J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by bandit

tima wrote:I know but I have no choice as I live on a island where we don't have ski shops and by the time I have paid to come to England to buy a pair I may as well buy them in the resort. :(

The best bootfitters in the area are Precision in Val d'Isere, and also Franck at Nevada Sports in Tignes.

Precision get very busy, and you will likely need to book a slot.

Ian Wickham wrote:How was the issue's resolved, your travel insurance or the airports ?

I guess I'm just incredibly lucky :wink:

It was all a bit messy, as you can't claim from the airport, once you have left with the luggage. I mean, who unpacks their skis to check for damage, before heading for the car park. So in the end we claimed on our household contents policy, which included the necessary cover at that time. The skis were a total write off :(

Ian Wickham wrote: So my point is how many people out there have actually had their ski gear damaged or lost in transit ?. :)

Here's one. OH had a pair of skis written off by baggage handling at Gatwick. Some bright spark must have driven a baggage handling vehicle over the tips. The tyre tracks on the bag should have given us a clue really, but hey, everyone is in a hurry to get home having waited 1 hour or more for the skis to come down the carousel causing chaos. :shock: :roll:

Boot Flex Indices are weird. My boots are out in Switzerland. So, I wanted to test out my new skis at MK, and OH has small feet :mrgreen: I borrowed his ski boots, which were a bit wide and a bit short, but for a couple of hours it was okay.

His flex index 80...my flex index 60/70. His boots should have been a bit stiffer, both use Heads, his fairly new. His felt like really soft wellies to ski in, compared to mine....

Go figure :?:

ise wrote:snowdome ? nope, I'm there for something totally different

OMG :shock: You're serious!

RossF wrote:

I am experiencing the fat ski poverty :(

Poor wee laddie :cry:

Shall we have a whip round, to enable you to feed your habit? :twisted:

RossF wrote:Or on his chances of making it back out again :twisted:

IIRC, he's never skied in a snowdome....and I'll miss the fun, but....I'll get the pow 8)

Tough call )

We should have a Paddypower bet on ise being allowed to pass the through MK immigration and farm their powder :mrgreen: