Morzine Round-Up: Days 8 – 14
I decided not to update the blog on a daily basis after the end of the first week, given there wasn’t much happening in the way of snowboarding. This is quick round-up of how the rest of the trip went, and I want to mention a few things I’m gonna write about soon. Saturday: my [...]
Morzine Day 7: Tried Going Up
Yesterday, I tried going up on the mountain. There were two reasons: first off, I wanted to see how well the ankle would hold up; second, following a series of dull days it was blue skies all the way, and I thought that even if I don’t move around too much I can still take [...]
Morzine Day 6: Still Resting
I’m still resting up, in the Chalet. Bummer. That’s 3 days now. I think I’d be happy if I can shred all of next week, from Saturday or Sunday onwards, that would be cool. If it’s later than that I’ll probably end up grumpy It’s snowing though, which is good. I wouldn’t say the place [...]
Morzine Day 5: Piste & Park Update
I just wanted to touch on something that I mentioned previously, but wasn’t sure about. The old Arare park in Avoriaz has been moved and the bigger park, now called Snowpark des Lindarets, sits alongside the Stash. This means there’s a whole lot of freestyle in one area, which personally I think is a great [...]
Morzine Day 4: Binding Update
I’ve taken the day off today. It’s painful walking so I don’t think it’s worth trying to snowboard… Anyhow, I just wanted to mention something that I encountered yesterday, but forgot to say in the previous post. On Sunday, which was the first day I’d used the new Union bindings, I didn’t really have time [...]
Morzine Day 3: Ups And Downs
Today was great. It started so good. A pure blue bird day, really warm. We spent the morning lapping the area under the Prolays lift in Avoriaz. They’ve moved the park (I think) from the Arare spot to run in parallel next to the Stash. It’s still big, like the Arare park was (is? not [...]
Morzine Day 2: Better
A couple of beers and a few glasses of wine… don’t expect too much Today was much better. Easyjet worked, for a start. We arrived at Geneva, on time, hopeful for some afternoon shredding. Slight delay as people were gathered for the transfer. Then we were off. Transfer was smooth, drop our stuff off at [...]
Morzine Day 1: False Start
4:15pm, Ciara and I arrived at the airport, full of beans, stoked. Flight Cancelled. Lame. Seriously gutted. Technical fault or something, no other flights leaving for Geneva today. Get on the web, any connections to get there? None. The best chance was a BA flight to Heathrow and then on to Geneva. 25 minutes between [...]
