Messages posted by : pavelski
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Charles,
As far as your insurance policy, I suspect that if you had insisted, I am sure you could have gotten your money. You are too nice. Many countries have "juries" or commissions that act as "judges" to cases like yours. Often I have three pairs of skis that I must use so I have major problem since , the skis are not mine ( just lent from ski companies) ! Here are some suggestions. 1. Never place your skis were all others are. 2. The "seperate" ski trick does not work since smart robbers will watch where you place them. 3.Never place skis near doors 4. Use locking racks 5 I have adapted my laptop security wire for skis. 6. Typically you ski with a group. Always have someone watch skis. The most important point is place you skis away from every other ski and at least 4 meters away from ski cottage closer to woods, fence or sno bank. In other works put it someplace where you must go "out of your way" to go to skis. Just yesterday I had to go in, but there were 50 adolescents milling about for a bus. I walked 30 seconds towards a snow park and placed then on a snow back. They stood out all alone. No crowds, no skiers and yes it would take a bold "robber" to walk over and then walk with skis isolated from crowd! You know what happened! 4 minutes after I placed these skis ( 2008 SL Model) a boy slowly walked over and casually looked at skis. It was so evident what he was thinking! Since the skis are all alone, he stood out from crowd! I called center manager and we watched as he picked up skis and casually walked alone to his car! Guess what we found in his car? 7 pairs of very expensive skis that skiers had not discovered that they were stolen! In conclusion; 1. Get some form of locked wire 2. Place skis away from others 3. Never hide skis, rather always have then in sight! Hope this helps you! PS. For you skiers that place your skis inside a locked car when you go to bar or disco, with skis in the $800 range the car windows will be smashed and.......... Pavel |
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Ilse,
You are so lucky since there are many greats skis waiting for you. Based on your information let us start with the easy answers. I would select a ski in the 160-165 range. A little background information if you do not mind. You mentionned two skis that I know very well, SL9 and Metrons. These two skis have very different "personalities" and it is revealing to know your impressions. The SL9 is a de-tuned racing slalom ski which is a "precision" ski, not allowing too much errors. This type of ski is not good for you now! The metron series are not well understood by most skiers so let us look into what this ski does! It is a "wider" ski ( not a fat ski for powder) and its best place to ski is soft groomed slopes with long easy turns! It feels a little more heavy than most skis due to its plate and wider core. I have the B5 model and is very very stable IN SOFT SNOW!! However in hard ice type snow you do not get grip you get with the SLs. I doubt that you want to ski on ice and steep runs!!!! You must decide! If you ski in well groomed runs with good base ( at least 5-10 cm. of soft base), then the metron series would be great. Since it is wider than "other' skis you can even go to 155 cm since the running surface of the ski is equal to a SL 9 165 cm. There are many excellent skis on the market and due to poor skiing season you will find great deals! Yes,, I would get a "women specific" ski due to soft tip and "forgiving" flex pattern. There are many of these and all are great. Just get best price! Typically such a ski sell for about $250 CND and about $200 US in North America! I can get a demo model used a few times for $150, so that should give you an idea what reasonable prices are! Hope this helps you! |
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Well I hope all of you were able to "burn" the ski bases! Great feeling to see the base bubble on a PRACTICE ski!
Hope you have all the files and ceramic sticks ready for serious work this week! I will wait four days until I get feedback from rest of class. Meanwhile I will be skiing on some skis on loan from various ski companies! Right now Dino is the one that seems to be the first candidate for the ski vices with his excellent ski burning base! A safety note here!!! Never touch the ski base if it bubbles! Never touch hot wax! Never touch Ptex when it is liquid! It hurt s! I know! |
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Welcome to this new sport New skier!
Do not listen to all the marketing messages!!! Here is my opinion on the issue! I wear googles to protect my eyes! I buy only double layered lenses and I only get tints for "flat light" or snowy conditions. The two tints that are great for me are; yellow and clear lenses. I have a pair of Bollé sun glasses that have 10 lenses which I can change at any time. Once it gets warmer or the sun is out the Bollés are on since they are 99% UV protection! You really need googles when it snows, when it is very cold and when you ski very heavy powder! Do not buy cheap or generic googles since your sight is very important. Always keep googles in special "bag" to protect lenses. Never but never keep googles on hat or tuque while skiing or in chalet. You will discover why the first time your ski down. Hope this helps you! |
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Salski,
Thank you for the comments. The girls are working hard on this form and really having a "fun" time improving on the male form! It will be a hit. You are so right about going skiing with the girls. My wife was not a really fanatic skier like me until I gave her a surprise gift to go to a ski camp! I had a new women skier! She gets up at 5 AM even in poor cold weather and is in the car before me. She now races in the women's circuit and even "stole" my racing SL World Cup skis!! Every year now she goes "with the girls" to an unknown ski resort and all I know we men get no information about the week, except for smiles , giggles and blanck stares! Pavel |
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Julian,
Why I asked you to check the DIN value is that my Rossignol technical manual does not list a Axium 70. The lowest model I have listed is Axium 100! Then I have an Axium JR. Pro Race with DIN of 3-10. Where did you buy units? Do you have a information booklet or chart for units? If in doubt go back to store and make sure there is no safety issue! DO NOT USE junior models!!!!! |
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Julian,
In regards to your concern, could you please specify the DIN range you have on the units? This is done by checking the scale range on the front or back of the bindings. Typically you will have two figure such as 3/10. or 3-10, 310. Then I will check my charts to see if you fall within the recommended settings. I doubt if ski shop staff would sell you bindings that do not respect your body type and skier level. |
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After posting the permission form to ski with the boys, I received many "calls" to include a similar form for women. Seems many women want to ski "with the girls" and would love to present such a form to husband/boyfriend/lover.
We are working on it with a team of female tour organizers! They are having lots of fun creating a form that I am sure will beat all male forms! Stay tuned. * But first we have to send this form to the site administrators since the ladies really made this "form" very but very thought provoking! Hope it passes the site staff! |
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