Season 14/15 Banter thread

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