Equipment Hire Information

[Njoroge]

If you let me know in advance I can organise equipment hire for all the people that need it.

Here's the breakdown.

Boots (ski/board): £65 for 7 days

Skis: £75 / £90 / £110 (basic, premium, advanced)

Snowboards are £65 for 7 days. They have their own stock and can do them cheaply cause they are a test center.

Although it's a complete guess I would say that basic means old which could mean early carvers or even pre-carvers. Premium is likely to be 3 or 4 seasons old which will be up to date with the latest tech and will be perfectly fine for all. Advanced will look nicer.

Update: they say all their skis are max 1 season old which is pretty good tbh. The basic might be a good deal after all.

It goes without saying that all of the skis will be equiped with max hyper carbon edge power control curve system 3 with mach titanium carving power (tm) III and double race pressure point turn snow-therm technology and of course not be without the thunder dual pivot bindings with meta-spring release systems.

If you want me to sort it out then post here with your height (or preffered ski/board length if you know) and your shoe size.

If things don't fit or you don't like them then you can change them straight away. By letting me know now we can get all the stuff we expect to need at the chalet so we don't waste too much time messing around.

That's all for now, any questions just ask.

[andyf]

I'm snowboarding, can you sort me out with boots n' board? Assuming the board comes in three delicious flavours, i'll go for the middle / intermediate variety.

Shoe size is UK 11, US 12, EUR 46
Height 6ft 1in

[afty]

Skis
UK Shoe Size : 11
Height : 193cm

[Aardvark]

Do they do twin tips? If so I'll have some of those ta, and I presume they'll be premium by default :)

UK Shoe: 10
Height: 183cm

[her0n]

Twin tips own you.

Get some Salomon 1080's like mine! Or some Rossignol Scratch's ;)

[Pingman]

Ski boots: Uk 11
Skis: 190cm (im 6ft tall, 11stone and a fairly competant skiier, what you recomend?)

I want the cheapest option for everythign please :D

[Mingtea]

Snowboard Boots

Size 13 (UK)

[her0n]

Originally posted by Pingman
Ski boots: Uk 11
Skis: 190cm (im 6ft tall, 11stone and a fairly competant skiier)

I want the cheapest option for everythign please :D

Ping are you serious? I'd say you'd be on a set of 160cm's... 170cm AT MOST.

190cm is for people who like skiing on something resembling very long, thin sticks. :/

[Pingman]

I think i had 180's last time, i did get fitted for some before but i forgot what they recomended me :s

[Aardvark]

I've used 210s before, but that was back when long and thin was The Way. I'd imagine 160-170 should be fine for you nowadays.

[her0n]

Aard is right. These days the type of ski (carver) makes it easier to ski. A longer ski would just make it more difficult to ski on a carver. Go for 160 i'd say or 170 if you MUST have the length.

[Njoroge]

Ping, I'm 5'10" and I used to use 2m but now I'm using 178s. Even that by today's standards is long but my excuse is that they are racing skis.

At 6' I would put you on 175s.

Nj

[Ryvita]

Size ten leg endings and 5' 11+3/4".

Probably aim for middling range stuff unless there's no point for a beginner?

Ryv

[Silk75]

Ski boots: UK size 9
Skis: Premium level for 183cm height

Thx you are a star NJ

[Njoroge]

Originally posted by Ryvita
Size ten leg endings and 5' 11+3/4".

Probably aim for middling range stuff unless there's no point for a beginner?

Ryv

Dunno ryv - basic might well be just fine in which case £15 is £15.

Skis have all sorts of funky flexes and different tensions along the length with different turn radii etc. The fact that 60% of skiiers (closer 80% with UK skiiers) push their turns (either because they are beginners or they were always taught that way) means that all the technology goes out of the window and you may just as well be skiing on bits of well shaped wood. To "use" the skis is a different style of skiing that you won't learn if you're too busy learning the really crucial things like balance and feel of the slope.

In short, basic should be fine if they are in good condition.

Njoroge

(edit: typos)

[afty]

Originally posted by Ryvita
5' 11+3/4" Awwwww! Ickle Ryv neawly made it!

[Ryvita]

Never been one to claim what I haven't got.

Oh, hang on did you want height as well? :p:

Ryv

[Baroness]

Skis and boots please

Height: 5'6

Shoe size: 6

Type of skis - probably the middle option of the 3 if that sounds good?

Cheers for organising :-)

Rach

[Pingman]

Ok il go for 170s, they sound good to me.

Just thought id ask, do the Skis come with poles? :D

AND is it goign to be worth getting the more costly rental ones or not?

[Njoroge]

Originally posted by Pingman
Ok il go for 170s, they sound good to me.

Just thought id ask, do the Skis come with poles? :D

AND is it goign to be worth getting the more costly rental ones or not?

All skis come with poles yes, just unlikely to be as leet as my 1/2 cm diameter uber bendy poles of win :)

It's unlikely to be worth getting more costly rental ones for the reason I mentioned to Ryv earlier. It's just doubful any of you are good enough to notice the difference. Of course if you want to look like you know what you're doing my having more expensive equipment then that's a perfectly valid tactic...

/me glances at her0n and wizzo

I quote from the rental guy



all boards are £65 for 7 days from us - we have our own stock and as
a test centre for option we can do them cheaply - from mid range to pro
boards.
Ski's differ as there are 3 levels of standards - basic, intermediate
and advanced - all are new or max 1 season old and good quality brands -
there's just more choice depending on your level of skiing - to be
honest the advanced range is beyond most people (those that are that
level ususlly have their own anyway)


Basic / premium is totally up to you - I have no idea what they have.

Njoroge

[Njoroge]

Ok, skis, boards and boots have been ordered.

I will let you know if I have any more information about the actual skis they use,

Let me know if you need anything altering, for instance you realise that your one-piece pink romper suit doesn't quite fit so you went out and bought some decent clothes, then decided you'de go the whole hog and be a boarder instead.

[Ryvita]

Is it the end of the world if we screw up the sizes or mis-order, is it set in stone once we arrive or will they have some other stuff?

Also are we paying pre-arrival or in what currency?

Ryv

[Njoroge]

Is it the end of the world if we screw up the sizes or mis-order


Nope. The purpose of this is so they bring the stuff we expect to need to the chalet for our convenience. If anything is wrong then we just got to the shop.


Also are we paying pre-arrival or in what currency?


At the moment assume that we pay in € when we get there. If you're gagging to pre-pay then I'll try and sort it out. I'll let you know.

[andyf]

What's the state of play with accepted forms of payment? Right now I pretty much use switch/maestro debit card, these accepted in France ?

[her0n]

Switch is changing it's name to Maestro. Maestro is what is used internationally, so yes you will be fine :)

[Pingman]

Im assuming that my Visa debit card is going to be ok over there?

[Njoroge]

Yes Pingman, that's fine.