Shooting the breeze about the ski industry, the great outdoors and general gossip from the Doorstep Skis HQ in Morzine, France.
Monday, October 19, 2015
9 Relatively Simple Kicker Tricks You Should Try
Kickers are one of the most popular features in the park – probably because they’re not quite intimidating as rails. After all, there’s no metal pole to destroy your coccyx on, but it can be rock solid, icy and off-putting – especially when you face an unexpected audience at the top of a busy park, watching you drop in.
However, kickers offer so much scope for trick variety and you just can’t beat that weightless feeling of soaring through the air.
Thursday, October 15, 2015
And the cheapest way to the Alps is…
Can taking the train to the Alps really be cheaper than flying? New research suggests it can…
In the age of EasyJet and Ryanair, it’s easy to assume
that flying to the alps is a cheaper option than boarding the Eurostar.
Which is why we were more than a little shocked to discover that it can
actually be cheaper to take the train.
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Extra Mature Shredder
A Snowboarder's Guide To Ageing With Dignity
By now the majority of first-generation
snowboarders have settled down, got real jobs, started families and come
to terms with the unwavering growth of their paunch. And while it
wasn’t always so, it is now perfectly acceptable for a person in their
30s or 40s to take up snowboarding for the first time. Whichever camp
you fall into, our resident crusty is here to point out some of the
common pitfalls you’re likely to experience – and offer advice on how to
avoid them.
Read on...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Saturday, October 3, 2015
The 20 Most Notorious Snowboarding Criminals
What kind of legal trouble have snowboarders got themselves into over the years? Illicit Snowboarding lined-up a veritable rogue’s gallery of snowboarding miscreants who have run afoul of the law for a range of criminal misdeeds…
First up its snowboarding’s version of Point Break...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Partying Hard In Morzine and Avoriaz
Partying Hard In Morzine and Avoriaz ...
-
Article from More Mountain 2023 Morzine is one of the best Winter resorts around. With a huge ski area, a traditional mountain village feel,...
-
With so many choices, how do you know what type of ski boots to get? While few purchases are as exciting as new ski equipment, the act of...