J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Trencher

Some very sad people are blaming the poor workers (who will likely never get all their pay) for problems with their holidays booked with Skithe3v. Unbelievable that these people think it is the unpaid employees fault that that a big time con artist has gone bust.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Les-Menuires-7/135799119875601

First questions should be, what does she want to do? Does she have friends who snowboard?

I generally think that if you only get on the snow one week a year, skiing allows a fuller mountain experience sooner, with a faster progression to low intermediate skills. However there are exceptions and if she spends all her time in the local skateboard park at home, she might be one of those exceptions. With skiing, she can inline skate at home and be honing skills that that she can take to the mountains with her.

Another point to consider is that they no longer make step in snowboard bindings, so you will be waiting around on every run for her to strap in to a snowboard (kinda selfish, I know).

FWIW she may be taught to ski a different way to the way you learned, so you may need some lessons to know what she is trying to achieve.

A lot of people have tried to improve ski boot and failed. I saw these on sale new for sixty pounds.

All US hotels, condos, and chalets have free wifi. Very few exceptions.

Had a few lunches here http://www.deervalley.com/dining_shopping/snow-park-restaurant.html

Check out the photo gallery. Probably most of it cheaper than a regular hotel restaurant in the UK.

If I'm driving to Utah, Steamboat isn't too far out of the way :wink:

Dave Mac wrote:
Would that Trencher was there also!

Utah 13?

I always bring biscuits and candy back to the US from the UK. The customs guys have joked about us Brits and our British cookies, so I think I'm not the only one who stocks up chocolate digestives.

The US is not Europe, food is cheap. Do you have dietary restrictions you are concerned about? Half the fun of being overseas is eating what the locals eat. If you want suggestions, let me know.