J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by bandit

ise wrote:Apparently some Brit's had a bad start to their chalet holiday in Verbier when they arrived and found it didn't exist :!: Here's the story in French :

http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/romandie/story/Des-Anglais-louent-sur-le-net-un-chalet-fant-me-24715814

& remember, a goldfish is for life, not just Christmas :lol:

I feel for the folks that lost their money, but what I really want to know about is Avalanche Cords.....

Hi riplingj welcome to J2ski. I think that you are right about there being very little onfo on here about Alpendorf. I hope you stick around and clue us in :D

smirnoff_skier wrote:Hi All,

Off to La Thuille in 2 weeks with the GF and her familly and the weight for ski bags on the plane is 6kg. My Nomads and 2 sets of poles are 9.5kg so will have to pay an excess charge.
6kg seems pretty low to me as even my tiny 155cm slalom skis are over 5kg. Are airlines being realy stingy and making everyone pay an excess or have I just got heavy skis?!

Does anyone have any idea how much the excess weight charge will be? And does the cost go up per extra kg? If it is a flat charge, I may as well take 2 sets of skis with me anyway.
Annoying!

Tom

Thomson Ski perhaps?

Perhaps an email to the company may give you a definite answer. I'm with you totally on the nonsense of the 6kg. Your skis are not particularly heavy. Someone at the co. has no idea about ski kit (clearly).

Please let us all know how you get on with this.

Trencher, just in case you think that BASI or European instructors are too reliant on teaching with poles, and don't teach their students to skate on their skis....I'm afraid you'd be wrong. I spent day after day on French red runs (US single diamond grade) with no poles...carving on 190's. Likewise it was essential to be able to skate on skis for about a kilometre, or face a long walk :D

Ian Wickham wrote:

ise wrote:

RossF wrote:Hip-counter.. care to explain more?

it's where you buy hips obviously, just next to the knee counter on the same floor as the head counter :lol:

You can buy knees , I could do with a couple of new ones, perhaps they will be on Bogoff in the winter sales ???

I hope to be skiing with a fella who has 2 replacement knees next month :D

Trencher wrote: I don't just want to know how to do something, I want to understand it at the conceptual level. I don't accept technique at face value, I need to break it down and see what's really happening.

Aside from that, I didn't want to drive some poor concrete sequential instructor nuts with my questioning :lol:

Trencher

Trencher, pretty well none of my ski learning has been what you define as "concrete sequential". I did however get to attend evening seminars after lessons, on ski structure, what sidecuts do, servicing skis, video analysis of the days' classes, plus slideshows showing carving, angulation, just general background stuff like that :D

Mind you, these were BASI Grade 1 teachers by and large, (occ. Gr2) very keen. I only know of one personally who I could recommend to you in the USA.

You don't paint a very positive picture of US teaching methods.

I reckon it's 300 up top. Powder conditions. Avvy risk is High though, so take care!

http://www.sierranevadaski.com/En%20pista/Parte%20de%20nieve

RossF wrote:What I get for 1000 :lol:

Have 5 stars to stick on top of your Xmas tree(s) )

Good thinking ise :D

Alpendorf St. Johan in Pongau Started by User in Austria, 23 Replies
Hi riplingj welcome to J2ski. I think that you are right about there being very little onfo on here about Alpendorf. I hope you stick around and clue us in :D

A question for the instructors Started by User in Ski Technique, 21 Replies
Trencher, just in case you think that BASI or European instructors are too reliant on teaching with poles, and don't teach their students to skate on their skis....I'm afraid you'd be wrong. I spent day after day on French red runs (US single diamond grade) with no poles...carving on 190's. Likewise it was essential to be able to skate on skis for about a kilometre, or face a long walk :D

A question for the instructors Started by User in Ski Technique, 21 Replies
Ian Wickham wrote: ise wrote: RossF wrote:Hip-counter.. care to explain more? it's where you buy hips obviously, just next to the knee counter on the same floor as the head counter :lol: You can buy knees , I could do with a couple of new ones, perhaps they will be on Bogoff in the winter sales ??? I hope to be skiing with a fella who has 2 replacement knees next month :D

Sierra Nevada Snow Report Started by User in Snow Forecasts and Snow Reports, 5 Replies
I reckon it's 300 up top. Powder conditions. Avvy risk is High though, so take care! http://www.sierranevadaski.com/En%20pista/Parte%20de%20nieve

2000 Started by User in Ski Chatter, 11 Replies
RossF wrote:What I get for 1000 :lol: Have 5 stars to stick on top of your Xmas tree(s) ) Good thinking ise :D

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