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Forum: Alpine Skiing January 12th 07, 01:21 AM Posted to rec.skiing.alpine
Replies: 7
Views: 3,570
Posted By Bill Tuthill
Twin tip Skis


My son needs new skis and he has asked for twin tips. He wants them
so he can start doing jumps landing backwards and ski backwards
without the skis digging into the snow. He is...
Forum: Alpine Skiing January 8th 07, 06:42 PM Posted to rec.skiing.alpine
Replies: 52
Views: 9,542
Posted By Bill Tuthill
About to buy first skis: suggestions? Parabolics?

Walt wrote:

What does "hips below the knees" mean?

Aha! Guess it means "sitting back with knees higher than butt".
It's something I don't do, so I just...
Forum: Alpine Skiing January 8th 07, 03:58 PM Posted to rec.skiing.alpine
Replies: 52
Views: 9,542
Posted By Bill Tuthill
About to buy first skis: suggestions? Parabolics?

Mike Treseler wrote:

What does "hips below the knees" mean? Downhill of the knees
on the fall line? Sounds like an upside-down person: weird.

Maybe a person...
Forum: Alpine Skiing January 6th 07, 08:16 PM Posted to rec.skiing.alpine
Replies: 52
Views: 9,542
Posted By Bill Tuthill
About to buy first skis: suggestions? Parabolics?

lal_truckee href'd:

Knee-Friendly Advice at
http://www.vermontskisafety.com/faq_skiers/faq_skiers_tips.html

Thanks, that is an excellent article.
And thank the Mozilla...
Forum: Alpine Skiing January 6th 07, 01:01 AM Posted to rec.skiing.alpine
Replies: 52
Views: 9,542
Posted By Bill Tuthill
About to buy first skis: suggestions? Parabolics?

JQ wrote:

The new "shaped" skis are heavier and thus much more likely
to cause a tear of your anterior cruciate ligament. :-}

The reason one tears the anterior...
Forum: Alpine Skiing January 5th 07, 12:44 AM Posted to rec.skiing.alpine
Replies: 52
Views: 9,542
Posted By Bill Tuthill
About to buy first skis: suggestions? Parabolics?

BillJosephson wrote:

Further to the ther advice, if you've not skied on modern skis before,
you need a lesson or 3 to get the best out of them.

It's a very...
Forum: Alpine Skiing December 21st 06, 05:22 PM Posted to rec.skiing.alpine
Replies: 0
Views: 3,705
Posted By Bill Tuthill
Extreme (fly) Skiing Video

This requires Flash and might not work in the evenings
when the Internets are busy:

http://www.veoh.com/videoDetails.html?v=e166151eDC9bRRF

Ski sailing: you will be scared of cliffs!
Forum: Alpine Skiing December 21st 06, 01:19 AM Posted to rec.skiing.alpine
Replies: 14
Views: 5,533
Posted By Bill Tuthill
Colorado snow reports lie

c wrote:

Let Mikey Ski It! wrote:

Owned a condo in Summit County, CO last year, and was always amuzing to
read the morning's snow report. Seems to me that the...
Forum: Alpine Skiing October 25th 06, 01:16 AM Posted to rec.skiing.alpine
Replies: 9
Views: 2,469
Posted By Bill Tuthill
help about ski

VtSkier wrote:

He was so grateful that I basically had a full
day private lesson. Learned a lot about keeping
my skis apart a bit and letting the ski do much
of the...
Forum: Alpine Skiing October 24th 06, 10:03 PM Posted to rec.skiing.alpine
Replies: 9
Views: 2,469
Posted By Bill Tuthill
help about ski

VtSkier wrote:

3. Atomic Metron 11 B5 Connected (176 cm)

These are what I have on order but haven't
arrived yet. I skied the earlier versions a bit
and friends tell...
Forum: Alpine Skiing September 28th 06, 04:12 PM Posted to rec.skiing.alpine
Replies: 11
Views: 4,779
Posted By Bill Tuthill
Ski Comparison Tool

mark wrote:
My friend and I have been developing a Ski comparison tool. It is
still a beta version (though it already has 250+ 06-07 skis) but we
would love your opinion...
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