My plan exactly spin! Climbing with ski kit to access the best terrain!
Spin - we were still skiing in Scotland on the 5th and 6th of May this year.
had my first lessons today (learn in a day at hemel snow center) and im slope ready even let me do 2 blasts from the top..
loved it so blood sore now though and have a swinley ride tomorrow ! - hooked ..awesome day -
they are doing a deal at the moment £50 for unlimited sessions till the end of the month BTW if anyones interested . Friend who rides with me gave me a board and im now booked to St anton for Jan .. mountains in summer on bike mountains in winter on board .. more things to spend my money on !
Spin - we were still skiing in Scotland on the 5th and 6th of May this year.
Amatures 😉 I was skiing on Braeriach on the 26th of May, although it did involve rather a lot of walking.
I've heard a lot of positive buzz about Black Crows stuff, but never tried them.
White Doctor skis look lovely, though.......
NEED!
I work in the outdoor/ski industry. So the week abroad was the British industry ski test! Although I'm out to show product still get plenty of time to ski. So spent a couple of days on the black crows. Problem is, unlike on the bike I'm not sure which one I want. Price will probably help determine things...
Picked up some new Salomon BBR's 9.8's with NTN
Awesome skis / bindings !!
And a cheeky january trip to Plagne organised
Might get some new goggles / gloves if there are bargains about
Snowinn.com was a gold mine for skis
Got new K2's for my son dirt cheap along with the BBR's
Oakley bargain's dab:
[s]Awesome[/s] Controversial skis / bindings !!
FTFY!
Did you try before you buy(bought)? Bit of a love/hate ski is the BBR.
I loved them for an all rounder piste basher, but hated all the attention I got when trying them out! Every single blighter had to ask me all about them!
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Every single blighter had to ask me all about them!
So are they any good or what???
Grrrrrr!
But overall, yes they were pretty good. Nice edge hold on cord, pretty forgiving despite that. However, I doubt they'd really rip it in the phattezzzt of teh pow.
More of a middle aged dad-ski, I'd say. Fast and fun on the piste, good enough to play on the slack country.
Are you sure you're all mountain bikers?? 😕 I find it hard to think about skiing/boarding when its still very much summer.
I did watch Retallack again a few days ago though, by far the best ski film I think, for those who haven't seen it! 🙂
(Flash-based 🙄 )
None of that around here, Graham...! 🙂
Why are none of those in Civilisation, then? (Another 😉 needed!)
Don't you get some kind of little snow related show thing in Earls Court?
http://www.skiandsnowboard.co.uk/ski-and-snowboard-show/
Indeed we do.
Sadly, I may not be able to attend this year. Something else is arriving around that time. 🙂
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Unsure where I'll be heading off to - have done Tignes for the last couple of years which is amazing on a board - did Les Arcs this year but was a bit disappointed TBH - the snow parks and boarder cross were a bit lame next to Tignes and Val and 1950 was like a ghost town in the evenings!
My sister has a place in Tignes so I'll probably head there for a week in March. My board is a rather lovely Salomon Special which still rides like a dream and my pants and jacket are Burton AK which I've yet to see better.
Think some new boots might be in order as my Salomon Dialogue boots weigh a ton compared with the new Malamutes.
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and a snapshot from a GoPro vid where my 'friend' wiped me out!
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Can't wait!
You've got me digging out the old pics now which is making me smile a lot! Unsure if I prefer biking or boarding in the Alps - think the latter as I just love the crisp fresh winter air.
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Home (Pyrenees) and away (Alps) possibly. Atomic Race GS D2 and Slalom skis ordered for junior so I'll get my Omeglass slalom skis back and borrow his Atomic superG things when I want longer curves.
Start 'em young!
FEEL TEH STEEEEEEEZE!
🙂 Love it! Shame about the board, though! Should be skis, really...!
(The eternal blue touchpaper of STW Ski/Snowboard Threads remains firmly alight, smouldering with the good willed banter of it all!)
Just because you're too old and easily damaged to ride a board Flash - like me I hasten to add.
Hell no! I board in the summer. Behind a boat.
Wakeboard in the summer, ski in the winter!
CaptainFlashheart - Member
Start 'em young!
FEEL TEH STEEEEEEEZE!
Love it! Shame about the board, though! Should be skis, really...!
I'll start em off on skis - think snowboarding might be a bit too physical until they're 10ish. I used to ski to a reasonable level but had an 8 year break and came back starting on a board. To me it's like comparing road biking and mountain biking.......
To me it's like comparing road biking and mountain biking.......
They're both ace!
Unlike [s]recumbents[/s] telemarkers.
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Falling into water from a wakeboard or even from a sailboard powered by the Tramontane doesn't do anything like the damage landing on ice does Flash. You just don't like pain, admit it. 😉
30ish mph toe edge catch landing across the wake hurts....!
Was unconscious in the water for a while...!
