Season 14/15 Banter thread

Dr Nic

Cant even say how good chamonix is right now. Waist deep in pow. No quesues. Courmayer tomor. Verbier Thursday. Im in heaven

Northern Monkey

Tignes is looking good on the webcams this morning. In a normal year I would be off this weekend, but work in mental at the minute, so have to wait until the end of February (2 weeks ago I was happy with that being forced on me, but not now!)

a148pro

Dr Nic wrote: »

Cant even say how good chamonix is right now. Waist deep in pow. No quesues. Courmayer tomor. Verbier Thursday. Im in heaven

Dr Nic the words waist deep, powder, chamonix, verbier, courmayeur, yesterday, today and tomorrow should never appear in this forum. Ever. Unless they are preceded by the words "last night I had a bizarre and unfeasible ski porn dream that even a 16 year old would think irresponsible".

Also in my experience the words Chamonix, powder, waist deep and no queues are a logical impossibility. And require an explanation. That is if you remain unbanned for your previous irresponsibility.

stevire

Dr Nic wrote: »

Cant even say how good chamonix is right now. Waist deep in pow. No quesues. Courmayer tomor. Verbier Thursday. Im in heaven

Pics or it didn't happen :P

Fattes

Dr Nic wrote: »

Cant even say how good chamonix is right now. Waist deep in pow. No quesues. Courmayer tomor. Verbier Thursday. Im in heaven

My dad arrived her Sat direct from Chamonix. He is on a role! But I don't and won't except no Q in Chamonix it is a scientific impossibility ha ha

a148pro

stevire wrote: »

Pics or it didn't happen :P

http://cedricbernardini.com/2015/01/19/dicks-pussies-and-blasphemy/

Neck deep

cormee

Rew wrote: »

Looking good in Les Arcs today

Which les arcs are you in? I'm in 1950. Horrible town! Some snow is badly needed, but it doesn't look like any is coming

Might head over to la plagne tomorrow.

Im not sure if I like Les Arcs to be honest. Most of our group are of the same opinion - prefer 3v.

maddness

cormee wrote: »

Which les arcs are you in? I'm in 1950. Horrible town! Some snow is badly needed, but it doesn't look like any is coming

Might head over to la plagne tomorrow.

Im not sure if I like Les Arcs to be honest. Most of our group are of the same opinion - prefer 3v.

Go over to La Plagne, it's a much nicer ski area. I thought that. Les Arcs was ok but there was far to many blue slopes that are basically just roads connecting various parts of the mountain. If you haven't yet go up to the top of the Glacier, it's a good run all the way back down.

cormee

maddness wrote: »

Go over to La Plagne, it's a much nicer ski area. I thought that. Les Arcs was ok but there was far to many blue slopes that are basically just roads connecting various parts of the mountain. If you haven't yet go up to the top of the Glacier, it's a good run all the way back down.

Will do so, thanks for the recommendation. I've a fair few gripes with les arcs so far.

At most resorts there are piste maps at the tips of lifts, this is only the case on about 50% of the runs here.

The blacks are a nightmare, I've only been down one that wasnt moguled to hell, and on that one the rocks were showing through the surface, me on my new board, dying a little every time I heard the board scrape the rocks. I don't mind moguls but not that f'n many, lads.

The towns are awful, 1600, 1800, and 2000, they're soulless urban experiments, badly laid out and not very easy to get around.

Conditions aren't great at the moment, snow is badly needed, lots of slopes are fermee, there are icy patches everywhere and grass is showing in a lot of places.

On the plus side the off piste is great, and there are some nice reds still in good nick.

A few days left, so maybe it will improve as I get used to it. Still, I'm glad I have a second trip, in Chamonix, in March.

a148pro

Jaysus, I thought it had snowed everywhere no? The more I think of it the more I think next year I'm just going to book flights and then drive to wherever conditions are best

Anyone have any idea where the best airport to do this is? Geneva?

AlternateID

a148pro wrote: »

Jaysus, I thought it had snowed everywhere no? The more I think of it the more I think next year I'm just going to book flights and then drive to wherever conditions are best

Anyone have any idea where the best airport to do this is? Geneva?

That's what I'm doing next month.

StaticAge11

Packing for L2A. A new board ready to go. Friday cannot come soon enough.

Rew

Spent the day up high at the glacier, great off piste coming back (via the transverse chair). Founds some great piste and off piste in les arcs then when we came back in the later afternoon.

Watched a n ice sunset then home

Fattes

a148pro wrote: »

Jaysus, I thought it had snowed everywhere no? The more I think of it the more I think next year I'm just going to book flights and then drive to wherever conditions are best

Anyone have any idea where the best airport to do this is? Geneva?

