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  #21  
Old September 21st 09, 08:40 AM posted to rec.skiing.resorts.europe,uk.rec.motorcycles
Paul S
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Default OT in some locations: New skis


"Pip Luscher" wrote in message
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On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:53:43 +0200, BrritSki
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...snipsy..

I'd love to be able to do that. Sadly, round here is about as far form
Alpine a it's possible to get (I live close to the Cambrifgshire Fens,
in much the same way the Brighton is close to the sea). If the
exchange rate were better then I'd try out a few different types and
buy abroad, but it's probably not worth it at the moment.


I know it's not exactly next door but Ellis-Brigham and the Snozone (Xscape)
at Milton Keynes have a weekend sometime soon that gives you a chance to try
several different skis for 3 hour period for £28 (IIRC) - not ideal but
maybe better than nothing. However, if you have the time free, it's probably
cheaper to save the petrol and snozone fee and pay the extra when buying in
the resorts.

HTH

Actually I bought a pair of Head IM82's that handle everything in Canadian
powder that I (and my son who, unlike me, actually knows what he's doing!)
could throw at them and were still good on piste.
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  #22  
Old September 21st 09, 04:47 PM posted to rec.skiing.resorts.europe
Mike Clark[_2_]
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Default OT in some locations: New skis

In message
Pip Luscher wrote:

On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:53:43 +0200, BrritSki
wrote:

Wife and I both lke our Bandits which we've had for a few years now.


I think they were the ones I hired, actually. Seemd to carve well
enough and I didn't have any [ski related] problems off piste, other
than a nervous sense of "help, these aren't my usual skis!"


Two friends of mine who use B2s for their ski-touring have experienced
problems with them delaminating at the tails and letting in the water.
However despite this problem my friends do tend to rate the B2 and also
B3 quite highly.

Mike
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  #23  
Old September 21st 09, 05:06 PM posted to rec.skiing.resorts.europe
BrritSki
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Default OT in some locations: New skis

Mike Clark wrote:
In message
Pip Luscher wrote:

On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:53:43 +0200, BrritSki
wrote:

Wife and I both lke our Bandits which we've had for a few years now.

I think they were the ones I hired, actually. Seemd to carve well
enough and I didn't have any [ski related] problems off piste, other
than a nervous sense of "help, these aren't my usual skis!"


Two friends of mine who use B2s for their ski-touring have experienced
problems with them delaminating at the tails and letting in the water.
However despite this problem my friends do tend to rate the B2 and also
B3 quite highly.

I'd heard that they can do this when you smack them into the snow tail
first at lunchtime/coffee-stops, so we avoid doing that if poss and no
probs so far (B2s)
  #24  
Old September 21st 09, 05:31 PM posted to rec.skiing.resorts.europe
Mike Clark[_2_]
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Default OT in some locations: New skis

In message
BrritSki wrote:

Mike Clark wrote:
In message
Pip Luscher wrote:

On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:53:43 +0200, BrritSki
wrote:

Wife and I both lke our Bandits which we've had for a few years now.
I think they were the ones I hired, actually. Seemd to carve well
enough and I didn't have any [ski related] problems off piste, other
than a nervous sense of "help, these aren't my usual skis!"


Two friends of mine who use B2s for their ski-touring have experienced
problems with them delaminating at the tails and letting in the water.
However despite this problem my friends do tend to rate the B2 and also
B3 quite highly.

I'd heard that they can do this when you smack them into the snow tail
first at lunchtime/coffee-stops, so we avoid doing that if poss and no
probs so far (B2s)


Yes but if you're using them as touring skis it is quite likely you'll
be taking them off for climbing some sections and you may then be using
the skis as a useful balancing aid or even belay under such
circumstances.

Mike
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  #25  
Old September 22nd 09, 07:05 AM posted to rec.skiing.resorts.europe
BrritSki
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Default OT in some locations: New skis

Mike Clark wrote:
In message
BrritSki wrote:

Mike Clark wrote:
In message
Pip Luscher wrote:

On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:53:43 +0200, BrritSki
wrote:

Wife and I both lke our Bandits which we've had for a few years now.
I think they were the ones I hired, actually. Seemd to carve well
enough and I didn't have any [ski related] problems off piste, other
than a nervous sense of "help, these aren't my usual skis!"
Two friends of mine who use B2s for their ski-touring have experienced
problems with them delaminating at the tails and letting in the water.
However despite this problem my friends do tend to rate the B2 and also
B3 quite highly.

