Comments on: The Fischer skis are heading to Glasgow http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/fischer-skis-heading-to-glasgow/ ineedsnow for ski / snowboard holidays Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:00:36 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: mat http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/fischer-skis-heading-to-glasgow/comment-page-1/#comment-586 mat Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:37:08 +0000 http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/?p=726#comment-586 I have been skiing GS9 Atomics for the last few seasons on-piste whilst my off-piste ski is the Kneisl Tanker and there handling is not dissimilar to an ocean vessel. Straight lining they are beasts but get them in trees then you have to ski with a guard not unlike a boxers defence - they do not respond well to turning commands and branches (or worse) are a continual problem. The Atomic GS9s are superb on hard packed pistes but in powder they are a shocker, it is like trying to hold roofing ladders horizontal from a grip 30 cm from the end. What I need is something to fill the middle ground and I am certainly going to talk to Fischer over the summer to try and get hold of some all mountain skis. If you are reading this Daniel of Fischer skis, be warned I will calling you later in the summer in this regard :) I have been skiing GS9 Atomics for the last few seasons on-piste whilst my off-piste ski is the Kneisl Tanker and there handling is not dissimilar to an ocean vessel. Straight lining they are beasts but get them in trees then you have to ski with a guard not unlike a boxers defence – they do not respond well to turning commands and branches (or worse) are a continual problem. The Atomic GS9s are superb on hard packed pistes but in powder they are a shocker, it is like trying to hold roofing ladders horizontal from a grip 30 cm from the end. What I need is something to fill the middle ground and I am certainly going to talk to Fischer over the summer to try and get hold of some all mountain skis. If you are reading this Daniel of Fischer skis, be warned I will calling you later in the summer in this regard :)

]]> By: mat http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/fischer-skis-heading-to-glasgow/comment-page-1/#comment-585 mat Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:03:44 +0000 http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/?p=726#comment-585 Hey Ben, it seems you have excluded one impressive variation of the blue fleece theme, the combo that involved the tight fitting Polartec 300 Mountain Equipment Co-Op pants together with the MEC down jacket. Whilst they were both a navy blue items, the pants actually reduced leg volume due to their incredible tight / race fit, whilst the jacket added around a metre in each direction. The resulting outfit offered a shape not dissimilar to a Chupa Chup – little wonder there wee so many lonely evenings during that winter :( Hey Ben, it seems you have excluded one impressive variation of the blue fleece theme, the combo that involved the tight fitting Polartec 300 Mountain Equipment Co-Op pants together with the MEC down jacket. Whilst they were both a navy blue items, the pants actually reduced leg volume due to their incredible tight / race fit, whilst the jacket added around a metre in each direction. The resulting outfit offered a shape not dissimilar to a Chupa Chup – little wonder there wee so many lonely evenings during that winter :(

]]> By: ben brown http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/fischer-skis-heading-to-glasgow/comment-page-1/#comment-577 ben brown Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:28:00 +0000 http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/?p=726#comment-577 Congrats to Bob...my 175cm Fischers ( forgot the model) have out performed 4 consecutive pairs of Atomics .I truly love them. Congrats to Bob…my 175cm Fischers ( forgot the model) have out performed 4 consecutive pairs of Atomics .I truly love them.

]]> By: ben brown http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/fischer-skis-heading-to-glasgow/comment-page-1/#comment-576 ben brown Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:20:32 +0000 http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/?p=726#comment-576 As Matts brother we should all be made aware that he should not be pittied too much. If the family records are correct he had a boys week that lasted approx 17 months in a small resort called Whistler ...located somewhere west of Calgary. If anyone remembers a guy wearing ...no kidding folks...a matching skin tight blue Mountain Equipment Co Op(great outdoor gear )fleece top and bottoms for the whole of his tenure rest assured his dress sense has now embraced cotton and flannel when off the slopes! The guys he lived with dubbed it his fleece suit. I met a coupe of these guys and they were not too far behind in the style or lack of stakes. I guess that is the small price you pay for a couple of seasons in the land of 'toonies' and 'loonies'. Does anyone have exerience of the Boot Bar just outside Whistler town limits ?....I do but I am also married so I wont eleborate/incriminate. As Matts brother we should all be made aware that he should not be pittied too much. If the family records are correct he had a boys week that lasted approx 17 months in a small resort called Whistler …located somewhere west of Calgary.

If anyone remembers a guy wearing …no kidding folks…a matching skin tight blue Mountain Equipment Co Op(great outdoor gear )fleece top and bottoms for the whole of his tenure rest assured his dress sense has now embraced cotton and flannel when off the slopes! The guys he lived with dubbed it his fleece suit. I met a coupe of these guys and they were not too far behind in the style or lack of stakes. I guess that is the small price you pay for a couple of seasons in the land of ‘toonies’ and ‘loonies’. Does anyone have exerience of the Boot Bar just outside Whistler town limits ?….I do but I am also married so I wont eleborate/incriminate.

]]> By: mat http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/fischer-skis-heading-to-glasgow/comment-page-1/#comment-573 mat Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:08:08 +0000 http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/?p=726#comment-573 Bob, I could learn a great deal from you it seems, I have been angling for a guys ski trip for years without success. I did build the skigloo though this winter - this is a bit of a hangout and my wife can't really be bothered trying to get to it - that is the best I have managed so far :) http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/tag/skigloo/ Bob, I could learn a great deal from you it seems, I have been angling for a guys ski trip for years without success. I did build the skigloo though this winter – this is a bit of a hangout and my wife can’t really be bothered trying to get to it – that is the best I have managed so far :)

http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/tag/skigloo/

]]> By: Bob Steel http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/fischer-skis-heading-to-glasgow/comment-page-1/#comment-572 Bob Steel Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:46:04 +0000 http://www.ineedsnow.com/blog/?p=726#comment-572 Wife knows they're a prize. Using them as bate for a boys week in St Anton next year ;-)))))))))) Wife knows they’re a prize. Using them as bate for a boys week in St Anton next year ;-) )))))))))

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