Morning bump
A question for the skiers on here...
I've been snowboarding for years but have been trying skis on and off for the last 3 seasons. I borrowed some skis from a friend and whilst they're fine they're also pretty heavy and I'm thinking of getting some skis of my own.
Is there any reason I shouldn't get separate bindings like this, as they seem to be lighter (and cheaper) than system bindings?
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From what I've read, the biggest problem seems to that they make the skis harder to sell on...?
Link doesn't work so not sure what you mean. "system" bindings with adjustable toe as well as heel are mainly used for hire kit, most folk with their own skis would go with a standard non-rail binding (although there are exceptions and some skis come with integrated rails.
Having problems with images. Link in second post. Yep, I'm talking about a non-rail binding. My wife's skis (and her parents' skis) all came with system bindings so these separates are new to me...
Nothing wrong with that type of binding - that's the norm and hire kit is the exception for personal stuff. The adjustable toe only means you can accommodate a greater size range of boots which isn't necessary for your own kit (heel is still adjustable to a degree so you can still change to boots of different sole length).
OK great, thanks..
Out in Courmayeur at the moment. Conditions are *[b]FABULOUS[/b]*. LOADS of snow - this is my fourth trip to Courmayeur over the years and I've *never* seen this much snow. The snow is in fantastic condition, we had about 10cm fresh yesterday and a little bit has been falling since about 3pm. Visibility has been an issue - with the clouds and snow, the light has been flat, and at times the low cloud has meant very limited visiblity but the fantastic snow conditions means that we have really enjoyed it
Mrs NBT is LOVING her new jacket. We backed a Kickstarter project in October or so, a couple of young ladies producing ski wear designed BY women FOR women, made in the UK. We're both firm believers in supporting local business where possible rather than buying cheap stuff made in a sweatshop and shipped halfway across the world. As usual, things ran a little late so the planned shipping date of mid-January slipped a little and it was looking like early to mid-Feb - not great given that we flew out here on Feb 4th. However the girls at Snooks were *brilliant* and pulled out all the stops to get one of the first jackets off the line shipped out to us in time to take it away with us
It's great. The jacket is well designed and feels lovely and light. I'll let Mrs NBT feedback more in due time, but I can HIGHLY recommend Snooks. They rock.
(hope the pics work)
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And I thought nbt was next big thing.
One lives and learns.
You may still be a little early for deals - and the snow has been good this season so resorts are just busier than normal (based on last week anyway).
I had a great week in Les Arcs, now planning a late March trip somewhere snowsure to get week 2 in, I'm already excited!
Came back from a week in Zell am See on Saturday night.
First time skiing abroad since 1984, a lot has changed!
Had a great time, snow was amazing. Especially Friday as there was a load of the white stuff falling from the sky from Thursday afternoon until we left on Saturday.
My partner is keen to go back so will start planning for next year soon!
This year ain’t over yet.
Boom. Work trip to Vancouver end of march, booking flights a couple of days early.
Sat/sun in whistler worth it?
As if you have to ask?
Nicely done!
Also, am enjoying the Snooks guerrilla marketing here! Good luck to them!
By the way, have we all seen the Kayak advert with Jeremy Jones?
He has a British accent for the voiceover.
Calgary week after next for work.
No skiing time. All work. 🤬
Ironically igm last weekend was the only one we haven't skied this year.
Hopefully heading to Glenshee this weekend for some quality queuing!
Finances won't allow for another foreign trip unfortunately.
35 hours until I’ll be sliding around Schladders. Can’t wait. It’s been too long.
CFH - The Snooks guerilla marketing might be working. The OH has been after a coat that is slightly longer. Mrs NBT’s photo above looks like it comes down lower at the rear, my OH might be interested. I’ll show her.
IGM... When do you land / leave Calgary?
There's always the Olympic park on the edge of the city for getting turns in during the evening.
We've had 25cm today so tried sweajnr and I went for a tour....
Jambo - Whistler is worth it but don't expect it to be cheap....
Grr forum. Photos from previous post now I'm on desktop....
Sweaman - it’s an arrive 1530 Tuesday, work Wednesday and Thursday and out on the 1845 Thursday evening.
Two days traveling for two days work again. Brutal.
hammerite - I am so pleased with this new snooks jacket.
It does indeed come a lot lower than normal jackets.
It's flattering, with the waist pull. Light, warm. Room for layering up but light enough to wear on warmer days.
