Season 14/15 Banter thread

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

Rew

Looking good in Les Arcs today

a148pro

Fattes wrote: »

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

Aw man I'm sick reading some of the updates today

Fattes, on career guidance day will you be sure to text me your desk number so I can benefit from future offspring's chosen (or guided) career path

a148pro

Also absolutely fcuk the swiss they are purporting to charge me 30 euro for sending 4 whats app text messages. The more I think about it the more I consider the entire Swiss project to be parasitic.

AlternateID

100% whatsapp and not mms? Sending pictures from an iPhone?

Fattes

a148pro wrote: »

Aw man I'm sick reading some of the updates today

Fattes, on career guidance day will you be sure to text me your desk number so I can benefit from future offspring's chosen (or guided) career path

Of course, anything I can help with! You know the old joke though, what's the difference between a ski instructor and a pizza? A pizza can feed a family of 4


Try having the Swiss pull the rug from under their currency and me having my rent for the season on a Euro Bank account and currently unable to earn CHF due to injury!!!

how did you get charged for what's App roaming charges on 3G?

hawkwind23

Fattes wrote: »

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

Yeah i would but its Switzerland!
id have enough for about 4 pints over the weekend but suppose you never know

Fattes

hawkwind23 wrote: »

Yeah i would but its Switzerland!
id have enough for about 4 pints over the weekend but suppose you never know

CHF 9- 10 francs for a 3 pint pitcher! It's not so bad

currency rate change this week is a killer, will see how the businesses react long term but right now they are going with the current exchange rate!

a148pro

I skied into Switzerland for about two hours, sent about four text only messages on what's app, swiss network charged me 30 euro. Total roaming bill for four days was about 90. Farce.

AlternateID

a148pro wrote: »

I skied into Switzerland for about two hours, sent about four text only messages on what's app, swiss network charged me 30 euro. Total roaming bill for four days was about 90. Farce.

Contact your provider.

AlternateID

New prizm lens just arrived from the good folks at Oakley. Just need to get back to the mountains now.

Fattes

AlternateID wrote: »

Contact your provider.

A pay as you go Swiss mobile, with 10 francs credit and a month free data is about 30 francs

stevire

AlternateID wrote: »

New prizm lens just arrived from the good folks at Oakley. Just need to get back to the mountains now.

Nice one, let us know how you get on with this one! 13 days and I'll be testing out the Prizm Rose too

AlternateID

stevire wrote: »

Nice one, let us know how you get on with this one! 13 days and I'll be testing out the Prizm Rose too

I'm afraid it's 25 days 23 hours and 44 mins for me. Fattes will be back on the snow before me. All going well of course.

Fattes

AlternateID wrote: »

I'm afraid it's 25 days 23 hours and 44 mins for me. Fattes will be back on the snow before me. All going well of course.

This is this am a friend (well he was once)of mine wanted to let me know how it was.

Week of Feb 2 looks like my first ski day on return from injury

AlternateID

Fattes wrote: »

This is this am a friend (well he was once)of mine wanted to let me know how it was.

Week of Feb 2 looks like my first ski day on return from injury

Looks ****

stevire

http://m.tt.com/panorama/unfall/9508640-91/offenbar-mehrere-versch%C3%BCttete-bei-lawinenabgang-in-st.-anton.csp

Awful news from St Anton, 2 dead from a group of 6 skiers. Sounds like it was very close to the Valluga lift (is that the lift that you need a guide to be allowed up?)

AlternateID

Conflicting reports all over the place. I've seen mention of a guide but that doesn't mean he's at fault.

a148pro

Yeah its that lift. Bit closer to home when its a resort you know, I'd always wanted to ski that. A reminder that even when you do everything right (i.e. engage a guide) you're still at risk.

fannymagee

Awful. And the fact that the guide was there at all means that he's now up sh1t creek. Nightmare stuff.

Fattes

a148pro wrote: »

Yeah its that lift. Bit closer to home when its a resort you know, I'd always wanted to ski that. A reminder that even when you do everything right (i.e. engage a guide) you're still at risk.

As with last season a lot of guides, taking risks for financial gain due to a slow season.

There are accidents and preventable incidents that occur due to Human error! This seems like the latter