The STW Ski & Snowboard thread. The 2012-2013 season

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…!

🙂

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!

Clicky….[/url]

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;

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.

Edit to add:

Edukator, is this you?

😉

Nah this is me, but you knew that already:

Really laughed out loud ^^^

Something else is arriving around that time.

Will it be the pitter patter of tiny ski boots?

Edit: not laughing at you skiing edukator. lol at the man in the rubber suit

CaptainFlashheart – Member

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!

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. 😀

🙂

Awww, congrats Flashy!

Well Mr Flashheart not meaning to copy you or anything but it would appear i now have the same reason as you for missing next seasons boarding. Just back from the first scan today so baby is due beginning of March.

*crosses fingers for early snow this year*

Congratulations all on the baby front. This year was mine and my 2 daughters first time Skiing and we loved it (Mrs Ache has been doing it for over 20 years). We put the girls (2 and 4 at the time) into Piou Piou and they thought it was great they cant wait to go again next year. My youngest woke up crying in the middle of the night the other week, when I went into her to see what was wrong she said ‘I just want to go skiing.’

We are planning on getting them up the top of Pleney this time and taking them both down Piste B. As long as nobody breaks a leg like I managed on the first day this year then it will be great.

My youngest woke up crying in the middle of the night the other week, when I went into her to see what was wrong she said ‘I just want to go skiing.’

Awesome! 🙂

Rusty, heartiest of congratulations your way as well! 🙂

Anyone here own a pair of Atomic Hawx boots? If so, have a wee read of this from the nice people at Snow and Rock Towers;

ATOMIC AUSTRIA WANT TO MEET ANY OWNERS OF ATOMIC HAWX SKI BOOTS:

The Atomic product team will be in our Chertsey store next week and would love to meet anybody who currently owns a pair of Atomic Hawx ski boots. They’re over from Austria to further their quest to create the best skis boots and would love to get your feedback.

If you own a pair of Hawx boots and are available to come down to meet the team on the afternoon of 5th September (or morning of 6th) we would love to hear from you.

In return for an hour our your time we will provide you with Atomic goodies.

This session is limited to 4 people so please register your availability ASAP in writing to: lucy.bell@snowandrock.com

Feel free to pimp that around to anyone you know who owns a pair!

Oooh there’s been reports of snow up in Val Thorens.
We need a good base then a massive dump over Christmas.

Chill Chalet in BSM tweeted a photo of some snow the other day – presumably from Les Arcs.

SO EXCITED!!!

Val Cenis for us Feb haft term. Appartment, tunnel and overnight stops booked last week. Just need to sort out ski hire, lift passes and kids ski school. Saving a fortune so far booking it all direct.

MrsMc has a smart new pair of Atomic boots to replace her 1990s cerise Salomons. No new toys for me, new board last year.

Very tempted by a New Year trip too.

Waves to Paul.
What colour are MrsMc’s new boots? Very important the colour. Mine are pale gold!

Very important the colour.

Face, meet palm.

😉

Lol.
We have a friend who matched every item of ski wear to her baby blue skis and boots.

I’m not good enough yet to have my own skis or boots, but I will treat myself to my own helmet this winter. Colour undecided, but probably grey.

Colour undecided, but probably grey, providing that’s the one that best fits my bonce.

FTFY. 🙂

Hi Jane
Has Jules finished sanding yet?
Av’s boots are white and black as far as I remember with those weird rubbery expandable bits at the side. Just realised they will almost match my snowboard boots. His n hers 😯

I cycled past a house yesterday that had its front door and garage door painted the same blue as the car!

Oh Flashy, get you being all parental and sensible 😆

😆 @ Wallop!

Seriously though, fit is vital on a ski helmet, as with a bike helmet. Especially important to try it on with your goggles to make sure they work! (Smith Holt and Oakley Crowbar for me. As it happens, my helmet is a nice matte grey…! 🙂 )

Ah but flashy can you get a helmet big enough (really runs away very, very fast)? 😉

PaulMc lol – btw have you seen my matching shed and waterbutt on facebook?

I didn’t know about rubbery expandable sides, will have to look into that.

Bunnyhop, you know what they say about men with large heads, don’t you?

Massive helmets.

Or something like that. 🙂

Helmets are indeed one of those topics that we are allowed to discuss with joy on this thread 🙂