Plenty of pockets which don't look lumpy when full of the normal tissues, purse, lippy, sun cream etc.
As for sizing, the cut is very generous. I have monkey arms and they are possibly a little too long. However I much prefer a longer arm than a cuff stuck halfway up your glove.
The hood is big enough to get any helmet or fashionable bobble hat underneath.
Amazingly I've never been one for colour coordinating gear on the slopes but there are enough colours in the jacket and zips to match my skis, buff and trousers, that was luck.
Let me know if you have any questions?
Must admit to liking the fact I've got the best goddamn jacket on the mountain (bonus points if you can name the reference?).
@IGM. Tough schedule indeed.. Hard to get some time on skis with that short a turnaround but if longer or spare time on a Friday....
wheeeeeeee !
Off to the airport, fully caffeinated
Have a good week everyone
1 week to go.
Can't wait !
Aldi Winter Olympics advert. 😎
Met a family on the Eurotunnel today in a 4wd Tesla complete with winter tyres, had stopped for a charge at Folkestone (not an issue due to 2.5hr delays 😐 ) then had two further stops/charges planned before getting to Chamonix overnight then through to Courymayeur. Quite a road trip that and a first for me, never seen a 4wd version of the Tesla.
And you a non-believer in full electric Jamba.
(No I wouldn’t have had that car for that trip either. But then while I can believe in electric, Tesla look like a red herring to me.)
Plenty of snow in the 3 Valleys. Snowed all day today and still is. Viz not brilliant but that’s okay.
Managed to bust a binding though, so now I’m some awful emergency rental Special Bus bindings that genuinely have left and right printed on them 😂
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Shit day in st Anton today. Gave up at around half one. Desperately hoping the forecast for the rest 9f the week isn't true.
GrahamS - you should never have threatened them with the Burtons. They know. 🤫
@oldtennis that looks great !
Candide Thovex .. worth following on FB
Of to st anton on saturday.
Hopefully it should be good,could do with some sunny days.
ski passes booked .
hire skis booked .
Alpe d' huez here we come .
weather forecast looks ok for next week .
Was listening to Chemmy explaining how to fall properly when skiing. She was explaining after a slalom skier crashed during the combined comp yesterday (he took out a pisteur on the way down and looked out for the crash bag).
He stayed loose and just flopped down, not tensing up which she explained many tourist skiers do, thus breaking bones and ending up with acl damage.
Like oldtennisshoes I was up Glenshee on Sunday. Snow conditions were fantastic, but the wind on the ridges was incredible. Free dermal abrasion anyone?
Yesterday we set out planning on another Glenshee trip only to discover the access road was closed so we headed for The Nevis Range instead. Similar conditions to Glenshee on Sunday but with more fresh snow!
Results so far
Days skied in mainland Europe 6
Days skied in Scotland 6
Long may the current weather continue!
Both Cairngorm & Glenshee closed today. Should be open tomorrow though 🙂
Shredalert, shredalert!
Snowboarder wins Women's Super G at the Olympics. haha brilliant
Paris zone on holiday as of today. Hopefully the weather system that's going over today will drop a little snow low down when the cold front arrives as the warm front is currently dropping rain at over 2000m.
Yesterday morning was rock hard. They closed some of the steep pistes till it warmed up and the surface softened to limit the number of ambulances needed. We gave up after surviving one run.
Still no obvious way of posting pics or vids on this new forum
Scotland best snow in Europe then?
Arrived in Alpe d Huez yesterday. It snowed all day, but woke up this morning to blue sky and sunshine and fresh snow.
Great day, some queues but 10 minutes max.
Could not ask for more.
And they even had 5 or 6 Tesla going round the ice track !
Back yesterday from a week in Hinterglemm - some of the best snow piste-wise that I've seen in many years
Off piste was fine but no more than maybe a foot of fresh. Nice light stuff though
Rained up to about half the mountain on Friday and the snow up top felt a lot heavier too afterwards
There's plenty of base but they could do with some more fresh snow from colder skies to cheer it all up again
Threw down with snow in Obergurgl yesterday and I’ve just woken up to blue skies and fresh snow. Today will be a good day!
A friend has an apartment in Chamonix I'm considering a March visit to. Not been there before and was hoping someone could explain how it works to me, there looks to be a bunch of ski areas, do you need all of them, are some better than others? I'm used to skiing in Les Arcs so how does the local piste grading compare? Any advice welcome 🙂
