...um...more video of Hope skiing.... :)

Wednesday night - half price at Crabbe Mountain. Hope has four 1 hour lessons under her belt and 5 hours of skiing on top of that, before this video was made. We had a great night of skiing.

-André

More Ski Video!

Can you tell I am excited!?




-Andre

More Skiing! The Kids are Fantastic!

We (Me, Hope, Alex, Mariecke, Elizabeth, and Aylish) went to Crabbe Mountain today to put the kids in lessons. The 3 biggest kids got suited up and had a great time. It was snowing quiet a bit – big flakes, and it was close to freezing. It was a beautiful day! Hope was the only one in her lesson and took off to the big hill, while Alex and Elizabeth were on the little hill in the same class – just the 2 of them.

Here are a few photos from the morning…the kids just love skiing, and it was great to see Hope and Alex skiing together after their lessons were over.

While the lessons we going on, Mariecke, Aylish and I were in the lounge watching and taking photos (and video). It was a really nice morning!

Old Skis - New Skis

Well, I am getting back into skiing as you can tell by my recent posts. I took my old skis (Rossignol Viper X) to a local ski shop (Ski Wolf) to get them checked out, and tuned up.

Unfortunately they (Ski Wolf) missed the checking out part and only did the tuning up part. When I got to the Ski hill on Sunday, I could not put my boot into the binding. Something obviously wrong - seems broken and unfixable. Ahh well, these things happen.

What really rubs me the wrong way is that they did not inspect the ENTIRE ski, and proceeded to do a tune up on an unusable ski, which I had the priviledge of paying 30+ dollars for.

When I went to complain about their lack of attention to detail, they pulled the work slip - which said only 'tune-up'. It did note that I dropped off a boot as well.....hmm wonder why.... They just looked at me and said - we did what was on the slip. All I know is, I didn't fill out the slip, they did. I also know that I told them that I hadn't skied for a few years, and I needed an inspection and a tune up. I also said this over the phone before I came in. They suggested that they could maybe talk to the owner (?) and they could maybe put the value of the tune up toward purchasing new skis - since I hadn't skied on them. Haven't heard back from them yet.

Nice. Well, I am not going back there (Ski Wolf).


On a happier note, I may have found a great pair of skis at Sport Chek - New 2007 Volkl AC3 Unlimited.

I will update soon!

Valentines Day Trip to Crabbe Mtn.

Hope and I were the only ones interested in feeling the snow beneath our skiis today. Hope did awesome! See for yourself! She is also sporting new Goggles and a Neck Warmer!