J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by bandit

I have recently seen quite a few reputable dealers selling last years model's pretty cheap. It should be possible to get a bargain and get fitted for under your budget. I have been tempted, but so far resisted )
I know of the Head 10.8, I was skiing in some at MK last month, not mine BTW, so they felt like wellies, even though they were half a mondopoint smaller, down to the wide toebox. It's a Superheat Liner boot, and a good fitter will mold both the shell and the liner to your foot/leg. It's a really good quality boot IMHO.

Thanks :D I was lucky to get fresh fluffy snow and beautiful blue skies. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for more of the same 8)

If you know exactly which brand of boot to buy, and get your feet properly measured for volume and length, you might be okay. If you buy some cheap boots from Ebay, and get a booking with Profeet, you will be looking at £100+ for the fitting, so there is £180 invested already, and you won't know if you have the right shape boot for your foot until you arrive at the fitters.
Different boot brands vary in the last. A quick look at the online catalogues for retailers like Snow and rock and Ellis Brigham will reveal that some are for wide toes and narrow heels, high/low instep, skinny ankles/plump calves. Some are "roomy all over"
A consultation with a decent fitter will reveal which make and model to hunt down. They will measure your feet and feel the lumps and bumps then listen to you telling them what sort of skiing you do/want to do.

Profeet use a computerised method of measuring where you put your weight in a ski boot. For me, what I thought was flat, definitely was not!

I expect CEM is busy with the Birmingham Ski Show this weekend, but you might try an email to him through his website, for advice.

http://www.solutions4feet.com/

Off to Zermatt next week. The hotel has free wifi, I'll take a laptop and aim to log on here in the evenings. It looks as though the ski lifts and runs have remained closed for 2 days (if the Zermatt website is correct). Today there were 85kph winds from the south.....which means it's the Foehn :shock:

Zermatt to Furi and Furi to Trockener Steg were open, as was Gornergrat, but no skiing apparently.

Hi simonsnowboarder, welcome to J2ski :D Unfortunately your prescription fields on your site don't go high enough to match my prescription. I do have Adidas E.E. Explorers with an insert though, which work just fine.

Mostly I wear goggles with glasses. I use Oakley L Frames, and this winter will try the Sinner Beast II.

skidaddle wrote:

That sounds a lot like the experience I had a couple of years back when a complete numpty took me out at speed.

I still don't know how I got up from it, let alone with nothing more than a bruise or two.

You were fortunate to get up with bruises. My collarbone took 16 weeks to knit and I still have joint displacement almost 4 years later. The attending Gendarme invited me to press charges for assault, which I judged to be a route not worth following.

It's safer off piste, less numptys, it's you and the hill....unless the numptys set off a slide above you :roll:

ise wrote:

bandit wrote:I agree with ise about the potential for inaccuracy with the GPS measurement. I do have beg to differ about the speed of recreational skiers. I'm one, and I found it pretty easy to hit 51mph (83kph, Longines Timing), using a pair of rather tired rental skis. From the way it felt, I know there have been occasions when I have been somewhat faster.

If it a longtines I presume it was a closed course? Which was really my point, on a piste it's not very likely

Closed, in so much as folks were crossing it on skis, yes. You have to wonder how some folk reach maturity :lol:

My point is, this is the only time I have been on a decent timed run and I know that before and since I have been faster on my Stocklis particularly. I spent many years riding motorcycles and I think it helps to judge speed/wind pressure on the bod. Having a nice smooth surface to ski on helps naturally, with only the occasional set of tracks to cross )

I dread to think what speed the woman who hit me and broke my collarbone was travelling at, suffice to say my collarbone was broken before I hit the ground. By the time I touched down I was generally out of it anyway.

tino_11 wrote:

bandit wrote:I don't own a laminator :mrgreen:

Jeeeeez, how 1980's are you?

Seriously, you can pick one up for about the price of 2 fantas in resort in France.

The cost of purchase is not the deciding factor for me :mrgreen:

As for being 1980's...you have no idea :lol: