J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by bandit

Pavel,
Were these new skis, that you modified?

ise wrote:

bandit wrote:

ise wrote:

That's partly related to flex isn't it? You could produce some sort of measure of flex per unit length and find that flap point or the the point at which it's hard to get the ski to hold in a turn. So a ski that works for me at 180 probably wouldn't work at 170 but equally something floppy at 180 would have just the same problem.

Well, I was thinking in less technical terms as usual :oops:

More along the lines of the ski being over flexed all the time, and the ski not being able to be used over it's length and the problems that would arise from that :D

Isn't that the same thing in different words? I was just thinking that I can ski a short stiff ski but a short floppy ski is a nightmare, so it's some combination of length and flex.

Basically when you turn you're bending the ski to an arc so the full contact length is describing that arc, if it's already loaded there's no where to go.

To put a different question for the original, would having a short ski have benefits? and the answer is yes providing the flex is matched to your weight and ability, skis aren't so much sold on length now for that reason I guess.

I would certainly agree that a short floppy ski is worth avoiding, from personal experience. I tried every ski angle I could set, playing with fore/aft weighting on easy slopes to try to calm them, but eventually Ebay came to the rescue :D

It serves me right for buying a ski based on a UK ski retailer's write up :lol:

Actually, I do think that in the UK, skis are being sold on length, just looked in one large retailers' catalogue. Very basic picture, and different lengths of ski based on terrain/discipline.

RoseR wrote:

bandit wrote:How many windows did you hit?

Its taken me all night to get it to work, my Hubbys just shown me. I have only managed to hit the top windows.

Hang in there Rose, try for the middle windows next. As it's an apartment building there are a range of tenants to complain :lol:

ise wrote:

bandit wrote:I think it will likely flap at speed, and therefore be a chore and not a delight.

That's partly related to flex isn't it? You could produce some sort of measure of flex per unit length and find that flap point or the the point at which it's hard to get the ski to hold in a turn. So a ski that works for me at 180 probably wouldn't work at 170 but equally something floppy at 180 would have just the same problem.

Well, I was thinking in less technical terms as usual :oops:

More along the lines of the ski being over flexed all the time, and the ski not being able to be used over it's length and the problems that would arise from that :D

RoseR wrote:Do lots of people on J2 ski in France? I have never been, some of the resorts look beautiful. Perhaps I am being silly but my first winter holiday In Austria was a bit of a nightmare, there were 100 french students staying there, and they rampaged the hotel every night, they all stood around the hotel bar and would not let any-one else get served. Then the ski bus, they just pushed and shoved, it was a nightmare. I am just afraid they are all like that. Daft I know but I just can not get it out of my head :lol:

Rose, what France does well is build big (really enormous) ski stations. These are fed by large apartment blocks containing lots of folks. As Wanderer correctly points out, they are soulless concrete messes by and large.
However, not all of French skiing is like that. There still exist real French villages, with a proper population and life outside of skiing.
The resort in the title of this thread is a good example. Several villages linked together on snow, each with their own identity.
Many French villages which have ski areas still have agriculture as their main industry, and have avoided the "ski factory" approach common to the Tarentaise resorts. To experience French skiing, ask around, do your homework and avoid rent-a-crowd )

I have yet to hit any on the ground floor, so I don't know what happens :lol:

How many windows did you hit?

I think it will likely flap at speed, and therefore be a chore and not a delight.