michaelmcc, [url= http://gb.whitedotskis.com/one/ ]not a dedicated piste ski[/url] but White Dot The One's are beautiful, and meant to be pretty handy on piste
Nice looking skis alright, but looking for something a bit narrower with a shorter turn radius.
looking for something a bit narrower with a shorter turn radius.
Do they have to be a twin tip?
Some stuff I've liked recently;
Movement Zips maybe? 80 underfoot, 15ish radius.
I used Movements last year and was really very impressed!
Sally Enduros? Mainstream, but like Spesh Enduros, they're popular for a reason!
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Also enjoyed the Atomic Blackeye Ti.
Unless you need something mahoooosively phattt like a Chetler, that is!
Unless you need something mahoooosively phattt like a Chetler, that is!
I actually have my eye on something like a Chetler for my next full season! (Which prob won't be this winter 🙁 ). That or the ever popular Line Opus.
I had totally forgotten about Movement skis! And haven't looked at the new Salomon line yet. I already have an all mountain ski so may as well get a full on carver, well something 75mm ish.
so may as well get a full on carver, well something 75mm ish.
Nordica Doberman Spitfire.
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OK, so the styling is AWFUL, but the skiing is gooooood!
It's sort of like a GS ski, but not a full on racer. Definitely not one to take lightly, as I did when first trying. A few lazy turns, and it just went faster and faster! However, work it hard and it carves pistes beautifully. Especially that corduroy you get where it's just a smidge soft on top after an hour or two of sunshine.
Fast, fun.
Actually I kinda like the old skool bright graphics on that one. I'll look into them!
Quite liking the look of the Salomon 24's actually.
Yep, a very similar ski. Only tried them in the Hemel Alp, a couple of years ago. Nice and fast, much like the Nordicas.
I just (Secretly!) like the lairy graphics of the Nordicas!
michaelmcc - Movement are on BASI deal too...
Really?? I only saw Salomon, Rossi and Atomic. I'll have to take a closer look.
Best Oakley lens for flat light/whiteout days (crowbar frames) ??
I have two pairs, black iridium for bluebird days and the other with persimmon for bad condition days, the black are a fantastic lens but the persimmon are OK "ish" in bad light
Thinking about getting a HI yellow lens and swapping it over with the persimmon
also how easy is it to swap over the lens, i wont be doing it on the mountain but in the UK before i travel next
Cheers
Andy
oh, and New Years week in Val d'isere cant wait !!!
Glitchymogul
I use black and persimmon, myself. Yellow is very good, but if the light changes for the batter it soon becomes awful! Persimmon remains workable in all conditions, IMO.
Hey Andy, I use the yellow lens with the purple/blue mirror coating on the front, can't remember the name of it. It was pretty much the only lens you needed in Whistler apart from the very odd sunny day which I had a 2nd pair of goggles for.
Ive never switched the lens though so can't comment on that.
I've been in Austria for 5 months almost and I've had an awesome summer biking. But last weekend I was on the pistes for the first time as a local. There is a Glacier and hour away (Mölltaler) and it was fantastic. Only a couple of slopes open but still great and we plan to go back on Sunday. There's meant to be 30-40cm of fresh snow.
Also as a heads up, this place has a great sale. 50% off last years boards, bindings and some clothes. Just got my wife a board and it arrived really quickly. Also if you spend over 100 euros it has free delivery to the UK and other countries:
http://www.hot-zone.tv/en_GB/index.php?screen=dstore.shop.productlist&tnid=2&72=1
Bit of light entertainment:
Some impressive yard sales there, but that last guy is just brilliant.
I remember number 3 well, Tanner Hall breaking both his ankles on Chad's gap around 2004ish, full segment about it can be seen in Pop yer bottlez or the Like a Lion documentary. He came back a year or so later and then shattered both his knees, and he's back on it again now!
I'm pretty sure 6 is Hugo Harrison, can't remember which movie though.
Not for the faint hearted!!
I'm loving the precision of [i]"My ankles are broken. MY. ANKLES. ARE BROKEN!"[/i]
I think my choice of phrase would have been more along the lines of [i]"MmmmmuuuuAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh"[/i] followed by lots of incomprehensible swearing.
On a different note than TH's crash 8O, can anyone recommend ski school in Meribel other than ESF?
can anyone recommend ski school in Meribel other than ESF?
I don't know of any names but I'd search for any ski school with BASI level 4 instructors, after having a few bad lessons with ESF I'd never get lessons off anyone except someone trained in the BASI system, unless MAYBE if it was free 😉 .
Anyone been to geilo in Norway? Got the possibility of a conference/exhibition there in feb....lunch break is 12-3.30pm...
Most spine-tingling, cringey injury section I've seen is Bjorn Leines' in True Life. Spangles the same ankle 3 times in a few months. "Couple more months on the couch... First day back:" [cue another spangling on a hideous rail/fence interface]
Funniest stack section is Optigrab's with the synched gunfire and explosion sound effects. I'll dig out a link when I get home unless anyone's beaten me to it.
sorry, Jambo, not been my self. I think it's on the flat side, though. probably perfect for some lunchtime turns though.
