Ski Inspired, the people behind the BB ski school are offering catered chalet accommodation in Baqueira this year. Just 40m from the lift with a top class chef we’re looking forward to sampling the food and accommodation at some point … Continue reading
Trifides Grand couloir – La Grave. Powder on the Glacier – La Grave. Tree Skiing in Serre Chevalier. March 2011. Montgenevra Tree Skiing. Montgenevra. Off Piste run to La Vachette. … Continue reading
I spent an excellent week skiing the Serre-Chevalier area in the company of two excellent guides, Alain & John Luke. Superb Tree Skiing, steeps and they kindly organised a trip over to La Grave, which was also superb. Their web … Continue reading
A coach and friend of mine recently blogged on “Adaptability or Versatility” in the context of recreational skiing, and pointed out that while racing is obviously ‘measured’, usually by a stop watch, Recreational skiers and skiing is typically ‘judged’. Ski … Continue reading
Trip 2 The following Monday night and Tuesday day saw a fresh fall of snow across Shropshire. We had enough to cover the Dendex at Madeley giving a brief period of floodlit, lift served night skiing which I took full … Continue reading
Trip 1. By the start of January 2010 Shropshire had been in the icy grip of Winter for weeks. Finally it had snowed and the temptation to see of Shropshire Skiing was possible was too much. In the Summer I’d … Continue reading
A friend of mine once tried bungie jumping. Standing on a high bridge, the next guy up stepped forward so that the Instructor could attach the harness and bungie cord for his jump. For a ‘Laugh’ the Instructor started to … Continue reading
Sorry for not posting recently. It’s been a fantastic season so far and I’ve been busy Teaching, Skiing and having fun I’m going to kick off my first post for a while with some thoughts on variable conditions. This time … Continue reading
Being a Ski Coach puts me in an interesting position when learning new Sports. One of the most important is that it reminds me what it feels like to be a ‘beginner’ which in turn lets me improve my ski … Continue reading
On our last skiing holiday my wife had some problems with her ski boots. By the end of the 3rd day her feet were red sore and skiing was no fun at all. With Winter fast approaching ( and more … Continue reading