J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by bandit

The Scott Neo's performance category is aimed at all mountain use (at least in Europe). the waist is not wide enough for it to be considered a Freeride ski, and pukka off piste skis tend to have waists around 90-125mm these days, depending on the size of your cojones.
Additionally the turn radius is too short for use as a dedicated Freeride ski, and unsuitable for deep OP stuff, for the same reason. That's not to say that a good skier could not use it all all over the terrain, however other skis do it easier for mere mortals.
The waist of the Neo just scrapes into the bottom of the norms for the mid-fat category waist width at 83mm. It's likely to be quite lively as it has a wood core.

It's a good choice for a developing skier wanting to blast pistes, and venture OP if conditions are good.

Scott are not paying me to spout this drivel.

Tony_H go buy the skis :D

tino_11 wrote:Anyone want anything BTW? I am in LA right now and will be in Minneapolis Thurs through Saturday )

Ooooh Temptation :shock: ...Must resist....

Must try and justify shifting some stuff from my "want" list to my "need" list :D

Tino_11 you are quite wicked for putting temptation my way :lol:

It is possible to get cheap Lyria seats, but only really restricted early bookings. Eurostar remains overpriced IMHO. I think Seat 61, suggest allowing 30 mins to change stations via the Metro.
I agree, the costs do not stack up against air travel at the moment.

Clearly, your learned friend, needs to go and do some more er...learning. Tight turn radius all mountain mid fats are now commonplace.
You want them, so just go and buy them, before someone else does :lol:

Yes, I know it's direct on the RER, however if you have bulky luggage the Metro access is reported to be awkward. It can be more civilised to pop across the road from the station, order a coffee and ask the bartender to call you a taxi, neatly bypassing the taxi rank queue....allegedly. Anyway, Seat 61 website is quite useful with timings.
http://www.seat61.com/Paris-metro.htm

davidmpires, you are in the middle of a rather steep learning curve right now, so don't worry, just soak up some knowledge, and take away what seems useful to you :D
Wearing goggles over specs is pretty commonplace, especially if the user can't cope with contact lenses and the weather is snowy. Every user tries a few brands before settling on a favourite which suits the shape of their face. Everyone steams up occasionally...after all, some of us are hot stuff :twisted:

Goggles on top of glasses are fine, as long as the goggles don't touch the edge of the glasses frame. I use Oakley L Frames, and have done for many years. Many, many years ago, I fell landing face first off piste, and the glasses frame broke inside the goggles, the goggles were fine, and so were the lenses for the glasses. Glass BTW, and a Swiss Optician machined my lenses into another frame overnight.
Use a demister spray such as Hilco Fog Buster to avoid condensation.

I have had problems with steaming up, when using plastic lens glasses under goggles, but other folks get on fine.

davidmpires wrote:Why don't you teach your husband Karen?

I'm guessing that Karen is not a ski teacher, so it would be really tough to do, and it would end up rather like the experiences that many married couples have, when one teaches the other to drive!