Tag: snow

  • Snowboarding & skiing in Niseko, Rusutsu, Asahidake and Tomamu towers – Japan

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    Niseko For the second year me and a group of 6 friends travelled to Japan searching for the elusive powder that Europe so often lacks. The previous year was a blast; amazing snow and an alien but very friendly culture so the urge to go again was strong! The main aim of the trip was…

  • Aiguille Percée

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    Natural stone arch Aiguille Percée, Tignes, the Alps, France January 2012. An amazing and weird structure coming out of the snow. I have never got round to hiking up to it, something I really want to do though. Taken with Canon S100 point and shoot! Amazing little camera, review coming soon.

  • Tignes

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    I was in Tignes, France last week. The views of the mountains are always breath taking.

  • Alpe D’huez

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    I had a week off last week and went with 40 other people to Alpe D’huez in France for a week of snowboarding. The snow wasn’t the best, but there were blue skies every day to make up for it.

  • Val Thorens Snowboarding & Skiing pictures

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    Here are a selection of snowboarding and skiing pictures from my trip to Val Thorens in France late last year. This is a fun little roof drop just off of our hotel into a very rough landing! Here Jim does his best mid-air ice angel impression. Rob is a man who is not afraid of…

  • Snow fall

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    Christmas and New Years always seems to take up so much time! I will do a proper update with some new work later this week. For now here’s a picture of the recent snow fall in the Oxfordshire Downs, near Blewbury.

  • Back from the Alps

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    This is just a quick post to say I am back from the French Alps after a weeks snowboarding in mostly white-out conditions! Not the beautiful blue skies I enjoyed this time last year… I did improve my boarding a lot, but I think skiing is still the best way to keep your equipment out…