18 Mar 2002
WEEK 10
SNOW AND CHALET REPORT
Road trips, Paddy's day, and one
sick puppy ...
This week's been pretty much similar to
last week (amazing how time flies when you're into a
routine of riding all day every day) - bright sunshine,
days in the board park, and lots of partying. Scott,
Steph and Tony have all got the 180s nicely off the
kicker on skis and board ... and Dec and Dave are nailing
some nice grabs and big jumps.
  
Wednesday saw Scott and Steph doing a
day's 'work', repping a bus load of people on a day
trip to Val d'Isere. In spite of the early start, it
was definitely worth the effort, with a guided tour
(thanks to Scott's mate, Dave) meaning we had a whole
day of being shown round the Espace Killy's best runs.
Definitely nice to have a change of scene, and with
blazing sunshine, it was a great day for clocking up
some piste miles.
Pete is definitely now in poll position
for chalet pisshead (overtaking Rhod by a mile) after
his performance on Friday night. Think we lost count
after he puked for the 112th time ... NICE! A very sorry
state ... wish we'd had a camera.
And miraculously, Dave has managed a whole
week on the slopes without ruining another board (3
trashed so far and with 2 week's to go - anything could
happen!). Thanks go to Gordy for some impressive repair
work.
This weekend has been another trip over
to Tignes for the Bouygtel Freeride Comp, with Steph,
Martha and Ross all entering. Held on the Les Tuffes
face in Tignes le Lac, the course was a maze of crazy
tight couloirs. Although conditions were pretty hairy
(think steep, icy, rocky, with boulders of solid avalanche
debris and nowhere to put the turns in!), it was a great
2 days, with Steph and Martha both holding their own
against tough competition.
Sunday night was the Paddy's Day John
Lynch memorial bowling trophy - in honour of all things
Irish and the great man's birthday. With green and orange
fancy dress to mark the occasion, the day was spent
drinking in the sun, followed by pints of Guiness in
the RedHot saloon, and an evening of lethal green vodka
cocktails. Bowling was chaos: Prizes went to Jess for
being the biggest loser, Katie for being the highest
scoring female and top prize to Rob for overall best
score.
  
Snow news ...
The sun's been the predominant feature
for the past couple of weeks - with high temperatures
meaning spring slush and most of our time spent piste
cruising or back in the board park. It's currently raining
in resort (Monday night), but the snowline's predicted
to drop over the next couple of days. Here's crossing
fingers - could definitely use some more white stuff.
The Quickcup and BUSC have arrived in
Les Arcs at the same time this weekend - so watch out
for next week's news of big air and big carnage
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