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Ski/snowboarding holidays
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REDLAND
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I ski but don't use poles - what does that make me?
Me too - I learned without poles and even though I used to carry them I never really used them except when I was trying to be superwoman megaskiier and breaking my body doing moguls...
I haven't so much as skiied a snowflake in about 8 years though it must be said....
and yes we have snow in Australia...kangaroos don't like it much I've heard though...
pasty
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A prick with no sticks
I should have seen that one coming
Me too. I had a week of morning and afternoon lessons and only used poles twice and spent both afternoons just tripping over the bloody things.
On La Face in Tignes / Val D'Isere
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I should have seen that one coming
Me too. I had a week of morning and afternoon lessons and only used poles twice and spent both afternoons just tripping over the bloody things.
I found them more useful for twatting my sisters as I flew past
- Jul 10, 2003
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Hips to the mountain, Pasty, Shoulders to the valley
Great photo Pasty! (It took ages to show though??)
pasty
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Hips to the mountain, Pasty, Shoulders to the valley
Bollox to style and technique - I was going way too fast there to worry about stuff like that. I will own up though, that about 30 seconds after that photo was taken I bit the snow big time. I did the next 200 yards or so without skis, let alone poles
I wanna go skiing now But Zef isn't the remotest bit interested - I reckon Artie would have a ball!!
But Zef isn't the remotest bit interested - I reckon Artie would have a ball!!
pasty
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I wanna go skiing now
I'm thinking about organising one for Easter next year if you fancy it. Can't you even convince Zef with stories of Apres Ski ?
I could try, although Easter is usually a big race weekend for us...
Can you imagine Zef on ski's though? ooohh Pasty the Run down to Val through that little tunnel, one of my fave runs I've ever done! Also did the Grand Ski Run when I stayed in Val the day before it went live on tele, bloody steep and very very icy!
bristol, I used to skateboard so snowboarding was a doddle and had it all figured in a couple of hours! Should'nt take more than 3 days max anyway as it is easy to get the basics down.
bristol, I used to skateboard so snowboarding was a doddle and had it all figured in a couple of hours! Should'nt take more than 3 days max anyway as it is easy to get the basics down.
REDLAND
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Agreed, that run from Grand Prix (sp) is wicked, though generally only a third of the length most runs in Whistler !!
pasty
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Think my favourite run in Tignes is Trolles. The big black that ends with a huge shoosh (sp) down into Tignes Le Lac.
We took a GPS tracker out with us last time around and when we picked it up later I found we'd hit 86.55 km/h coming down it. I wondered why my ski trousers had gone a funny shade of brown. The GPS thingy is excellent.
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We took a GPS tracker out with us last time around and when we picked it up later I found we'd hit 86.55 km/h coming down it. I wondered why my ski trousers had gone a funny shade of brown. The GPS thingy is excellent.
This is detail you get (the guide coudn't spell btw)
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pasty
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Do peole still ski...how quaint.
bristolseagull
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all booked, i need to buy a jacket, is it ok to get one from tk maxx?
REDLAND
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indeed, try and get a recognised name if you can and make sure it has a snow skirt inside else your get very wet pants
pasty
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We hired it off the chalet rep. Can't remember exactly but I think it was something like 18 Euros each and there was four of us.