Geneva or Zurich would probably be the best options both cover Swiss resorts and Geneva French ones, Zurich has access to some Austrian resorts too

a148pro

I've done St Anton and ischgl from zurich alright - what else is in shooting distance fattes? I'd be thinking Switzerland is not a runner in current economic conditions.

maddness

If you can get flights to Grenoble, Alpe d Huez and Les Deux Alpes are close and high enough.
I always go DIY and find Geneva hard to beat. You. Can drive to countless Swiss, French and even Italian resorts within a couple of hours.

fmlarnapairce

lyon airport can work as well if you rent a car, flights can sometimes be cheap to there

Fattes

This should help

In great news Seamus O'Connor Irish snowbard slope styler finished 10th at the world champs today! At the tender age of 17



https://www.j2ski.com/ski_resorts/Airports/Zurich.html

AlternateID

Fattes wrote: »

This should help

In great news Seamus O'Connor Irish snowbard slope styler finished 10th at the world champs today! At the tender age of 17



https://www.j2ski.com/ski_resorts/Airports/Zurich.html

American.

pgibbo

I've used Turin airport for French & Italian trips. Another possible option.

Fattes

AlternateID wrote: »

American.

He is a good lad and entiteled to & represents with pride Ireland. His success helps increase funding for the sport and those athletes that will follow him

Men's slopestyle winner is a local from my adopted alpine town :Di

AlternateID

Fattes wrote: »

He is a good lad and entiteled to & represents with pride Ireland. His success helps increase funding for the sport and those athletes that will follow him

Men's slopestyle winner is a local from my adopted alpine town :Di

He may be a good lad, have talent and represent whomever but he's American.

He could of represented America or Russia (or England I think) but wouldn't of made the team for Sochi as there can only be 4 entries from each country and an awful lot of talented people.

“If I go with Ireland it would be easier to get in and I can focus on my training and not worry about the spot.” Seamus O'Connor 2011.

Fattes

AlternateID wrote: »

He may be a good lad, have talent and represent whomever but he's American.

He could of represented America or Russia (or England I think) but wouldn't of made the team for Sochi as there can only be 4 entries from each country and an awful lot of talented people.

“If I go with Ireland it would be easier to get in and I can focus on my training and not worry about the spot.” Seamus O'Connor 2011.

Have a look at the top 10 today, now tell me again how he could not represent Russia or the USA!

He is entitled to an Irish passport and holds one, that makes him an Irish citizen, he was 16 last year and is still quiet young, I guess of he continues with his excellent development and his success generates, more sponsorship, more investment and interest tonIrish Snowsports we can discount all this because he was born in the USA ?

Would you rather we sent nobody, do you think that unless you are born live your entire life in Ireland you should not be referred to as Irish or allowed to represent the state?

Sadly rather than celebrate a successful and hard working lad you seem to what to knock and distract from his success under an Irish flag! A success that will help the sports we love to grow

AlternateID

Fattes wrote: »

Have a look at the top 10 today, now tell me again how he could not represent Russia or the USA!

He is entitled to an Irish passport and holds one, that makes him an Irish citizen, he was 16 last year and is still quiet young, I guess of he continues with his excellent development and his success generates, more sponsorship, more investment and interest tonIrish Snowsports we can discount all this because he was born in the USA ?

Would you rather we sent nobody, do you think that unless you are born live your entire life in Ireland you should not be referred to as Irish or allowed to represent the state?

Sadly rather than celebrate a successful and hard working lad you seem to what to knock and distract from his success under an Irish flag! A success that will help the sports we love to grow

It doesn't matter how good he is now. In 2011 he decided to take Irish nationality when he had a choice of nations to represent, and there were offers, because it would guarantee him a better chance of going to Sochi and future Olympics. He did what anybody else would of done but he's still not Irish.

I did not mention his success nor did I not knock his success unless you think stating he's American is "knocking" him. I think you'd find he'd disagree. I did not say he shouldn't represent Ireland. I'm going to say that again as clearly you'd rather read between the lines. I did not say he shouldn't represent Ireland. I said he's not Irish. Now here's a fact you should keep in mind he can, if he wants, change his nationality to one of others previously mentioned. Is he still Irish? In your opinion he is.

Regarding his talent I'm not disputing it. Soon he might place or even win an event.

I'm going to paste this quote here again as clearly you haven't read it.

“If I go with Ireland it would be easier to get in and I can focus on my training and not worry about the spot.” Seamus O'Connor 2011.

a148pro

Meh who gives a fcuk can only be good for irish skiing

Does he know what the best airport to book to cover all bases is that's what I want to know

Fattes

He has an Irish passport he took Irish nationality, his parents are the children of emigrants, by you logic my nephew born in the US is not Irish despite his close and daily contact with my parents here.

AlternateID

Fattes wrote: »

He has an Irish passport he took Irish nationality, his parents are the children of emigrants, by you logic my nephew born in the US is not Irish despite his close and daily contact with my parents here.

Indeed. Logic took the night off a few posts back.

cormee

AlternateID wrote: »

Indeed. Logic took the night off a few posts back.

Oh snap!

fmlarnapairce

my word, 2 days without a post on this thread! we all know what that means, everyone except me is skiing! goddam you all. to hell.

prunudo

fmlarnapairce wrote: »

my word, 2 days without a post on this thread! we all know what that means, everyone except me is skiing! goddam you all. to hell.

Or me, but I will be next week
Interesting looking weather towards of next week for the northern alps. All models forecasting a massive storm