stone cold brian

It was cold this morning..... -24 in the village, even northern Gary risked being called a poof and donned a coat.

Anyway, once we'd all got warmed up it was off to practise what we teach...

Max and me partnered up to teach the ever so tricky art of running straight down a gentle slope with one foot in a binding. This is highly technical stuff only for the advanced boarder.

Needless to say we pulled it off with style and grace and managed to avoid maiming any of our "students" (actually the others in my group, pretending to be beginners.

There then followed some minor technical stuff to tune our boarding skills beyond their already razor sharp pitch.

Guys, I fear that any off piste activities for the next week or so may have to be limited as the informed opinion of pretty much everyone around here is that the avalance risk is currently "suicidal" (i'm paraphrasing). We bumped into our old french instructor (Bastion) who'd nearly been caught in an avalance in the trees over at La Fornet. Everyone who has them is wearing beacons and air bags and the most we ventured off piste today was the cafe.

On that note I've found a cool little cafe over in near the finicular in Tignes thats not to expensive for lunch.

To compensate there is fantastic boarding to be had on the slopes.

And with other news: I am now the proud owner of a pair of burton Mission bindings having decided to stray from my Flow roots.

Pros:
More forward lean than the flows
More ankle flex than the flows
Less heel lift than the flows

Cons
Take ages to get on - god how do you guys get any riding done?!
Not quite as comfy as the flows (but not too bad)

I'll see how I get on with them.

I did take my camera up today to record the fantastic conditions. I've uploaded some pics onto the site, but I still can't seem to display them.

Maybe tomorrow.......