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[Black.Ghost]

Not me, well no more than usual! 2 weeks till i go snowboarding, so propper looking forward to that!

I hate you.

Not me, well no more than usual! 2 weeks till i go snowboarding, so propper looking forward to that!

4 weeks for me. 26 more sleeps! 3 valleys roll on...

I hate you too.

I'm off Snowboarding on Thursday. Place called pinzolo and madonna di campiglio. should be good, forecast is sunny.

I hate you as well.

I'm snowboarding tomorrow

And if you are being serious, I hate you as well.

[mattdc2r]

So much hate ;)

[Black.Ghost]

Like you wouldn't believe.

[MaxAndPaddy]

Planning ours

Whoooooshhhhhhhhhh!

[rids]

Not me, well no more than usual! 2 weeks till i go snowboarding, so propper looking forward to that!

I hate you.

Not me, well no more than usual! 2 weeks till i go snowboarding, so propper looking forward to that!

4 weeks for me. 26 more sleeps! 3 valleys roll on...

I hate you too.

I'm off Snowboarding on Thursday. Place called pinzolo and madonna di campiglio. should be good, forecast is sunny.

I hate you as well.

I'm snowboarding tomorrow

And if you are being serious, I hate you as well.

just to get you in mood. tigne, a couple of years ago. we boarded on changeover day, had the place to ourselves.

[mattdc2r]

My first holiday in years, and only been on a snowboard once before. Gonna be a pretty steep learning curve. Used to skate street and vert, many years ago, so hoping my balance is still up to the job.

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[mini93]

My first holiday in years, and only been on a snowboard once before. Gonna be a pretty steep learning curve. Used to skate street and vert, many years ago, so hoping my balance is still up to the job.

I used to skate street and a bit of park, I think exactly the reason i got on with it so well and picked it up quite fast... the lessons i did at MK snow dome was quite frustrating when your in a massive group and everyone seems agonisingly slow

Just dont do what I did when i went to slovenia last year... 1st step foot on a real mountain, follow friends up on the lift and it turns out your on a red for your 1st run hangover still in full force it was a slow decent till i got into the swing of things.
After a while my hangover faded and it just clicked and by that point my long weekend was up.

Been over to MK's ramp night few weeks back and started jumps and rails, which i dont thinks too bad considering how little practice iv had (used to be a bit of a rail monkey when skateboarding)

[mattdc2r]

Went on an XC mountainbiking holiday in Les Gets back in 2005. My ride was a full Carbon XTC zero with 80mm or 100mm travel magura fork and marta xc brakes. Spent the week on the DH course, second run was on the black run into Morzine. brake fade, blue disks and boiled the fluid. Hell of a week
What makes you think i'll be any different snowboarding lol. I'm insured and got my euro health insurance card.

Edited by mattdc2r, 07 January 2013 - 07:29 PM.

[mini93]

hey that sounds awesome... i really want to go on a MTB holiday to the alps some time! just finding friends capable riding would be difficult.

And im sure it wont be different this time round either haha Iv still to sort my insurance out, just need to ensure it has off piste

[mattdc2r]

You don't need to have the skills in the Alps. Chicken runs on all the big stuff, and most of the other stuff can be rolled fast, if you prefer to keep your wheels on the ground. Just been trying to convince the wife we should go on a family holiday in the Alps this summer. There's plenty of wine, she'd love it.

[Black.Ghost]

Not me, well no more than usual! 2 weeks till i go snowboarding, so propper looking forward to that!

I hate you.

Not me, well no more than usual! 2 weeks till i go snowboarding, so propper looking forward to that!

4 weeks for me. 26 more sleeps! 3 valleys roll on...

I hate you too.

I'm off Snowboarding on Thursday. Place called pinzolo and madonna di campiglio. should be good, forecast is sunny.

I hate you as well.

I'm snowboarding tomorrow

And if you are being serious, I hate you as well.

just to get you in mood. tigne, a couple of years ago. we boarded on changeover day, had the place to ourselves.

I was in Tignes in Dec 2010! I loved it there. Thats a great pic.

I wish I could go this year. I'll make up for it next year though.

Despite the hatred, I hope you all have a mega time!

[littlemissmagic]

Not me, well no more than usual! 2 weeks till i go snowboarding, so propper looking forward to that!

I hate you.

Not me, well no more than usual! 2 weeks till i go snowboarding, so propper looking forward to that!

4 weeks for me. 26 more sleeps! 3 valleys roll on...

I hate you too.

I'm off Snowboarding on Thursday. Place called pinzolo and madonna di campiglio. should be good, forecast is sunny.

I hate you as well.

I'm snowboarding tomorrow

And if you are being serious, I hate you as well.

I agree with you there lol

I've been the last 3 years and can't afford to go this year
That along with no mini is making me very down this month!

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

I didnt go in the end, it got snowed off

[rids]

just back from 3 valleys, now i have the feb blues! brilliant snow, I've never done so much off piste. thats me in the powder, and my son showing off...

[mini93]

Looks great! how many snow days did you have?
We only had 1 day of snow on the Monday but it snowed an inch at very least in the hour we had lunch and was enough to last the remaining week.

I havent many photos yet (there all on my gopro) but i got a few i like from off my phone. 1st one was at the very top of Avoriaz over looking the town. The clouds came rolling in bizzardly leaving just the town free from cloud.



And mandatory team pic (apart from we were 1 man down as he broke 4 ribs... oops!) Im the one in the DC jacket


now i just keep wanting to go back... even contemplated doing pot washing work out there, free lodging and lift pass... just crap money and i lack the ability to speak french... and i already have a job :S
Im planning on going to Milton Keynes ramp night as often as i can afford just to keep on my toes, hopefully get some skills before next year!