Season 14/15 Banter thread

a148pro

Which is good given that I'm unlikely to ski again for another fcuking year...

Fattes

"Skiing (off-piste but on recognised and authorised areas only)"

Really interesting wording again this most likely only covers Itinerary runs or guide/instructor led off piste

In Europe Once you duck a rope, leave a piste marker you at in an area that is not recognised by the resort, or authorised.

Seriously guys don't labour under the assumption that because you didn't ask they have to cover you, ask your insurance company the hard questions and get the answers first.

148pro the answer is it varies, so in the Vallais resorts in Switzerland it covers everything medical etc and evac, same in Chamonix I think, but in the canton I am based no lift co offers it! Te RIga cover in Switzerland is amazing, for CHF 50 approx it covers medivac of the hill once per year, if required

Fattes

Oh look what is in the way

prunudo

Just going to throw my oar into the insurance discussion (which as some said really deserves its own thread)

Knowing insurance companies they'll look at every opertunity not to pay out so it will be interesting to see what they come back with to cormee.

Is the 'Carte Neige' and ehic enough to get you off the mountain and into medical care should the multitrip not pay out as you were in unsafe off piste?

I have the Multi trip policy as it is, so will be curious how this plays out.

AlternateID

Actually VHI and multitrip won't get you into the medical centre. They don't care about it. All they will ask is do you have EHIC (E111). You can then call the VHI emergency number and see how you get on or pay cash. I paid cash and claimed when I got home. That was messy and over a year later I finally got VHI to pay the last bill which had doubled in penalties. Got the EHIC after that trip. Hindsight eh.

Fattes

Oh my, I have soiled myself on every possible way

http://youtu.be/yKP7jQknGjs

AlternateID

Fattes wrote: »

Oh my, I have soiled myself on every possible way

http://youtu.be/yKP7jQknGjs

Awesome.

I thought 2:00 was cool then I saw 4:20 and then 4:40.

AlternateID

And 3:55

Fattes

I ran out of adjectives about 60seconds in

fmlarnapairce

nice one, I saw this clip a few years ago but couldn't remember the name of clip/skier/anything really anytime i went looking for it again, so that posted youtube vid woke up something in my mind to find it!
nice!

a148pro

The few words trailer remains my favourite piece of ski porn but I don't like that, too much special effects such that I don't know what he's actually skiing, sound is a bit annoying too. The guy is such a legend there's no need to jazz him up just show us the skiing.

There's a vimeo video I'd highly recommend called following chris which is similar to that but no camera tricks.

cormee

Regarding the insurance - the underwriters came back with the exact same response "the policy covers off piste skiing except in areas designates as unsafe by local resort management unless you are ... accompanied by a locally qualified guide"

Shower of winkers.

fannymagee

cormee wrote: »

Regarding the insurance - the underwriters came back with the exact same response "the policy covers off piste skiing except in areas designates as unsafe by local resort management unless you are ... accompanied by a locally qualified guide"

Shower of winkers.

Typical. Now just forget about the technicalities and go and enjoy your trip. In reality, there is only one way to find out what they will & won't cover, and you don't want to do that!! :-)

cormee

fannymagee wrote: »

Typical. Now just forget about the technicalities and go and enjoy your trip. In reality, there is only one way to find out what they will & won't cover, and you don't want to do that!! :-)

I might just get the local off piste cover though, Les Arcs is supposed to be great for it, so it would be a shame not to.

Just over 24 hours to go! O to the M to the G

Bought a new pair of boots last week on eBay, got text off Parcel Motel an hour ago to say they couldn't be delivered as the card associated with my account has expired, and the balance wasn't sufficient. So just topped it up, cutting it tight. Dear God, please let them be delivered tonight, so I can be at peace with the world.

G2DG

Cormee, might be worth calling them they usually have them on tracking numbers and have more detail than you can get when tracking online. Or if you're in Dublin and they are in the main depot (in Finglas I think) you could rock over and collect them yourself.

fannymagee

cormee wrote: »

I might just get the local off piste cover though, Les Arcs is supposed to be great for it, so it would be a shame not to.

Just over 24 hours to go! O to the M to the G

Bought a new pair of boots last week on eBay, got text off Parcel Motel an hour ago to say they couldn't be delivered as the card associated with my account has expired, and the balance wasn't sufficient. So just topped it up, cutting it tight. Dear God, please let them be delivered tonight, so I can be at peace with the world.

AAAARGHHHHH!!!!!! Phone them. Get a helicopter. Do what you need to do!!

cormee

G2DG wrote: »

Cormee, might be worth calling them they usually have them on tracking numbers and have more detail than you can get when tracking online. Or if you're in Dublin and they are in the main depot (in Finglas I think) you could rock over and collect them yourself.

Yep, called them to sort out the card issue, he said they will be delivered either tonight or (cringe) Monday.

Even if I do get them tonight I'll have to do the whole heat moulding thing with them, really cutting this one fine.

Rew

cormee wrote: »

Yep, called them to sort out the card issue, he said they will be delivered either tonight or (cringe) Monday.

Even if I do get them tonight I'll have to do the whole heat moulding thing with them, really cutting this one fine.

No chance of just being able to grab them from the depot?

cormee

Rew wrote: »

No chance of just being able to grab them from the depot?

At work all day so I wouldn't make it over there in time. I'll just keep my fingers crossed.

I'm going again in March so I will have them for that trip at least, and my current boots are fine, I just got this new pair as they have a smaller footprint, in order to (hopefully) fix a small overhang issue on the board.

Rew

cormee wrote: »

At work all day so I wouldn't make it over there in time. I'll just keep my fingers crossed.

I'm going again in March so I will have them for that trip at least, and my current boots are fine, I just got this new pair as they have a smaller footprint, in order to (hopefully) fix a small overhang issue on the board.

