Messages posted by : Trencher
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You might read throught the ski hardware, technique and chat forum archives as a lot of the discussion is generic.
Wrist guards mentioned above is good advice. Snowboard specific wrist guards are designed to go under gloves and are easier to use (dakine are good). Inline skate type are bulky and when worn over gloves catch snow which melts (esp. in spring) and soaks the gloves. I'm sure you will have fun Trencher |
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All this sounds like another very good reason to take ski vacations in the States. My experience with ski schools here has been very good (less the one mentioned above and that was at a small local hill, but my complaint was taken very seriousely and resolved).
At the big resorts the programs for kids are very profesionally run. Not only in terms of instruction, but also in thier whole approach to children. There is ofcourse no language problem. Most of the bunny hills now have "magic carpet" lifts, which are great, even for the smallest kids. Beginner runs are always served by real chair lifts, which are always slowed at an instructor's request for small kids. All day programs include lunch with the instructors. You would have no worries letting your eight year old kid take the chair lift on thier own as the lift queues are totally polite and organised, even at the busiest times. All this and it's cheap (atleast if you have sterling to spend). This and other threads are certainly putting a damper on my enthusiasm to ski in Europe Trencher |
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Does anyone ever complain to the resort ?, as in "I'm not comming back untill you do something about the lift queue". Instead of just accepting it as a fact of life, start rating resorts on how the lift lines/queues are set up and managed. This would certainly be a factor in my choice of destination. Trencher |
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76. littering under the lift (always seem to be rental poles).
77. Boosting the sale of P-tex sticks (poles under the lift that have been "groomed in"). 78. All kinds of uses in and around the lift station (the pieces of poles that have been retrieved from under the lift after they have been groomed in). Trencher |
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Some form of limited liability insurance could be included in the price of a lift ticket. An extra couple of dollars/pounds could provide a good cushion for the victim of an accident.
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KP ski, Glad you found this forum, to share your predicament with. It's something we all live in fear of and it looks like you touched a raw nerve in some of us. I'm sure we all wish we could help out if we were able.
Best of luck to you. I suggest we keep the general safety talk to Pavelskis new thread and leave this thread for KP ski to update us and for comments directly related to KP ski's situation. Trencher |
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Something I particularly do in the spring (or during any warm period), is not only look at the temperatures, but also at the humidity. This can make a huge difference to how slushy or dry the snow will be.
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good comments Pavelski.
It has always irked me that so little consideration is given to safety by so many people, the resorts and the rest of the industry. Like so many things these days, money makes the decisions. While local politicians are concerned for safety, bussinesses that attract people to an area are often protected. The ski area liabilty laws in the US demonstrate that. As Pavelski suggest though, this is so short sighted. Skiing and snowboarding are perceived by the general public as dangerous sports and the statistics support that belief. If these easily avoidable collisions were removed from the statistics, then skiing would look a great deal safer. Just the knowledge that the ski industry takes safety seriousely would help to allay the fears of potential skiers. In the case of motorcycles, goverments did get involved over the last thirty odd years, with restrictions, training requirements and safety campaigns. I think don't goverment will get involved in ski safety for the reasons I gave above. One problem is that people who are safety concious anyway will take note of the skiers resposibility code, but people who are not or are totally ignorant of the risk, treat the code like the small print on your ticket at a theme park. I'm sure many parents who drop thier kids off at a ski area believe they are doing just that, dropping them off at a theme park. The ski industry might not like it, but it's time for a safety campaign and it would look a lot better for them if they were coordinating it. It would be far better to have some proactive measures to increase safety, than laws like the Colarado law where having a collision through being out of control can be a criminal offence (goverment getting involved in a dumb way, as most people are ignorant of that law) Trencher |
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