I'd heard that they can do this when you smack them into the snow tail
first at lunchtime/coffee-stops, so we avoid doing that if poss and no
probs so far (B2s)


Yes but if you're using them as touring skis it is quite likely you'll
be taking them off for climbing some sections and you may then be using
the skis as a useful balancing aid or even belay under such
circumstances.

No doubt those considerations would override anything else. The thing
about banging them into a possibly icy snow bank is that they are
usually banged in hard, especially if the snow's hard which is when the
most damage occurs, and the fact that there is a slight up-turn on the
tails means they don't go in square to the snow which would probably do
less damage.

I tend to put mine into the snow gently one at a time with the edge of
the tail square to the snow now if I have to, but I prefer to lean them
up against something.

What I do NOT do is step out of them at the restaurant/cafe and leave
them there as happens increasingly now. When my path in/out is blocked
like that I just walk over everything or ski over it....
  #26  
Old September 22nd 09, 03:02 PM posted to rec.skiing.resorts.europe
Mike Clark[_2_]
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Default OT in some locations: New skis

In message
BrritSki wrote:

Mike Clark wrote:
In message
BrritSki wrote:

Mike Clark wrote:
In message
Pip Luscher wrote:

On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:53:43 +0200, BrritSki
wrote:

Wife and I both lke our Bandits which we've had for a few years now.
I think they were the ones I hired, actually. Seemd to carve well
enough and I didn't have any [ski related] problems off piste, other
than a nervous sense of "help, these aren't my usual skis!"
Two friends of mine who use B2s for their ski-touring have experienced
problems with them delaminating at the tails and letting in the water.
However despite this problem my friends do tend to rate the B2 and also
B3 quite highly.

I'd heard that they can do this when you smack them into the snow tail
first at lunchtime/coffee-stops, so we avoid doing that if poss and no
probs so far (B2s)


Yes but if you're using them as touring skis it is quite likely you'll
be taking them off for climbing some sections and you may then be using
the skis as a useful balancing aid or even belay under such
circumstances.

No doubt those considerations would override anything else. The thing
about banging them into a possibly icy snow bank is that they are
usually banged in hard, especially if the snow's hard which is when the
most damage occurs, and the fact that there is a slight up-turn on the
tails means they don't go in square to the snow which would probably do
less damage.


Yes but it's not a problem that I've seen associated with that many skis
that are popular with off-piste and ski-tourers e.g. Dynastar Legends or
Atomic R9s etc both of which I've personal experience of.


I tend to put mine into the snow gently one at a time with the edge of
the tail square to the snow now if I have to, but I prefer to lean
them up against something.


When I'm at 3500m+ staggering up the final bit of a steep slope to a col
it's not the kind of issue I'm concentrating on .....


What I do NOT do is step out of them at the restaurant/cafe and leave
them there as happens increasingly now. When my path in/out is blocked
like that I just walk over everything or ski over it....


restaurants / cafes ???? this does fit in with my concept of off-piste
ski-touring....

;-)

Mike
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  #27  
Old September 22nd 09, 03:13 PM posted to rec.skiing.resorts.europe
BrritSki
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Mike Clark wrote:
In message
BrritSki wrote:

Mike Clark wrote:
In message
BrritSki wrote:

Mike Clark wrote:
In message
Pip Luscher wrote:

On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:53:43 +0200, BrritSki
wrote:

Wife and I both lke our Bandits which we've had for a few years now.
I think they were the ones I hired, actually. Seemd to carve well
enough and I didn't have any [ski related] problems off piste, other
than a nervous sense of "help, these aren't my usual skis!"
Two friends of mine who use B2s for their ski-touring have experienced
problems with them delaminating at the tails and letting in the water.
However despite this problem my friends do tend to rate the B2 and also
B3 quite highly.

