Leonard Smalls Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Me at today's skiing, Le Chattrix... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Leonard Smalls said: Me at today's skiing, Le Chattrix... Envious!!! Not been skiing for a few years now, I miss the clear skies and the views. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 Today... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said: Today... There's tidy. The sweat band is a nice touch. Edited May 9, 2022 by SpondonBassed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 34 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said: There's tidy. The sweat band is a nice touch. Two sessions without it and my carpal tunnel symptoms get set off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zbd1960 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 (edited) On cello rather than bass... Edited May 10, 2022 by zbd1960 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 On 22/01/2022 at 16:53, Richard R said: Envious!!! Not been skiing for a few years now, I miss the clear skies and the views. Ditto that! Skiing was one of my great passions. Dodgy knees has largely put paid to that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 29 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said: Skiing was one of my great passions. Dodgy knees has largely put paid to that It might be worth thinking about getting one of THESE. I know people with serious arthritic knees who can ski again by using a Ski Mojo. Not cheap, but it means you could get back on the slopes... Just to get you more jealous, I've just bought my first ever pair of new skis - they're 95mm at the waist, and 154mm at the shovel. And despite their proper off piste/all mountain shape they're designed for fast on-piste carving. They catapult you out of turns like you've got a jet engine! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 14 minutes ago, Leonard Smalls said: It might be worth thinking about getting one of THESE. I know people with serious arthritic knees who can ski again by using a Ski Mojo. Not cheap, but it means you could get back on the slopes... Just to get you more jealous, I've just bought my first ever pair of new skis - they're 95mm at the waist, and 154mm at the shovel. And despite their proper off piste/all mountain shape they're designed for fast on-piste carving. They catapult you out of turns like you've got a jet engine! hmm good advice. I'll def being checking these out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 43 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said: Ditto that! Skiing was one of my great passions. Dodgy knees has largely put paid to that If you’re willing to endure 3 days of falling over like a fly swat, whilst learning, snowboarding is a lot easier on the knees. I tore a lateral cruciate on the first day of a springtime, boarding holiday (I was off piste and the nose of the board dug into the heavy snow at speed, it stopped but I kept going, still attached and some stretching occurred. Stick with me, it does get better). I could barely walk but with some strapping from a bandage, I could snowboard all day without pain. I skied (alpine) for years and then got into snowboarding, but for the last few years I’ve really got into cross country skiing. No queues, very cheap passes, cheaper gear, the warmest, most comfortable boots ever, the list goes on. You don’t have to go off like the folk in the Olympics, you pick your own pace and level of technique and off you go. It’s also surprisingly easy on the knees too, which is why you see some very old folk still getting around. Not very exciting I hear you say? Not at all, I’ve skied and boarded some very extreme slopes in Europe and Canada, non of that compares to the trepidation of a slight incline with massively long, skinny skis, attached only at the toe. 😬. Brilliant fun! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 That's me in my profile pic. I'm not saying just how long ago it was, but you could probably hazard a guess from the decor 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grewster Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Me skankin’ with my trusty Hofner Club …. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lownote Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 (edited) Me in my ripened fullness (my avatar is my great grandpa) Edited May 10, 2022 by lownote 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zbd1960 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 4 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said: It might be worth thinking about getting one of THESE. I know people with serious arthritic knees who can ski again by using a Ski Mojo. Not cheap, but it means you could get back on the slopes... Just to get you more jealous, I've just bought my first ever pair of new skis - they're 95mm at the waist, and 154mm at the shovel. And despite their proper off piste/all mountain shape they're designed for fast on-piste carving. They catapult you out of turns like you've got a jet engine! Skiing is so much easier now with modern carving skis - unlike the really hard work straight skis I learnt on in the 80s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 7 minutes ago, zbd1960 said: really hard work straight skis I learnt on in the 80s Me too! I remember a school trip to Aprica in about 1981... Shame I'm not as young and supple as then - otherwise I'd be doing lean angles just like this 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 4 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said: Me too! I remember a school trip to Aprica in about 1981... Shame I'm not as young and supple as then - otherwise I'd be doing lean angles just like this 😁 Tried once in 80's up at Aviemore area and it was painful and caught in a blizzard but the aches and pains i got when i was just learning was enough to put me off. I was only on the learning area tho. Have to say its something i would like to try again as i was just getting the hang of it on the learner slopes and could see the attraction of it. I'm now a bit older and wiser and probably a bit fitter than i was in mid 80's LOL. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 1 minute ago, dmccombe7 said: Tried once in 80's up at Aviemore area and it was painful and caught in a blizzard That's Scottish skiing (and mountaineering) 😁 But when the weather and conditions are good is one of the best places on earth... However, that's for maybe 4 days a year! Skiing is much easier nowadays, as the skis are so much easier to turn with. But my tip is to get at least 6 hours of tuition in. And go to Austria - the chair lifts are heated, the mountain food is on the whole better than France and beer's cheaper. And it's weissbier! Though saying that, I love France too, though choose wisely as it can get very crowded. Don't go at half term! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 I'm going skiing with my school next March. Despite the fact I've never been skiing or shown any inclination to it seems it was hard to find volunteers to supervise ~300 teenagers on their first overseas trip ever. Any tips? For skiing I mean. The kids I can handle. (Spoiler, he can't) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Tips? Have a lesson... And keep your ankles flexed so your shins push into the front of the boots. That keeps weight over the front which makes turning much easier, as you'll then be using the whole edge. And learn how to carve as quickly as possible, as the beginner's snowplough turn and stop hurts far more! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Leonard Smalls said: That's Scottish skiing (and mountaineering) 😁 But when the weather and conditions are good is one of the best places on earth... However, that's for maybe 4 days a year! Skiing is much easier nowadays, as the skis are so much easier to turn with. But my tip is to get at least 6 hours of tuition in. And go to Austria - the chair lifts are heated, the mountain food is on the whole better than France and beer's cheaper. And it's weissbier! Though saying that, I love France too, though choose wisely as it can get very crowded. Don't go at half term! Heated chairlifts................you're spoiled sir. 😂 Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 43 minutes ago, Leonard Smalls said: Tips? Have a lesson... And keep your ankles flexed so your shins push into the front of the boots. That keeps weight over the front which makes turning much easier, as you'll then be using the whole edge. And learn how to carve as quickly as possible, as the beginner's snowplough turn and stop hurts far more! I did take lessons for half a day and it was basically the snowplough we were taught and i think that's what gave me the aches cause i vaguely remember being able to turn like proper skiers was relatively easy once i got the hang of it but lets be honest one day at it was never gonna take me past a beginner. No chance of me going abroad these days, i hate airports, not so much flying just hanging about airports plus my passport ran out in 2015. Not been abroad since 2009 and even then it was on a Harley Davidson ride down to St Tropez. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 2016 I think 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 (edited) April 2022 and some time in 2012 (wearing zombie make up before you ask) Edited May 10, 2022 by Clarky 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_dinger Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Looking tired on the train home. Next to me is my bass case, as I collect the bass from Croydon and return to Kent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said: No chance of me going abroad these days I prefer to drive! From Shropshire to Saalbach in Austria is 2 500 mile days with an overnight at a £50 Ibis in Luxembourg which has a most excellent Italian restaurant next door... We stay for about 10 days skiing, and it costs us about a grand each including liftpass... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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