For my 4 year old's first trip to the slopes:
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Roxy jacket £25 instead of 80, Billabong strides £30 instead of 165!! Who the hell pays 250 quid on kid's ski gear??
From TKM, obviously 😉
Who the hell pays 250 quid on kid's ski gear??
Rich families in Whistler?! 🙂
Most spine-tingling, cringey injury section I've seen is Bjorn Leines' in True Life. Spangles the same ankle 3 times in a few months
Sounds tasty 😉 .
Who the hell pays 250 quid on kid's ski gear??
S&R, High St Ken or King's Road, high season. Regular kit outs of over £2000 on little Tamara's kit... Kiddy Kjus to start off with, obviously. 🙂
Jeez, I've told her to be really careful with her 55 quid ensemble so I can Bay it on as soon as she out-grows it!
260 of your British Pounds!
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They are utterly perfect in every detail, mind you. But then they should be...! 🙂
£2k? £250? £55?
Jnr has made do with Decathlon's finest all in ones for the last 5 years, bought in the sale at the end of season for about £15, worn the following season (all of 2 weeks skiing looking like all the French kids), then sold on eBay for more than we've paid for them. 2 suits about to go on in the next few days too.
He's now graduated to jacket and pants in day glo green. 1 jacket, 2 pairs of pants for £60 (surfanic). He'll have grown out of them by Easter.
Decathlon appear to have replaced C&A, haven't they! 🙂
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A quick tot up in my head says junior will be adorned with over 1500e of new kit this year and another 750e pair of skis will be lying idle as he can't ski both pairs at the same time. 😐
Right. That's it. RETRO KIT TIME!
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Oh, and let me just say this...Mono. Visors. YEAH!
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Oh, and why not?
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And, on another note, some mad quivers!
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How many of one, almost exactly the same, ski does one skier need?
😉
As I see it -
One pair piste cruisers
One pair piste flyers
One pair all rounders
One pair ski tourers
One pair phattttt pow plankz*
*That is the correct spelling.
sorry, Jambo, not been my self. I think it's on the flat side, though. probably perfect for some lunchtime turns though.
on a fully expensed work trip, i'd take what i could get...
on a fully expensed work trip, i'd take what i could get...
I'm still angling for a Japan trip with work....! 😉
Went skiing for the first time last year and absolutely loved it. I'm hoping to get in at least a couple of trips this year. I've been putting in the hours at Chill Factore and can't wait to get back on the mountain.
Still not found some good bargin gloves, but these look ok, gortex at least
anyone have experience or better alternative for similar money?
Kombi-Ryde-Gloves
otherwise i might just chance some oneill ripper pro gloves that i've seen for less than £20
How long were you lot skiing before you got your own skis?
My best buddy was big into his ski racing. In our house at Uni for his skis alone we had the following:
2 x 155cm dry slop slalom skis
2 x 165cm snow slalom skis (training pair and race pair)
2 x 182cm GS skis
1 x 202cm SG skis
1 x 230ish DH skis
2 x all mountain/park/freestyle skis that he won.
When you added in the rest of us each with at least 3 sets each I think at one point we had about 30 sets of skis down in the basement.
And one board from the token boarder!
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For my 4 year old's first trip to the slopes:Roxy jacket £25 instead of 80, Billabong strides £30 instead of 165!! Who the hell pays 250 quid on kid's ski gear??
From TKM, obviously
We have a Trespass outlet near us. £55 seems expensive for kids stuff.
£40 and it does him two seasons 'cos they've got the relative sizing of their jacket and trousers wrong. Well more precisely the stuff from 3 years ago the trouser fitted last year. Bought a new set last year where the jacket fitted but the trousers were too big. Next year the trousers will still fit but the jacket will be too small. So buying once every two years at present.
[quote=justatheory ]How long were you lot skiing before you got your own skis?
got my boots in my third season, then skis the following summer.
got better skis one season later and they lasted 4 or 5 seasons. Now have two pairs of skis but if I didn't own them would probably just rent: given the cost of transporting and servicing them, it's cheaper then renting, but only becuase I've already bought them. If I hadn't, renting would be better value for money
got new boots (2 mondo sizes smaller) fitted 4 years after the first pair
properly fitted boots are more important than skis. Skis are just planks, it's the boots that give you the control
Think i'll leave the skis for a while yet. I'm hoping well fitted boots will help improve control as well as comfort. My feet were wrecked at the end of my last holiday.
about 3rd year for the boots (naff ones), replaced with properly fitted ones in about 11th year. skis the year after, mainly cos I could never decided which ones I wanted. was kind of an impulse buy in the end, and not having to pay for ski carriage for 3-4 trips per year it made sense.
edit: and yes, properly fitted boots make a big difference.