I'd heard that they can do this when you smack them into the snow tail
first at lunchtime/coffee-stops, so we avoid doing that if poss and no
probs so far (B2s)
Yes but if you're using them as touring skis it is quite likely you'll
be taking them off for climbing some sections and you may then be using
the skis as a useful balancing aid or even belay under such
circumstances.

No doubt those considerations would override anything else. The thing
about banging them into a possibly icy snow bank is that they are
usually banged in hard, especially if the snow's hard which is when the
most damage occurs, and the fact that there is a slight up-turn on the
tails means they don't go in square to the snow which would probably do
less damage.


Yes but it's not a problem that I've seen associated with that many skis
that are popular with off-piste and ski-tourers e.g. Dynastar Legends or
Atomic R9s etc both of which I've personal experience of.


Ah, I was only referring to B2s.

I tend to put mine into the snow gently one at a time with the edge of
the tail square to the snow now if I have to, but I prefer to lean
them up against something.


When I'm at 3500m+ staggering up the final bit of a steep slope to a col
it's not the kind of issue I'm concentrating on .....



What I do NOT do is step out of them at the restaurant/cafe and leave
them there as happens increasingly now. When my path in/out is blocked
like that I just walk over everything or ski over it....


restaurants / cafes ???? this does fit in with my concept of off-piste
ski-touring....

;-)

An old friend used to go ski-mountaineering in the mountains behind
Rieti (100 kms from Rome, but there's a ski resort at Terminillo where I
learned to ski)) with some of the local mountain men. They'd climb a
mountain somewhere and then ski down the other side until they came to a
village where they would find someone who would make them some pasta and
a phone (this is 30+ years ago before mobiles) where someone (female of
course in the world of macho men) would be called to drive round and
pick them up about 2 hours later after they'd eaten and drunk.
Doubt if you could do it today....
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Old September 22nd 09, 04:05 PM posted to rec.skiing.resorts.europe
Mike Clark[_2_]
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BrritSki wrote:

Mike Clark wrote:
In message
BrritSki wrote:

[snip]
Yes but it's not a problem that I've seen associated with that many skis
that are popular with off-piste and ski-tourers e.g. Dynastar Legends or
Atomic R9s etc both of which I've personal experience of.


Ah, I was only referring to B2s.


Exactly! B2s could be really excellent off-piste ski-touring skis except
for one little issue.... (I think more recent models do have a protector
fitted as standard).

[snip]
restaurants / cafes ???? this does fit in with my concept of off-piste
ski-touring....

;-)

An old friend used to go ski-mountaineering in the mountains behind
Rieti (100 kms from Rome, but there's a ski resort at Terminillo where I
learned to ski)) with some of the local mountain men. They'd climb a
mountain somewhere and then ski down the other side until they came to a
village where they would find someone who would make them some pasta and
a phone (this is 30+ years ago before mobiles) where someone (female of
course in the world of macho men) would be called to drive round and
pick them up about 2 hours later after they'd eaten and drunk.
Doubt if you could do it today....


I've kind of achieved that. My friends wife doesn't ski so when we're
at his chalet in Le Buet we frequently do day tours and arrange for her
to kindly come and collect us.

Mike
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Old September 30th 09, 11:46 PM posted to rec.skiing.resorts.europe,uk.rec.motorcycles
Eugene Miya
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What this got to do with bikes?

A colleague at Oxford did sabbaticals at Bariloche. He probably skied
there.

I am on a waiting list for volunteers on research experiments which can
require skiing on the Chile/Bolivan border. Pay for fly down there? Ha.


Check the Reuter's book.

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Old October 1st 09, 06:17 AM posted to rec.skiing.resorts.europe
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Eugene Miya wrote:

What this got to do with bikes?


NAHAY?

A colleague at Oxford did sabbaticals at Bariloche. He probably skied
there.


Not Chile: Argentina, that is.

I am on a waiting list for volunteers on research experiments which can
require skiing on the Chile/Bolivan border. Pay for fly down there? Ha.


My wife and I are moving out there :-)

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