Rewind, Repeat

After last nights uninformative post I figured I should probably do it properly! So yesterday the Burton Park Jam Tour reached Avoriaz which was definitely worth a watch, pretty damn impressive some of the stuff people were pulling off,

That will be me before this season is out! heck before a month from now, snow permitting practice :P

Also did the boarder cross track too, great fun! think may have found my calling with that, Flew down it, cant wait to try it on my new board, will be able to go faster then haha. For those of you who that dont know what boardercross is its, in a nutshell, fast, twisting (imagine constant S shape) track, the proffesional ones however are usually steeper and involve a jump or two. Damn good fun though.

 

All the different levels are the track winding down, it also comes out to a jump onto an airbag too. So glad ive found that as once its up and running ill be hitting that for backflip practice :D cannot wait!

And finally my day was wrapped up with Ice Hockey, Go Morzine Penguins! (sadly we lost but hey ho, good match pulled a few goals back in the last round) and a night in the Cavern. At this very moment people are still recovering....think they need to man up abit. Anyway have a ganders at some pics of the Ice Hockey, the penguins are red just incase you didnt know as well as some other pics I took on my tour.

Open up your eyes

So today was a rest day, a much needed one at that so the entire day was spent watching the O'neill Evolution highlights (check out, http://www.oneill.com/evolution/videos.html) and the Nitro movie "what goes up must come down" as its sheer class :D

So yeah not alot to tell you really, its a boring one in regards to updates, though having spent the afternoon in the jacuzzi (great for the injury recovery! feel brand new!) looking up at the mountains I did have to question my sanity of going to uni....though that said wouldnt of met the great people I have so :P

Nonetheless I have picture for you, it is the view from the chalet however the actual focul point is just how low are the clouds?! the second floor here was level, if not above them.

All Around Me

went and checked out the swiss wall today, with a skier, who enjoys the flats, fucking annoying! they are pain! but that said only got stuck once for the many miles of it covered! at which point I stole his ski pole and "paddled" (the motion) my way across haha. works a treat, saves walking :P

So! the Swiss wall, for those that dont know its the crazy run into switzerland, now by crazy, its very steap and even the piste groomers dont attempt to clear it. A snowboarders nightmare, alright for me that my lift pass doesnt allow me to get back if I did go down so that wont be happening anytime soon :P


Tried to show how steap it is but put it this way, I didnt see the slope meet the bottom, just part of the run off!

 

All snow around that crafted section is apparently flat, look at the state of it, watched for 20 odd minutes, never saw  single boarder, wonder why!  

But enjoy some pics of Switzerland.

 

 

 

On a plus note my "holy shit check out that view whilst on a chair lift photography" is getting good if I do say so myself, this was on the run home from Avoriaz to Morzine, buses are for lazy people, snowboard home dammit :D

 

be getting that beast printed/framed when im back!

Rolling in the Deep

deep snow...I wish! thats tomorrow, today was just a little sprinkle, tomorrow is going to be a dump day! thank fook for that as im sick of the ice patches!

no real amazing pics taken today as it was practically a whiteout with the clouds but no real snow annoyingly but hey ho! bring on monday though when everyone has fucked off and I dont have to wait 20 odd minutes to catch a lift. A freaking hour it took today just to get across to where I wanted to be, Hadnt even strapped myself to my board in that time, annoying!

My other grievance is im now actually developing a hate for old/middle aged fat skiers. Mostly down to me racing (30mph plus) along the ice flat and  a fat middle aged skier looks at me, then cuts me up clips the front of my board and I face plant the ice. Pleased I was fucking not. took me 10 minutes just to get catch some breathe and see straight again, and to make sure I was actually alive and not imagining stuff etc. utter wanker!

Anyhow, anger aside, I have respect for these skiers who are currently using a half built chalet as a snow playground, they have built a run/jump up the center wall with cameras and fog lights filming it all, so far it looks pretty damn cool! kinda want to try and join them haha

other than that, not alot is going on so ill leave you with some pics of the last day or two:

 

 

 

 

 

I like it like that.

All of these post titles btw are songs, so up to you to figure out what they are :P

No idea if Ive mentioned this or not before but I cant be arsed to check. Ive found my favourite bar! The Tibetan aka Bhudda Bar, its awesome, snowboard movies constantly playing, looks like youre in Asia, shame its so expensive haha. So I mentioned Mont Chery and the trek it takes to get there. Look at the picture below and in the background is Les Gets, to get there you have to go up the mountain next to it, Pleney and ride down onto Les Gets,  you have to ride down that into the town, walk through town catch a bubble lift and you get dropped off half way up Mont Chery! A trek!

Les Gets town is pretty cool, instead of free buses they use pleasurebeach trains! whatever works I guess.

Now thats the dull stuff out of  the way, check out some of  Mont Chery

Annoyingly I need to go fix my board as it had a fight with some stairs and lost...

