J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by bandit

Hi Greg, welcome to J2ski :D

You sure about your destination? There's not much skiing there, and no nightlife. You may as well head for Verbier, you have to pass the turn off on the motorway. :D

Not sure if there are any sales on yet in Switzerland, and the exchange rate is much less favourable than a year ago. I am reliably told that in Zinal a pair of Movement Black Rose with Marker Baron bindings is on sale at CHF 1100. In the UK the ski is £379, and the binding £209.

You will however be passing a large Stockli store at Vevey on the way from Geneva :D

Good luck with the return trip )

Pabs what can I say but....

Ooooh, nice :D :D :D

Envy 8)

OldNevada wrote:Good News! The fella that sold me his Nordica Dobermanns fished a pair of not used much Marker 1200's out of his quiver. Yeaozzzza! :D

Result :thumbup:

Pablo Escobar wrote:You don't want an influx of Scottish folk in Zinal, your continued ski-porn will make that a reality for you :lol:

Pabs These photos were not taken in Zinal )

BTW Your countrymen have already made it to the valley, as there are pure breed Highland cattle in the village of Fang :D

ise wrote:

I don't know but the last person, in fact the last two people, who skied into me were children, in both cases the parents didn't tell the children off and just literally laughed it off, the children certainly didn't get any learning experience from it.

It's your magnetic personality. Irresistably, folks of all ages are drawn to you. I expect in this case they bounced off, and the parents never even considered that you might have been injured :shock:

Slopes look good, what were the conditions like?

Senile? It's the St-Luc Effect I reckon. ISTR a while back, you getting to St-Luc and realising you'd forgotten your boot liners. It seems to be catching as well. The both of you clearly need a laminated list ) If you do one for David, could you put my photo and name on it, as he forgot who I was when I spoke to him last, so you could be right with your initial assessment.

Reads like the both of you need to spend an hour sorting out your kit :lol:

AJ wrote:Does this mean that the state will get the 33,000 and the family a paltry 5,000.Not that any amount of money will bring back those children`s mother, But in IMO its a meager amount to pay. No doubt this amount of money to a politician is nothing but small change,I think he`s got off lightly.

I have to agree with Bandit in that people`s respect for other piste user`s is slowly diminishing,Or am i now more aware of it now i have children.
Of cause there are going to be unavoidable accident`s or incident`s, But when it boil`s down to being just total reckless it`s not on.
Be aware of other skier`s and stay safe and most of all have FUN.

AJ Adele

I also think he got off lightly. I would love to know the circumstances that led to the collision. I think 5000 Euros compensation is an insult to the family of the dead woman.

Incidences like this I think, will inevitably lead to legislation that will impact all slope users. It might be a blanket helmet law*, or proficiency testing, or perhaps mandatory 3rd party liability insurance.

*Insurers are already paying close attention. Back in 2005, I was asked to state if I was wearing a helmet, on my claim form.

IceGhost wrote:Are you going to do it?

No, as I would have needed to pursue it at the time. I was too messed up with the break,(16 weeks to knit) and French law is not robust enough in this area to make it straightforward. All I could see was me spending out on attending court in France, costs for lawyers etc and no result. The woman that ran into me was sorry, initially she was hysterical (so I'm told). Hopefully she went on to ski more slowly through crowded crossing points thereafter.

Off piste is way safer.

Scotland 08/09 Started by User in Scotland, 198 Replies
Pabs what can I say but.... Ooooh, nice :D :D :D Envy 8)

Wanted: Bindings DIN >= 12 Started by User in Ski and Snowboard Gear For Sale, 20 Replies
OldNevada wrote:Good News! The fella that sold me his Nordica Dobermanns fished a pair of not used much Marker 1200's out of his quiver. Yeaozzzza! :D Result :thumbup:

senile old men Started by User in Switzerland, 15 Replies
Pablo Escobar wrote:You don't want an influx of Scottish folk in Zinal, your continued ski-porn will make that a reality for you :lol: Pabs These photos were not taken in Zinal ) BTW Your countrymen have already made it to the valley, as there are pure breed Highland cattle in the village of Fang :D

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