Catching a boom in the head in a big wind jibe hurts....!
Was unconscious in the water for a while...!
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Wimp.
Anyhow, I skied all last season without a fall on alpine skis and only a few silly topples on XC skis. I gave up the board on abything other than powder when it was clear I couldn't get through a weekend without doing something that would hurt for a month.
Edit: landing on the boom in a catapult windsurfing fall did hurt for a while I'll admit, but not as long or as much as landing on my coccyx on ice. That was in the days before padded trousers so I cut up a Karrimat to fit my ski pants.
CaptainFlashheart - Member
To me it's like comparing road biking and mountain biking.......
They're both ace!
Yes, both ace, but I'll always choose the same one over the other!
Ditto on the wakeboarding - a supplier took me out on his 10.5m rib with a pair of 250s on the back a couple of weeks ago from Lymington, it pulled me out of the water quite nicely!
Pair of 250s? Pah! 😉
I usually go behind a Super Air 230 with a phattttt tower. Much nicer wake than a rib, IMHO.
But, engines are soooooo over. Paddles is where it's at!
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Now, back on track - What's the trend of the year?
I reckon that the Sally BBRs are having an impact on "shaping" of skis, a la surfboards. Viz this from Dynastar;
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Excellent bindings, shame about the planks (unless you have a helicopter and live somewhere on the American continent where you can find suitable snow).
"Awesome Controversial skis / bindings !!
FTFY!
Did you try before you buy(bought)? Bit of a love/hate ski is the BBR.
I loved them for an all rounder piste basher, but hated all the attention I got when trying them out! Every single blighter had to ask me all about them!"
Had long enough to get a few big arcs at high speed
Some transition to mank / crud and a few short swings / mess about
It's gonna be a quiver of one so actually works quite well
In this respect, it's easy to say bbr's don't won't do X Y Z when you have 3-4 pairs of skis
regards questions , as a telemarker I get asked stupid
questions all the time, but then it's half a binding half a brain etc eyc
Middle aged dad - lol that's me spot on !!
Isn't powder about skiing in the snow rather than on it? It's all about getting into a rythme (godille) and enjoying that plouf-plouf-plouf... . If the skis are so fat the snow never reaches your ankles you may as well ski on groomed pistes.
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Edukator, is this you?
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Nah this is me, but you knew that already:
Really laughed out loud ^^^
Will it be the pitter patter of tiny ski boots?Something else is arriving around that time.
Edit: not laughing at you skiing edukator. lol at the man in the rubber suit
CaptainFlashheart - MemberPair of 250s? Pah!
I usually go behind a Super Air 230 with a phattttt tower. Much nicer wake than a rib, IMHO.
But, engines are soooooo over. Paddles is where it's at!
Clicky....
Unsure a Super Air 230 would have handled 60 knots across to the IOW though - 127 litres per hour fuel consumption at that rate!! Spent most weekends in my youth behind a Master Craft or Ski Nautique up on Windermere where single figure water temperatures gave you a good incentive not to come off! That Eton Dorney clip is just insane!
Bet yes, back on track......
Will it be the pitter patter of tiny ski boots?
OK, I get the child seat age limit for the bikes, but when can I take the little blighter skiing as well?
Yep, there's a Mini-Flash on the way!
I'd alluded to it elsewhere on STW, but this thread seemed a good place to make it more obvious! After all, this was, though I say so myself, one of the best threads last year, full of so many good people, and so little arguing - A real paragon of what STW can be.
So, yes, there it is.
I'm not going skiing this year. 🙁
But.... 😀 !
Unlike recumbents telemarkers.
Grrrrrrr..........
Congratulations, Flash! You'll find ideas for what to do with kids elsewhere on that YouTube account of mine. Have fun. They can make progress on skis from 22 months which is about the age they become interesting in many respects.
Congrats flashy. chuffed fr you
Edukator - Member.... which is about the age they become interesting in many respects.
LOL! Congrats CFH - my third is almost 5 months old and I have just about managed to keep the winter trips to boys only since the first came along 6 years ago - reckon I've got another 3 or 4 years of that before the family start coming along and the enjoyment changes dimension somewhat!
CFH - congratulations. Perfectly acceptable reason to miss out. I'm sure it'll only be for one season, you can stick in a creche after that 🙂
If I had the time I'd post pics of junior in a pouch at an X-C ski race at 3 months and of me skiing with him in a rucksac at 11 months. Once he could keep his skis parallel I towed him around with a rope.
Yep, there's a Mini-Flash on the way!
Yay! Congratulations Flashy.
Your first I take it?
Prepare for major life change (but mostly in a good way!)
I'm not going skiing this year.
Bummer - but you'll soon be back at it. I took the missus to Fernie while she was 6 months pregnant. And took our baby with us to Austria the following year. And again the year after that.
This year I'm hoping to get her playing around on some plastic skis. 😀