Shovelling in the Snow

So the videos I left my computer uploading crashed out so nothing got uploaded yesterday, which means Ive lost the challenge, which has pissed me off haha. But to account for the stupid failure here is a fair few pics. Sadly as of yesterday and today I have nothing exciting to share, over than THERES SO MUCH SNOW!! freaking tons of it not been this much in 10 years. Going to be an amazing season.

Although this has meant digging the drive everyday, 10 times in 5 days ive done it, today I didnt even get to ride due to removing all the ice :( but tomorrow! its my day off and there will be lots of awesome pictures!

Oh hell! Went to a Capita party (snowboard brand for those with no clue) presented by attack attack, was a raffle to win a free board and I was 1 freaking number out! but Susie (previous post) won it with no.92 I had 93, lucky girl! clearly chivalry doesnt pay off as we got the tickets on the door and she went through first...chivalry can now die, not bitter at all haha honest.

but for now, enjoy what some of the ones Ive taken over the last few days you have yet to see!

So the damn video has finally uploaded, nothing amazing yet but figured you may want to check out part of a run I did. Not had chance to edit it yet, so tilt your head :P

 

oh and my new sticker/moto for every sesh courtesy of my new favourite store.

Its this much, honest!

Its official, as official as the words of many return seasonnnaires is, there has been more snow here in the last week, than the entire of last season! Which is just abit epic :D has meant ive shovelled the drive, twice today..

Anyhow I can finally say ive been in real powder, off piste etc and im shit learning haha. Tiring but so much fun!  Snowdomes sure as hell do not prepare you for anything like this. not at all. 

still struggling to upload videos atm, and dinner service is up! so heres a pic of todays crew from my sesh Susie and Rory.

I wana crawl back in!

So yeah this is abit of a late one due to just finishing my shift on the bar, been there since 5pm and im up at 7am for the breakfast shift. ah well shit happens, least thats the last time itll happen! Its also a quick one as i refuse to lose the daily pic challenge so im staying up just to type this!

Remember all that talk of snow I muttered on about in my last post? well this is how much was there this morning, bare in mind that railing had nothing on it yesterday.

That made for such an amazing sehs today at times i was literally digging myself out of stuff just to get going again. That and I looked like a snow man once I got off the Lift, and to top it off it snowed all day till about 2 hours ago. so its going to be pretty sweet tomorrow! 

I do have videos and other interesting pictures to show you, but that will all come in some big post tomorrow. for now I need to sleep. Shattered is an understatement.

The weather Guru

So earlier I mentioned hail, then some aforementioned possibility of snow. well it is currently dumping it down, even if the lifts are closed again, urban rails it is!

Dont worry....abouta ting

Bob Marley is blasting through the chalet sound system, Its throwing it down with thick glorious white snow and im full of turkey. First time the chef cooked tonight being the official chalet season start an all and hoooolly shit! Im not leaving the food was THAT amazing! And the severe cleaning is over! life is just sweet right now. Just need a beer...or many.

Anyway lets put how much it its snowing into context, this is Morzine yesterday:

and this is Morzine around the same time today:

and it hasnt really stopped all day, just got abit smaller and then thicker and so on. So the mountains are going to be epic tomorrow, though word on the grapevine a majority of lifts are shut, like today, due to wind. As such a big fucking trek is in order as im not missing out on this!

Only one "downside" to the snow (not a downside I get to go out and play) is we have to shovel the drive! though more snow is probably thrown at each other than actually shovelled. hell whatever works :P

Granted, its definitely alot thicker now than it was 9am this morning but gives you an idea :P

Right, time to find that beer..

The Final Countdown

The cleaning is almost over! I am beyond sick of any shampoo/steaming machine that I never want to see another one again! The bastards create more work rather than making it easier. As such I was going to share a video I took of someone running the park during some competition a couple of days ago as Ive not been outside today to tell you whats going on, other than its been pissing it down with rain for a good day 1/2. So theres snow out there, somewhere...but after two hours its failed. twice! so instead here is a pci of my snowboard with its shiny new sticker.

Its also Chalet Eira (eh-ra, welsh for snow I recently learnt) 10th birthday tonight, so free bar is equalling a piss up. going to be sweet!

Chocolate coated waffles are gooood

So good ive nearly devoured a pack nom nom. So the last stage of prepping the chalet for the fftw (friends for the week aka guests) has seen me relay cloth for the pool table, which turns out to be near damn impossible to do it without creases. Why does it come folded?! fools. As well as clean the outside of windows and the bar! This is literally all ive done all day so thrilling update I provide you not. That said the anticipation for my next shred is growing more and more as it has rained all day and I can see the snow building up there :D

What intereting views you get when standing on a roof! and yes I was careful before all you healthy and safety bores moan at me. Jeez, live a little.

What goes up Must come Down

So this will really be short. As all ive done all day is lay carpet in the ski shop. So many god damn shapes to got out too! Yes I was doing this the other day but I got the weekend off thus had finished it today. I would show you a picture but I never bothered taking one. So instead enjoy a picture of the glorious drink that is Mutzig which ranges from 6% - 8.5% happy days, like playing roulette!

Btw, this is the film I got for free, it is epic, check it out http://fr.nitrousa.com/fr/WGUMCD