Poster: A snowHead
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Just got back from weeks skiing over Xmas and half of it was done with a boot where one of the ankle pivots was broken. To be honest I couldn't tell there was something wrong and carried on the rest of the week with a broken boot. I could however tell if I put my right ski on the left foot and vice versa.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Marvel, I must be a bad skier too, as I don't even know what an ankle pivot is.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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pam w, snap!
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Hurtle, Yes it had
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I just thought that with all the talk about ankle flex and stiff boots I should have noticed something was wrong and it would have affected my skiing but it didn't seem to.
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I thought you were starting a sub-group.
Wanted to join.............................
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Let's face it, we're all bad skiers.....I once took a dump off the Roche du Mio gondola in La Plagne in the 80's-that was really bad!
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kevin mcclean, how did you get your back bottom far enough out of the window?
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Red-an interesting question and one which could find me giving a technical seminar on such a matter, however, for brevity, it was literally prise the little doors open, jam them with the little 'wand' which was attached to them in those days and then allow the lunar eclipse to emerge and deposit its cargo 200 feet onto a blue run flatter than a pancake. As a Catholic, I sought immediate forgiveness from a local priest who then tried to trap me in his confessional box......but that's another matter.
As I say, it must have been 23 years ago when I 'were a lad'.
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Marvel, Would that be a Tecnica boot? Maybe a Rival or an Icon?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Marvel, I'm a UK shoe size 7 and due to unforseen circumstances, skied a day in a pair of borrowed size 11 boots. I managed to get the shins straps tight but my feet were moving around freely inside the boots. Prepared to give it a go on a shallow slope, then head home, it didn't seem to make much difference to my skiing. The weight difference was very noticeable though. I must be a bad skier too.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Ah, that must have been the legendary dump of the 84 winter that is always talked about in La Plagne.
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You know it makes sense.
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Marvel, Nice troll.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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It wasn't ski boots, but one day I'd spent about 5 hours wandering around an agricultural show before I realised I was wearing one of my size 7 walking boots and one of my husband's size 11's!!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Bad skier?
When I first read about reading rear entry boots I thought it was to do with the sexual orientation of the skier.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
Ah, that must have been the legendary dump of the 84 winter that is always talked about in La Plagne. |
Followed by lots of skid marks on the piste ?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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kevin mcclean, You are some Bad Ass skier, man.
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