?

Id rather eat my own fingers than fly with Ryan air.

I think ill invest in a good pair of boots as you all said and maybe look at a second hand board in the summer, then buy something nice when I improve. I don't want to be "all the gear no idea" Ill just stick to "no idea" for a while :) Ive never wished for the summer be over and done with so much in my life!

Thanks everyone

Oh no, not the ski carriage thread again.....



Innsbrucker comments about people who always make me laugh - "all the gear/no idea" we say.

I can't help cracking up at the people who parade about in their top branded gear, helmets on, shiny poles and skis, beautiful looking boots, £300 goggles.......and well you know the rest......



Anyway, I digress.

I think the OP needs to decide whether to ski or board, and then get some decent footwear before considering planks/board as I found I bought skis when I was a developing intermediate and soon out performed them, and had to replace them with something else a few ski weeks down the line. I'd say rent until you get good enough to warrant having your own skis/board, and even then I think you need to be going at least a couple of times a season to really get the benefit of your own skis. Otherwise renting can be well priced depending on where you go, and it gives you the chance to try different hardware out as well.