XScape Braehead Opening party! - Page 2

Zippy · 2nd April 2006, 10:48pm

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Originally Posted by GoddamnElectric

My brother and I are booked in to go next week - the website isnt overly helpful though, there isnt clear pricing information regarding gear. For example, if you brought your own boots. I assume they hire stuff, since they do lessons. I'm confused...

Aye, I'll definitely be going but was wondering the price to hire the equipment etc. as I don't have anything of my own and I'd be quite interested in some lessons as well.

Mrs.Evil of Hesselink · 2nd April 2006, 10:51pm

There's info on their site, dunno if it's what your looking for but might be worth a look:

Clickify

I fancy the fandrop.

EDIT: Just realised that link had already been posted. Oops.

Blood Clot · 2nd April 2006, 10:52pm

Inside, the other ones in the uk are free to enter and wander round and look and sit and what not..
And there were chavs outside too..
Inside and out.. on a sunday morning/afternoon..... ugh

I did have a go on the climbing wall tho

that was pretty cool, tho did not have any clue about how to do it, my technique was of an elephant, lmao.
Exhaustion.... the las's who worked there, and strapped my crotch into that thing.... oooooft * dribble *

Scrooge · 3rd April 2006, 12:10am

£21 for an hour???? Fucksake.

Although.... the £30 for Sunday 7pm - 11pm sounds peachy.

Withnail · 3rd April 2006, 9:50am

Aye, the combined off-peak sessions are the key. The ones i'm interested in:

Fresh Trax (sic): £29 for 3 hours, first thing on weekday mornings
Weekender: £30 for 4 hours, 7-11 on a Sunday.

Those prices include skis/boots/poles, or board + boots, but NOT waterproofs, which are extra. There was no mention at the preview centre about reductions for bringing yer own kit (since I'm on the cusp of getting my own board anyway). If uptake's high enough, they're chatting about getting a membership for reductions for regular go-ers.

The fandrop won't be opening for another month or 6 weeks, apparently.

Well interested in the climbing wall (having done some late last week while I was away), but i'm not sure how much I trust auto belays... heh.

I'll be going at least once a month. Hell yeah.

Edit: Oh, if you can't link turns and use a poma, you'll be asked to take one or two lessons first, apparently. The snow patrol have been instructed to remove people who can't and 'may pose a danger to themselves and others'.

Since I can link turns and have been shown *how* to use a poma (i'm just not very good), does that mean I can go on anyway?

**Ghostsuit** · 3rd April 2006, 11:35am

This looks cracking. Could be just what I need to get me off my fat ass and doing something more exciting.

m0nkeymafia · 3rd April 2006, 12:08pm

Think I'll head along sometime soon, fancy trying out the climbing wall and snowboarding

Jushin Liger · 3rd April 2006, 1:00pm

Fuck's a poma?
I'll definitely have some shots of the slope and the fan drop when it opens.

Early morning Skiiing followed by a trip to Ikea for a cheap lunch then back in town for 2 to do some uni work may be a feature of my summer.

Withnail · 3rd April 2006, 1:04pm

Poma = button lift.

2plus2isfive · 3rd April 2006, 5:09pm

Fuck's a fan drop then?

I'm up for the slope, just claimed a new board on insurance after my old one got lifted by some crooked bastard at Glenshee. Not had a chance to test it out yet...Price of a session doesn't exactly fill me with joy when you consider a student day pass up north is only £19...but i suppose that sunday 7-11 offer isn't too bad.

Mrs.Evil of Hesselink · 5th April 2006, 11:01am

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Originally Posted by black_h0le_sun

Fuck's a fan drop then?

I'm up for the slope, just claimed a new board on insurance after my old one got lifted by some crooked bastard at Glenshee. Not had a chance to test it out yet...Price of a session doesn't exactly fill me with joy when you consider a student day pass up north is only £19...but i suppose that sunday 7-11 offer isn't too bad.

A 15m freefall. You get stopped by a fan at the bottom before you splat on the ground and die.

I might head along on Thursday night.

Connor O'Bain · 5th April 2006, 11:11am

ooo this is just down the road from me *plots*

Largest of Als · 5th April 2006, 11:23am

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Originally Posted by Blood Clot

generally not very nice people sitting around using up all the space, being noisy, making a mess, and generally being not very nice, like many of the places in glasgow.

Like the GOMA?

Al

watcherinmyeyes · 5th April 2006, 11:28am

Nice , gonna apply for some of the jobs

placebo_placebo · 7th April 2006, 12:01pm

£21!! i can go skiing at the dry slope for £2 and go on all day if i really wanted. Suppose it is a dry slope but still, its quiet and has a nice wee bar. Hope they give reductions to ppl with their own boots or that.