Riding Footage From The 2008/2009 Season
I keep leaving it later and later, but, I have at least stuck to my principle of editing the footage from one season before snowboarding the season after. I’m talking about the video I took last year in Morzine. Over the last week and a half I’ve been streaming it all, and then did a [...]
The Avoriaz Stash: Review & Pictures
Back in Janury, 2009, I was in Morzine. We spent quite a bit of time shredding in Avoriaz, and I was particularly impressed with the Stash. In addition to making numerous runs through this natural park, I got the chance to meet with the head of the Avoriaz Park Team – Jean Noel – the [...]
Day 13 – Last Day
Another sunny day, blue skies. All of this good visibility makes a nice change from some of the heavy snow and white-outs we had in the first week, but after being spoiled with fresh snow, it feels like this place could do with a top up. Ice is starting to creep in. Actually, it’s the [...]
Day 12 – Main Street
After our meeting yesterday with Jean Noel, the directive today was to session the stash – Main Street. So much fun. It’s a bit of a shame that it’s taken until day 12 for us to try these lines, but better late than never. We took 4 or 5 runs through, and Ciara worked some [...]
Day 11, Jean Noel From The Stash
This morning we headed over to Crosets to ride some fast runs with the group. Sunny, early morning groomers means quiet, fast runs. Awesome. I love it when you you’re going at a speed that makes you think, if I stack it now it’s gonna really hurt. I’m not totally sure where the boundary between [...]
Day 10, Les Gets Park
I set off early this morning with Emma, heading for the Les Gets park. Ciara was missing in action, 6 pints last night proved too much for cathing the first bus… and the whole morning as it turned out Not knowing the bus route, we decided to use the slopes to take us from Morzine [...]
Day 9, Wsg Exploration
Ciara and Emma had booked themselves a full day lesson with Our Camp, so I decided to take the opportunity to borrow the car and go for a drive: my mission to visit the smaller towns in the Portes Du Soleil and snowboard from Chatel to La Chapelle d’Abondance. I wanted to check out the [...]
Day 9, Quick Update
Finding an Internet connection has not been easy. There are a couple of places in Morzine where you pay to connect, but they close around 7pm, so it’s not easy to get there before closing. Right now, I’m on a free wi-fi connection, in a bar/restaurant. Unfortunately it’s in Prodains, which is a drive from [...]
