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"MoonMan" wrote in
: Mary Malmros wrote: snip As I discovered and mentioned in my next post, But here, in the UK, I have only ever heard of the big automatic tuning machines being refered to as "A Winterstieger" And probably most skiers in the US have never heard the name "Winterstieger" at all; however, the name isn't that unfamiliar to a lot of experienced skiers (and certainly quite familiar to those of us who have to stand in line every year to get our stuff checked, watching the big machine that says "Wintersteiger" go BANG over and over and over again). I don't think many skiers over here would have heard of them either Seriously your theory may work in litigous America, It's pretty plain that you don't even know what my "theory" is. I thought your theory as stated above was that a very complicated bit of kit on a bench made a "sixteen year old part timer who started at the shop last week" an "Experienced Proffessional" Well, see, that's what happens when you take a few things that person A said and a few things that person B said and add some of your own imaginings and then turn around and attribute the result to person A: you end up being, shall we say, wrong. Now, to return to the original question: if you think that taking your skis to a shop to have the bindings checked is equivalent to throwing fifteen bucks out in the street, then don't do it. You don't need anyone's permission. Perhaps it is indeed the case that the personnel in your shop consists exclusively of "sixteen year old part timer[s] who started at the shop last week", a notion that you seem quite taken with -- I know it's not the case where I take my skis, but YMMV. You can believe whatever you want, and perhaps your local reality reflects your beliefs. Just please stop badgering everybody to agree with you and blaming "litigious America" when we don't. You don't seem to get the point, it's not that I begrudge the $15 or whatever, THE SERVICE ISN'T EVEN OFFERED! I have never seen in any ski shop / ski workshop the equipment to do such a test. I keep asking wether these tests are performed anywhere else and never get an answer. I'm afraid I don't know the answer to your question; however, isn't it the case that in the UK, you have very little (no?) actual snow skiing? The shops that I'm thinking about are all located at or very near ski areas where there is a large call for services. Farther away from the areas, while you can find "ski shops", I'm not so sure that I'd expect to find a Wintersteiger. So, I wouldn't be too surprised not to find this service where you live; I'd be more surprised if it was completely unavailable where you ski. and yes there are lots of under 18s working at ski shops, minimum wage is lower (in the UK anyway) Again, this may be a location thing -- I wouldn't expect an under-18 (or a person of any age) working in a shop in New York City to necessarily know much at all, but if an under-18 got a job at the shop at one of the mountains, I wouldn't worry about it. |
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Mary Malmros wrote:
I'm afraid I don't know the answer to your question; however, isn't it the case that in the UK, you have very little (no?) actual snow skiing? The shops that I'm thinking about are all located at or very near ski areas where there is a large call for services. Farther away from the areas, while you can find "ski shops", I'm not so sure that I'd expect to find a Wintersteiger. So, I wouldn't be too surprised not to find this service where you live; I'd be more surprised if it was completely unavailable where you ski. Good point. I was interpreting his "over here" designation to mean Europe, not England. If he means England, then I'm not surprised by the lack of binding testing technology. I would be very very surprised to find out that binding release checking is not done anywhere in Europe. Setting something without testing it just seems so "un-German". BTW, there is snow skiing in the UK up in Scotland. For some values of "snow" that is. //Walt |
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Mary Malmros wrote:
Walt wrote : Mary Malmros wrote: Have you ever gotten hurt at the Shed? No, not to my knowledge. Where's the Shed? Stowe. Try the Mountain Ale. Ah. I've never skied Stowe. In fact, I've never even skied in Vermont. But I've skied in NY, Quebec, NH, and Massachusetts, so I've got it surrounded. Closing in for the kill, so to speak. //Walt |
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Walt wrote:
Mary Malmros wrote: Walt wrote : Mary Malmros wrote: Have you ever gotten hurt at the Shed? No, not to my knowledge. Where's the Shed? Stowe. Try the Mountain Ale. Ah. I've never skied Stowe. In fact, I've never even skied in Vermont. But I've skied in NY, Quebec, NH, and Massachusetts, so I've got it surrounded. Closing in for the kill, so to speak. //Walt Well, get yer butt over here. Soon actually, it's melting today. |
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VtSkier wrote:
Walt wrote: Ah. I've never skied Stowe. In fact, I've never even skied in Vermont. But I've skied in NY, Quebec, NH, and Massachusetts, so I've got it surrounded. Closing in for the kill, so to speak. Well, get yer butt over here. Soon actually, it's melting today. I've got the 2nd week of April off with the intention of driving to where there's snow. Hopefully I can find somewhere open that's more interesting than Brule... //Walt |
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Walt wrote:
VtSkier wrote: Walt wrote: Ah. I've never skied Stowe. In fact, I've never even skied in Vermont. But I've skied in NY, Quebec, NH, and Massachusetts, so I've got it surrounded. Closing in for the kill, so to speak. Well, get yer butt over here. Soon actually, it's melting today. I've got the 2nd week of April off with the intention of driving to where there's snow. Hopefully I can find somewhere open that's more interesting than Brule... //Walt If the current trend continues, we will have at least SuperStar. It's about sugar weather now (cold night and warm days). Come early for corn, graduating to slop in the afternoon. Actually, ski in the AM, bring a beach chair and a few beers or a wineskin and enjoy the sun at the top of the mountain. |
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On Mar 5, 9:36 pm, Alan Fried wrote:
I am probably going to buy skis online. I've never adjusted bindings to fit a boot. Is it easy to do? Anybody know what the basics are? Thanx in advance Alan See, I told you I could save you a lot of reading =) Chris |
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On Mar 5, 9:36 pm, Alan Fried wrote:
I am probably going to buy skis online. I've never adjusted bindings to fit a boot. Is it easy to do? Anybody know what the basics are? Thanx in advance Alan See, I told you I could save you a lot of reading =) Chris |
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Walt wrote:
Mary Malmros wrote: I'm afraid I don't know the answer to your question; however, isn't it the case that in the UK, you have very little (no?) actual snow skiing? The shops that I'm thinking about are all located at or very near ski areas where there is a large call for services. Farther away from the areas, while you can find "ski shops", I'm not so sure that I'd expect to find a Wintersteiger. So, I wouldn't be too surprised not to find this service where you live; I'd be more surprised if it was completely unavailable where you ski. Good point. I was interpreting his "over here" designation to mean Europe, not England. If he means England, then I'm not surprised by the lack of binding testing technology. I would be very very surprised to find out that binding release checking is not done anywhere in Europe. Setting something without testing it just seems so "un-German". I've never skied in Germany but I would agree and I would suspect the same would be true in Switzerland, but France? BTW, there is snow skiing in the UK up in Scotland. For some values of "snow" that is. Not at the moment there isn't I was supposed to be racing at Glenshee last weekend, but nothing was open at all. any one got any sugestions for easter? -- Chris *:-) Downhill Good, Uphill BAD! www.suffolkvikings.org.uk |
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