J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by bandit

caron-a wrote:

Can I have your old stuff Bandit?

I have some of my servicable old skis if you pay the postage. How about some K2 TRC 190 :D Bit on the skinny side mind )

Or some original Rossignol BanditL in 170 with Salomon 850 bindings. 1st generation freeride skis really. Skinny by today's standards!

I should really hang them on the wall, but I used the Rossi's in a snowdome last year, and they were fine!

I have a rucksack for sale, it's an Ortovox Cross Rider 20+. Red/white. Great condition, but a little too long in the back for me, hence the sale!

Seriously :D

You call it a tram....we call it a cable car, or telepherique.

You call it a lift line...we call it a queue (well in europe it more closely resembles a large group of people on a mission to be first) :shock:

You call it a surface lift...we call it a T-bar, a Poma or a draglift.

Anyone else want to add to this, please.... :D

Stockli Stormrider AT 158 17.1m with Fritschi Freeride+
Head Monster77 165 15.3m with Tyrolia Railflex 12
Scott Punisher 172 15m(ish) with Salomon 912ti
Head S8 boots

Scott Poles
Black Diamond Traverse Touring Poles
Ortovox 240 Avvy Probe
Ortovox F1 Focus Transceiver
Ortovox Lexan Shovel
Colltex Combi Mix Skins
Boeri Steeze Helmet
Dainesse back protector
Oakley goggles
Hestra Army Heli-pro gloves
Columbia Jkt
Phoenix goretex jkt
Eider ski trousers
Rossi goretex ski trousers
NF Hyvent Guide trousers
HH thermals
DaKine wmns Heli-pro pack
Walking boots Raichle Mountain Guide

Plus some old stuff and skis that I don't use!

I put the ski turning radiuses in mainly for Trencher )

brad1138. A Chicken Vindaloo is a curry. A very hot curry. The normal process followed by a northern english male on a Friday night used to be.....

Go out for at least 10 pints of beer, then.....

Stagger round to a curry house on the high street to get a takeaway, because all that drinking made you really hungry, then......

Order the hottest curry on the menu, after a dare from your mates, then.....

Fall asleep face first in the curry. Wake up eventually with no recollection of buying the curry, and try and get the dog to eat it :mrgreen:

It does qualify as food, but as in Red Dwarf, would likely be classed as a life form if only it could shake off the rice )

Curry eating requires regular practice!

To try and recover from a huge off topic thread drift....I'm not sure if eating curries is a good thing when skiing )

Just booked a flight in December, thought I'd grab some early snow. It's before the official lift opening, but I should be able to skin up, if the co. decides to hold the opening.
Or I may pop round to ise's hill and steal his pow. It's only a bus ride away :twisted:

Pavel. Here is one seller's view of my boots.
http://www.skiequipmentuk.com/cgi-bin/trolleyed_public.cgi?action=showprod_605085

Of course, this is not the dealer I purchased from. That dealer categorised them between sport and performance on their use scale.

Then again, up until about a year or two ago IIRC ise was using Salomon X-Wave 8, so I guess he must be a beginner as well, since they only have a flex index of around 80 :mrgreen: I don't think he got the ultra soft women's flex tho'.

So it's looking like he skied the North Face of Bellecote in carpet slippers.
http://snowslider.net/2006/04/18/2006-04-18-bellecote-north-face/

:lol:

brad1138 wrote:I thought maybe a bit of help for us "Queens English" challenged Americans over here :mrgreen:

1st: I Googled "piste" found that means "Trail".

2nd: Wanderer said "I practically started a row on the forum last year" I don't know if "row" is a typo or means something like "riot". Over here "row" means "to row a boat" or "place objects in a row"

3rd: "Credit Crunch Caution - or Sod It I'm going skiing?" I would guess "sod it" means something like "screw it", but I am just guessing.

I watch enough Red Dwarf to know what "Git" and "Smeg Head" mean but I need a little help for some of the rest )

Thanks,
Brad

Oh dear....brings to mind the phrase "Lost in Translation" )

1. Yes, a piste is a trail.
2. A row, is an argument, which may be between 2 or more folks and may be virtual or face to face.
3. Sod it! To me this means, regardless of the dire situation I'm in, or the crisis looming in my life I'm still going to do (it)....., or
I dropped my lunch on the floor....sod it!..or
My laptop has finally died...sod it, I'll have to buy another.

Hmmm, a Red Dwarf fan. Do you get Mutton Vindaloo take away's (to go) in the US :mrgreen: :lol:

Ah Trencher......you are missing out. Fancy being confined to resort area "in bounds" off piste. I have skied in the US and went OP at Jackson Hole, through a little gate ) Very tame, a little bit theme park.

Europe does it a little differently :D Mostly all we get is a sign saying OP at your own risk. Occasionally the sign will be replaced with one to indicate danger of imminent death if you go beyond it ) We are expected to make our own judgements, it makes the gene pool stronger.

Beginners should have a boot with a flex index in the 70-80 range!

I have Head womens S8 boots. Using your measure, they must be for beginners :?: