J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by bandit

ise wrote:

bandit wrote:Nice piccies ) The run down to the dam didn't seem to have too many tracks?
The path down beside the wall is very steep though. Did you end up poling to get to the road?

I really must get my fat backside over into the Orxival in April, it looks lovely. :D

if you come right into the barrage wall it's somewhere over 50', it's not always skiable, often it turns into an icewall. To skiers left you've a small cliff complex so there's a series of "don't-miss" turns.

Next time we meet, will you remind me to avoid the 50' bit and to by pass the "don't-miss" turns in favour of more mellow stuff )

Dave Mac wrote:Sobering thought. I got wiped out by a boarder in January, at a piste junction. He was out of control, yet it was evident he was a competent boarder.

Hopefully, there will not be too much of this.

Heck, there was me looking to get through the 100kph on the speed trap in N. this week. Maybe, maybe not.

Not too much of which aspect of this horrible incident?

Piste collisions are on the increase.

Hit and run on the slopes is reportedly on the increase.

Slope user speeds are reportedly on the increase, with some resorts now zoning parts of resorts with speed limits.

Criminal prosecutions are now being reported in the European press, maybe they've been taking place for years? I was invited to bring charges for assault by the French police, against the woman who broke my collarbone, and that's going back to 2005.

Nice piccies ) The run down to the dam didn't seem to have too many tracks?
The path down beside the wall is very steep though. Did you end up poling to get to the road?

I really must get my fat backside over into the Orxival in April, it looks lovely. :D

The trial has been held, and a guilty verdict reached. He was fined 33,000 Euros, plus 5,000 Euros compensation for the relatives of the woman who died.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=amKNx15F_jPk&refer=germany

The woman he collided with, died from multiple head injuries.

A German state premier has been charged with manslaughter over a collision on an Austrian ski slope in January in which a woman died.

Dieter Althaus, minister-president of Thuringia state, is accused by Austrian prosecutors of failing to observe regulations while skiing at high speed.

Full article on the BBC..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7919790.stm

Edit: Title updated to reflect the courts decision.

Wickers, you might be going to Switzerland....but you're on THAT side of the Rostigraben, so why not German beers )

Phrase of the Week. My vote goes to Timeforabeer for liver-whackers :D

The original poster is now posting on another skiers forum offering free beer to any of spyderjons' ex ski tuning students, if they'll service his skis :D

I could lie I suppose :twisted:

andyoxon welcome to J2ski :D I prefer to do basic servicing for myself. Try this online video tutorial if you fancy having a go.

http://www.monkeysee.com/play/507-tools-to-wax-your-skis