skiing

1 Jul 2005

Has anyone been skiing at the Milton Keynes XScape, & if so was it any good. I'll be headind down london way middle of the month & thought I might drop in. I'd be grateful of anybodys input. I've been to the castleford one, it's ok but a bit short, so I was wanting a comparison if any skiers out there could help I'd much appreciate it biggrin

1 Jul 2005

i was gonna go there but it sothing like Â£25 per hour per person, ends up being quite expensive!
ive herd its quite good there, i would like to learn snowboarding but it means starting over again, when your good at skiing you can certinly have fun, going back and learning again will be time consuming and expensive,

1 Jul 2005

Oh there's nothing like the real thing. *Jo hankers for snow*......... Anyone fancy a swinging ski trip????

1 Jul 2005

been and watched with certain person off here, what a laugh, but it seemed expensive in my book
i suggest you ring them and check fees hire prices etc

1 Jul 2005

there is a website that has prices, search goolgle for it! called Xscape or somthin..........

1 Jul 2005

Quote by essex_young_gun
there is a website that has prices, search goolgle for it! called Xscape or somthin..........

The Castleford one is only about half dozen miles from me but never been. I dont know my skis from my elbow so I would probably end up killing myself anyway. LOL

1 Jul 2005

Hi prags,
I've been to Xscape. It's great fun! but I'm a skiing and boarding addict. Went with a group of friends in the middle of the day. We took the day off work and spent the whole day there. We were about to head off to Val D'Isere and wanted to get some practice in.
The run is probably no more than 200 metres but has some little jumps. It was fairly quiet during the day in mid Feb so it's proabbaly even quieter now. It's proabbly more fun and use for newbies. I'd only been boarding for two days but it worked well for me because I got a chance to work out wether I was best riding goofie or regular. I also got a chance to practice riding fakey and doing a few jumps. Two of the people I went with are snowboarding instructors and they still had a lot of fun, mainly doing the jumps. We had a skiier with us aswell, she's pretty good but I think she found it a bit dull.
So, In summary: Good for beginners, proabbly good for adavnced boarders who just like to play doing little jumps and tricks, bit dull for advanced skiiers.
Hope this helps.

1 Jul 2005

I was just sittin here watching "The spy who loved me" and a Coors ad came on and it reminded me that Coors were doing a 2hours for the price of one offer at Xscape on their Coors - Extra cold or whatever its called. Don't think it's still runnning but you might be lucky. You might find a pack in one of those corner shops that sells beers that have been in a warehouse for about 2 years.
Bond - great fil BTW. on ITV now.
Blonde girl: "James, dont leave, I need you"
Bond: "England needs me"
CHeesetastic.

1 Jul 2005

There is one 5 mins walk from our house = Great fun as well but me wants to do water skiing but can not find a downhill lake lol

the old ones are the best lol

1 Jul 2005

Quote by Fred aka Medic 1
There is one 5 mins walk from our house = Great fun as well but me wants to do water skiing but can not find a downhill lake
the old ones are the best lol

there ya go fred.......I've got a small speed boat, you strap some planks to yer feet and I will get you up to speed and let you go about 50 metres from the lip.
It'll be a short trip, but damn fast......

1 Jul 2005

the bars are ok
sweatshop for the running fraternity is small but good value
cycle shop crap compared to to local phil corley emporium
cinemas excellent
restaurants varied and good, tho there is a McD!!
10 pin bowling very good
skiing !!??
TOTALLY WEIRD
30m max of slope why waste money on that & v expensive
perfect 4 people who work in london in jobs where they need to spend their time going to & coming from work talking to someone on a mobile phone, but don't actually earn enough money to live in london
as a one off ?
avoid it!!

1 Jul 2005

guess I was wrong then. Must've had a shit time when I actually thought I had a good time. You're right. that is one weird place.
PS. More than 30metres. My first estimate was probably a little OTT. proabbly just over 100metres.

1 Jul 2005

Just looked at website - 175 metres.
You can get uo a good speed if you got the guts to flatten your board and go straight down the fore-line

1 Jul 2005

Quote by Mr Ben and friends
guess I was wrong then. Must've had a shit time when I actually thought I had a good time. You're right. that is one weird place.
PS. More than 30metres. My first estimate was probably a little OTT. proabbly just over 100metres.

drop ?

1 Jul 2005

Quote by davej
There is one 5 mins walk from our house = Great fun as well but me wants to do water skiing but can not find a downhill lake
the old ones are the best lol

there ya go fred.......I've got a small speed boat, you strap some planks to yer feet and I will get you up to speed and let you go about 50 metres from the lip.
It'll be a short trip, but damn fast......

Yee Gods my Zimmer will never make it lol

1 Jul 2005

Never been to the Milton Keynes ski centers but I'm told there are two about 12 miles apart. bolt

A freind booked at one but went to the other, got annoyed when they didn't know what he was on about and was pissed that the price was different as advertised. he didn't realise the differnet name until he read the receipt two days later, Dumb f***ker. :silly:
Still gave us a laugh though. lol

:lol: :lol:
He did say he had a great time but can be expensive, paid for two hrs but coz no one was there stayed for
I might give it ago, it'll be a weekend away possibly mixed with other interesting entertainment :shock:
dave

1 Jul 2005

Quote by tsmcbean
guess I was wrong then. Must've had a shit time when I actually thought I had a good time. You're right. that is one weird place.
PS. More than 30metres. My first estimate was probably a little OTT. proabbly just over 100metres.

drop ?
based on approx 30 degree slope that'd be about 90 metres. Still fun silly

2 Jul 2005

Yeah, I've been.
I did what someone told me and smeared myself in lard and it all went downhill from there!

2 Jul 2005

Boo hoo! You have been over here just down the road and didnt come to say hello!
I'm a lot better at handling curves than I am at handling slopes I think. redface

;)

2 Jul 2005

Thanks for all the input guys. I agree the castleford one is limited for experienced skiers, but from Newcastle it's the closest real snow I've got. So as I'm in london thought i'd try out milton keynes. Just booked 3 hours for Â£28 not bad really, let you know how it goes.
Cheers all biggrin

4 Jul 2005

i dont think there is much to shoose between MK and castleford - i usually go aevery couple of months to either one of them ( both about the same distance for me!) I have found that MK usually has a few more rails and toys for us boarders.......
Cheap it ain't but its good to just get back on the board after the snow season ends.....
Thought #1 - maybe we should get a SH session together at one of them. Meet in the bar, a couple of dricks, get changed in the (largeish) lockers.....hhmmmm.... could take a while..... on the slopes....... back to the bar...... sounds good? I'd be up for organising something if there are enough takers.... let me know!
Thought 2# - ah yes a swingers week or weekend in the Alps - cheap flights out there... yes like the idea of that - apres ski fun! Any takers on that one too?

5 Jul 2005

We could do one of the later sessions at Xscape - 9pm - 11pm??