J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by bandit

Ian Wickham wrote:I'm quite surprised that more j2skier's have not displayed there passion on the wall at home,may I be so bold as to suggest that we all in future display a pair of antique skis/snow shoes as soon as possible, and may I add over the fire place would be a good place to display.

I'm going to need a bigger fireplace wall :mrgreen:

chrisn_28 wrote:Hello all!
We have not got our ski passes yet or ski hire, the company we are going with (skival) have supplied taxis to the shop to get the ski hire, but will they guide us through the lift pass hire and ski school registration????
Im a little confuzzled about it all still!!!

I think it's likely that the Tour Op will be present in the ski hire, especially if they have made the booking on your behalf. They will earn a commission on your spend in the store. The same applies to ski school, and they may deliver your lift passes to your group, or you may have to collect them from a meeting place.

Don't worry too much, let them do their job and they will sort out what you need.
Enjoy :D

Trencher wrote:

bandit wrote:

JamesA wrote:Skis ah the great quandary....


Forth - a mitigating fact is the width in ski design. Wider skis which have less shape (side cut) will not carve a turn on harder snow they ski a straighter line. The arc of the side cut will determine turn radius.

Hmmmm, when I learned to ski :mrgreen: straight skis with very little sidecut carved quite nicely on hard snow.

Perhaps those of us skiing in Europe, learn to carve turns without relying on the turn radius?

There's what people used to call carving and then there is actually carving. A lot of people still don't seem to know the difference. Very few people can carve reasonably tight turns on skis with sidecuts over 21M yet alone the 35M plus sidecuts of years go :roll:

Trencher

Well this fella obviously can't hack it then, back in 1994. Do you want to tell him, given his reputation )

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1224631/getty-images-sport

Ian Wickham wrote:

Tony_H wrote:This wouldnt be leading into a sales pitch would it?

Tony take the hat off, do you have any hair ???? :wink:

I like the pom pom on the top :D

I did some searching and also found no information :( 20 Euros seems about right...so of course, that's now £20. Could get them done over here for that I reckon, if it's a simple service.

JamesA wrote:Skis ah the great quandary....


Forth - a mitigating fact is the width in ski design. Wider skis which have less shape (side cut) will not carve a turn on harder snow they ski a straighter line. The arc of the side cut will determine turn radius.

Hmmmm, when I learned to ski :mrgreen: straight skis with very little sidecut carved quite nicely on hard snow.

Perhaps those of us skiing in Europe, learn to carve turns without relying on the turn radius?

RossF wrote:Try several different instructors (I would recommmend Ross Fraser at Glenshee in Scotland, I hear he is awesome)

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Now who fed you that fairy tale )

Happened across this site, may be useful...

http://www.sickandwrong.co.uk/item/prod/Equipment+Rental/1168/