Loved that side hits video, it’s definitely how I think I ride!!

Snowing in Samoens, getting excited now!!

Age: 40
Jacket: New one, Wedze – Red, orange and Blue, or a 4 year old Nike 6.0 down jacket, Orange brown and cream for when it’s cold.
Pants: Westbeach, Navy Blue
Mitts: Oakley
Helmet: Pro Tec Green, 10 years old. I should really buy a new one.
Goggles: Oakley O2 XL Fire Iridium Lenses or A Frame with VR28
Boots: Salomon Launch
Bindings: Burton P1
Snowboard: Arbor Westmark Rocker
Apres: 8&6 year old Kids…..
Technique: I used to be good, now I’m a fat dad who still thinks he can do stuff!!

Live in the alps so quite a bit of kit but here are my current favourites

Age: 37

#Piste#
Jacket: Thirty Two – Welkin 2 Black
Pants: Thirty Two – Gortex Blue
Mittens: Ortovox Freeride White/Blue
Lid: Giro Montane – Green
Goggles: SPY Marshall – Different lens
Board: K2 Joydriver 163W
Bindings: K2 Lien AT fire red
Boots: Thirty Two – TM Two Purple
Apres: Cake
Technique: Charging on powder, careful on ice

#Differences for Touring#
Pants: Mammut touring pants black
Board: Amplid Morning Split 163
Bindings: Karakoram SPLIT30
Boots: Thirty Two – Jones black
Apres: So tired….

Age: Prime STW

Jacket: Picture summatorother brown
Pants: Mountain Equipment Black
Gloves: Montane eTip or North Face
Lid: Smith Vantage
Goggles: Bloc summatorother but prefer oakley glasses
Skis: Head Monster 88s (new this season woo hoo)
Bindings: TYROLIA Attack
Boots: Salomon
Apres: Aperol Spritzer or Soy Machiato
Technique: Paz off Alto’s Adventure

Paz off Alto’s Adventure

😆

Discovered this on my last trip to the US. Simple game, done well.

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It’s v wet in PDS today unless you have your head up in thick clouds. Took the opportunity for a ski lesson.

Had a pleasant day looping the Tour du Roc d’Enfer yesterday. Piste conditions ropey in places but under the protection of the trees very good in most parts.

Hopefully the weather will pass through and we’ll have a couple of nice days to wrap up.

Not vintage trip, but nice to mooch and explore with Mrs S without the Stonerissimos for a few days.

‘The Jump’, unbelievably, is back on Sunday, (5th February), Channel 4 @ 7.30pm.
Better known in our house as “how many minutes before the first casualty”.

Oh yes! I do enjoy the action on The Jump – though hopefully they edit it a bit tighter this year to save me wearing out the fast-forward button the remote.

Been pissing down with rain in chamonix for 2 days now…

I assume that the pause button is already worn, Graham.

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Sorry to rain on your parade (couldn’t resist the pun) but it’s raining in the whole of the Grand Massif today, a quick check outside the chalet in Flaine confirms it is still raining.
It’s been so bad I’ve done overtime, cleaned the chalet and washed the car….

I can’t believe that the Jump was commissioned for another series after the carnage of last year!

Apres: Aperol Spritzer or Soy Machiato

we have a winner!

He should have posted in the Lauren Laverne thread…

😀

Who’s Lauren Laverne? 😉

I’ll add to the demographic.

Age 47
Jacket . Baby Blue O’Neil Shell
Troos . Yellow Westbeach
Boots. Atomic HawX
Lid. Grey Trespass job
Goggles. Oakly Splice Fire Iridium
Oakley Catapult Persimon
Skis. Salomon Shogun 181
Salomon Streetracer 168
Head Monster 88’s
Style. depends on the skis / conditions. Hard pistes on the Streetracers and I am nicely carving smooth effortless turns at speed
Soft snow & powder then Im floating around on the Shoguns trying to look like I know what Im doing. Putting in a few jumps and drops
Apres.- Happy hour for a couple of scoops then back to the chalet

Wanted:
Skiing jacket and/or trews, to fit 13 yr old boy.
Good condition if possible.

Thank you.

I’d have a look but I think all mine would be too small. 😀

😆

anyone know any lower cost transfer companies that do Val d’Isere midweek?

Bunnyhop – how tall is he?

about 5’5″, slim build

anyone know any lower cost transfer companies that do Val d’Isere midweek?

Not Val d’Isere but after a week of looking for a transfer to Obergurgl I’ve given up and hired a car for a week for 2/3 of the price of the cheapest transfer. May be something to look at if you run out of ideas.

about 5’5″, slim build

Probably still a bit small for the stuff we have then

He’s 5′ 3′ and slim, pretty small for his age.
Lol @ DD.

Extra gape

Couldn’t get an Aperol Spritz. Will have one later

Hot sunny day today. More like April conditions. Really ropey conditions on some of the links to do the tour des portes du soleil. I have molehill mud in my bindings. But some pistes still running well. Stay out of the sun.

That beer looks good

It’s gone now.
Was good.

ads 678
Sorry to rain on your parade (couldn’t resist the pun) but it’s raining in the whole of the Grand Massif today, a quick check outside the chalet in Flaine confirms it is still raining.
It’s been so bad I’ve done overtime, cleaned the chalet and washed the car….

Bummer, although Web cams were showing a fair bit of snow up top. Tete de saix has lots of fresh on it today, 1600 is a bit brown though.
I’m not there until Saturday week so theres time for some more yet……

Skiing jacket and/or trews, to fit 13 yr old boy.

Some brand new Trespass trousers? Decent quality, bought for my kid but he outgrew them before ever wearing! Email me with leg length and I’ll check em.
Price: £0. 🙂

Early morning call with a colleague in Montana.

A foot fell overnight. In town.

Jealous.

Couldn’t get an Aperol Spritz. Will have one later

Good man!

Thanks DezB. Will get some measurements to you shortly (after school).

mmmmmm erdinger 🙂

really cool hero snowboarder gets all the girls whilst the skiers watch

[video]http://youtu.be/rkTRcKp4nXs[/video]

it’s not a Daily Fail linked vid

I found a nice bar spot for DD….

And my €601 injury is healing very nicely:

https://instagram.com/p/BP-cxY9DX2A/

In other news, I keep bumping into ITV news anchor Tom Bradby wandering around St Anton 😆

And because I’d geotagged an earlier Instagram shot of my eye, a young lad just came up to me in a bar and said “Is this you!?” pointing at his phone. It was quite funny.

Top marks for beer glass identification by jedi!

Ouch, that’s one helluva wallop, wallop.

Top marks to that snowboarder catching the sled. Amazing effort!

And Yikes! That is scarily close to your eyeball wallop. Could have been so much worse.

I know, right?! Unbelievably lucky. My husband keeps getting funny looks though 😆

Props to that snowboarder – that takes BALLS to do something like that! Girls or no girls!

@wallop … ouch!!!

On a plus side it looks like you can still wear goggles over it? 🙂

It’s clearly not affected your drinking.

Which is a good thing.