Cool, weather looking good for us tomorrow, im almost ready to get excited except for the (my) 4am start...

cormee

Rew wrote: »

Cool, weather looking good for us tomorrow, im almost ready to get excited except for the (my) 4am start...

Yep, conditions look very promising. 15 cm forecast for tonight, a few more tomorrow, then for the rest of the week a few more cm forecast each night. Would be almost perfect conditions if that pans out, but the forecasts change from hour to hour.

Rew

cormee wrote: »

Yep, conditions look very promising. 15 cm forecast for tonight, a few more tomorrow, then for the rest of the week a few more cm forecast each night. Would be almost perfect conditions if that pans out, but the forecasts change from hour to hour.

Yeah i was truing to sort pargliding but the dude is saying weather is killing it ATM, good for ski/board bad for paragliding it seems!!

cormee

Rew wrote: »

Yeah i was truing to sort pargliding but the dude is saying weather is killing it ATM, good for ski/board bad for paragliding it seems!!

I'll take the ideal skiing/boarding conditions over the paragliding!

Boots are in Parcel Motel. All systems go, repeat; all systems go.

fannymagee

Haha brilliant!! Now FFS, after all that insurance research, make sure you pack your EH1C!! Have a great time :-)

Fattes

cormee wrote: »

Regarding the insurance - the underwriters came back with the exact same response "the policy covers off piste skiing except in areas designates as unsafe by local resort management unless you are ... accompanied by a locally qualified guide"

Shower of winkers.

Simple ask the question, if their is no safety designation for the are of off piste am I covered!

The answer will probably be No so at least you know, yep local insurance is a good idea Eh111 does not cover evac which is the most expensive part €10,000 for most heli Evacs!

Thankfully weather is changing, and snow is coming Physio confirmed I will be back on skis on 7-10 days

prunudo

Woohoo, dumping in Morzine and more due later in the week, badly needed too.

Fattes

We are at 20cm and counting so far today! Maybe I could ski

prunudo

Fattes wrote: »

We are at 20cm and counting so far today! Maybe I could ski

You'll have to get the toboggan out

Northern Monkey

The other half is in La Clusaz on a freebie from work. It was raining yesterday morning, but they've had 20cm+ in the last 12 hours and it's still coming down.

Fattes

jvan wrote: »

You'll have to get the toboggan out

Might steal on of these! Snow epic, are running a huge mountain bike event here this week, seriously fat tyres on these bikes and the noise they make on Tarmac! Is mad

Timmaay

Looks epic, do they come down normal slopes or mtb trails?

Rew

This is on the piste map I just got in Les Arcs makes the insurance question more clear cut anyway

man_no_plan

New skis arrived yesterday 😀.. Now we wait.... 5 weeks, (not that I'm counting)

fannymagee

The OH here just got a gift of new skis from a VIP guest. Serious kit. I am never going to see him again

Fattes

So it looks like conditions were ok today!

Fattes

And some more

Fattes

http://instagram.com/p/x9zVBmlbYH/

This was taken about 4 hours ago and it is still snowing

Fattes

50cm of fresh and a bluebird! And managed to find a good enough friend to bring my dad skiing in it as I can't aggghhhhhhhh

hawkwind23

WENGEN on the BBC red button , about to start at 12

Fattes

hawkwind23 wrote: »

WENGEN on the BBC red button , about to start at 12

The fly over Patrolle Suisse 2 F18's and a Swiss air Airbus formed up over our resort watched the from the top form up and head to Wengen! We can see the Jangfrau, Munch and Eiger from here

hawkwind23

Fattes wrote: »

The fly over Patrolle Suisse 2 F18's and a Swiss air Airbus formed up over our resort watched the from the top form up and head to Wengen! We can see the Jangfrau, Munch and Eiger from here

class

that crash just shows how steep it is , madmen!
you wonder how they dont break a leg when the ski is stuck and twisting , i presume they have completely different din settings.

Great downhill this one and switching between this and Zakopane WC Ski jump , be great to see Kamil Stoch win it.

AlternateID

Is that from yesterday?

Fattes

hawkwind23 wrote: »

class

that crash just shows how steep it is , madmen!
you wonder how they dont break a leg when the ski is stuck and twisting , i presume they have completely different din settings.

Great downhill this one and switching between this and Zakopane WC Ski jump , be great to see Kamil Stoch win it.

So you average rental skid on goes from 4-10 or 6-12 your average ski bought will be maxing out at 16. I have seen some of the World Cup guys with Dins as high as 22-26!!

If you watch them crash the tri to get the skis way from the ground and then downhill as the start to slow, this is to stop them catching and turning their legs into corkscrews

CardinalJ

Fattes wrote: »

I have seen some of the World Cup guys with Dins as high as 22-26!!

I just can't get my head around that. Just madness.

fmlarnapairce

working now, can't wait to get home to watch recorded downhnill! better have feckin recorded or i'm going to be on the phone to upc (for 2 hours)

Fattes

CardinalJ wrote: »

I just can't get my head around that. Just madness.

Think of a guy who weighs 95-110Kg travelling at upwards of 140KPH on a bumpy rutted sheet of ice and think of the force he exerts on the ski and the pressure created from G force and the ground!

It should help, my freeride skis go from 14-20 and race skis were always 18 But I am fat

hawkwind23

Congratulations to Kamil Stoch , that was exciting!
Getting into the ski jumping

Fattes

hawkwind23 wrote: »

Congratulations to Kamil Stoch , that was exciting!
Getting into the ski jumping

18-20th of December it is in town here if you fancy seeing it!

Fattes

Lars showing just how deep it was today!

http://instagram.com/p/yAHuw9F2j0/

Rew

Looking good in Les Arcs today