Winter 2012/13

timebomb26 said:
If you want a ski that's playful though the Bacon is the one for you. It's relatively soft (probably medium stiffness), but get a 184 and you'd have no problems. I've taken it everywhere and it is so much fun. Piste runs/buttering in the backcountry/park laps, it does it all.
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Couldn't agree more, I still regret selling my '08 Bacon's, they were brilliant. My current JJs are just as capable off piste but much less fun all round.

A friend has just bought a pair of Opus for this winter which I look forward to having a play on. Seems like they have changed the design of the range recently and the Opus is now much like the old Bacon.
 
Guest, do it! Come along for the ride... I'm attempting to drag people along at the moment. Think there should be about 7 of us... or something.

Snax, bindings are never normally an issue, as long as they're set correctly for your ability, weight etc. If you ski harder, you want them up higher, but for a piste skier, who is not too heavy, you'd want them fairly low so they do pop off. Mrs is tiny and weighs not a lot and hers I think I've got set on 4-5, whereas mine are on 13 I think it was.

Booking a ski weekend, to make the most of it you want to make sure you get the 2 days of skiing in really, or 3 if you can get a day holiday. You can do the ski train overnight to get you there in the morning if you're wanting to keep it cheap. Saying that though, you should be able to get a cheapish flight to Geneva, then you can train it up to a lot of places from there and obviously takes a lot less time. Find a resort you want to go to (scour cheap deals for accommodation) and then work out how best to get there.

Happy to help, saves me from work ;)
 
olv said:
Couldn't agree more, I still regret selling my '08 Bacon's, they were brilliant. My current JJs are just as capable off piste but much less fun all round.

A friend has just bought a pair of Opus for this winter which I look forward to having a play on. Seems like they have changed the design of the range recently and the Opus is now much like the old Bacon.
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Now you've put the cat among the pigeons. New Opus, or Bacons... the ever tough decision...
 
Bah, everyone's making me want to get a trip booked up for next year! I need to put some more scuffs on my boots, they're still looking far too new and shiny for my liking (even though they're 2 years old).

I'm getting the impression there are some pretty decent skiers on here, I just wish I could have the time to do more than a week a year at the moment. Let's face it, when it comes to skiing you can ALWAYS find the money.
 
QuickLink - I'll look into dates and things.

edit - I see its from 1st - 6th April. How much is it for tickets and accomodation for a week? (about)

I suppose another reason to rent skis is things like having a few too many beers and skiing down a snowy road back to our chalet (holding gerkins, sausages and bread) ...The crossroads had been gritted! Que me and my dad stopping dead and being fired out of our skis head first down the road, food going everywhere!!
 
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QuickLink said:
Now you've put the cat among the pigeons. New Opus, or Bacons... the ever tough decision...
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I've no actually skied the Opus, but my colleague does a lot of work for line and he says they're sick. He said he took them everywhere as well, but I'd say if you're going mainly off piste (proper off piste not cutting in between runs like some people think) then go for the Opus. You can still take it through the park and piste, but you'll benefit a lot more in powder. If though, maybe more realistically, you're not going to spend every day slaying the backcountry you should get the bacon. Both phenomenal skis.
 
If you are good at skiing you should be able to cope with any types of bindings / skis surely?

I watch ski videos from the early 80s and the equipment they use looks terrible - However they can still ski amazingly well

Give me the best skis in the world and I couldnt ski to their level. Cant polish a turd!
 
It's getting to the stage now where most skis can do most things. A good skier should be able to carve nearly any ski. The difference comes from how much enjoyment you get back from the ski, which is how I'd review something.
 
Snax said:
This sounds like a stupid question but given the variables, i will ask it. How do you book a ski weekend?

Im in london: can it be done fairly economically? Do you use the ski train? Are there certain resorts to go for? Or do you live near a resort anyway and just pop up?
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Chamonix is my favourite weekend resort, Just get cheapo airline flights to Geneva, hire a car and you can drive to Chamonix in like an hour or less. Have stayed both in the centre, on the outskirts and in the other villages so there is a bit of variety on your budget.

There's a few others near Geneva like Morzine, Avoriaz, Flaine.
 
Yea, you also have Chatel which is about 1hr30 from Geneva (near our place) and that links to avoriaz, morzine and the whole PdS but tends to be cheaper than some of the other resorts. Well used to, anyhow.
 
timebomb26 said:
It's getting to the stage now where most skis can do most things. A good skier should be able to carve nearly any ski. The difference comes from how much enjoyment you get back from the ski, which is how I'd review something.
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Spot on. Also depends to a degree on what you ski most and how much effort you wish to put through the ski to do it (e.g. GS ski will carve with less effort than a powder ski). That being said the above comment pretty much sums up everything, just remember with rocker there is the possibility of some chatter at high speed.
 
From last season, but I still love this video. :D


This is what skiing is about for me, playing around and having fun, not carving on ice.
 
Has anyone tried any of the new whitedot skis? I really wanted to try the Director but they didn't have any at the ski test I was on. I've been reading nothing but great things though.
 
timebomb26 said:
It's getting to the stage now where most skis can do most things. A good skier should be able to carve nearly any ski. The difference comes from how much enjoyment you get back from the ski, which is how I'd review something.
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While ski technology has improved and bad skis don't really exist, what you say is not really true. Skis are a tool, they have been optimized for specific tasks, and as they say, you need the beast tool r the job.

This is highly with the differences between dedicated powder skis and say slalom race skis. Completely spite design goals. The chambers, the narrow waist, the large asymmetry with a narrow waist, stiffness etc, are diametrically opposed. Slalom skis are stiff, short, narrow waisted, have a strong positive chamber (on a flat floor the tips and tails touch the ground, the waist is I'm the air forming an arch). Dedicated powder skis are longer, are soft (especially at the front), the waists are fat, and on some powder skis the waists are the fattest parts of the skis, the chamber is minimal or even negative (rocketed skis with the waist sitting on the floor and the tips and tails pointing up I to the air).

Completely opposite skis designed for totally posits conditions. The best World Cup skier would come last with any powder ski, even the best powder skiers will have less fun with a slalom skieven if they get down the mountain.
 
May I hijack this thread a little bit and ask how people go about planning a trip to ski/board on their own? My friends like the sun, I like the snow. So thinking of going snowboarding for the first time on snow and not a dry slope but I'm a bit overwhelmed at where to start.
 
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