Again today we had a dreamy objective: a nice Italian sunny high alpine scramble to the top of a wonderful snowy face. Our dream fell apart when we met in la palud with local Davide Capozzi and Fransesco who gave us a pretty grim picture of what went on here the last few days/hours…
At the summit , it was obvious we had to stick around the “safer resort”. Of course “safer” here is all relative; once here you are clearly attracted to “maybe” not so safe ground..we found good snow.
Due to high wind , we had to cancel our tour into the wild and big mountains and go for smaller but fun rollers. Unfortunately , it got hot and windy and les posettes powder heaven was more of a death trap. We (3 italian stallions, 3 hot chicks super riders and myself the hedonist…) got out of there safe we all enjoyed coffee, packed in my car (7 in the car) and skied le chapeau in variable conditions but safer. It might be the end of ultra powdery winter 2013 part 1. And we may start booting up and start getting edgy. I would love that before i fly to more arctic destinations…There wasnt much photo opportunities. i just took a few snapshot…
Those pictures were taken in the cosmique and rond.
the freeride world tour. Not exactly scott schmitt or glen plake definition of “ski libre” but more of a stunt show…really (really) strong athletes are throwing their bodies down a slope at mac2, no matter what the snow is and huck huge cliffs , trying to make it look good and fluid. Very hard and crazy!
Given the overly sponsored nature of the show, there were about 100 photographers sporting their newly high tech toys….so i didnt really try to take any pictures. i just snapped a few stolen shots.
girls peiing
Oakley and Ralph sharing a croissant !
An awkard picture of Drew Tabke. The man himself , the winner. He just flew down. tight and strong.
those are poles made by Oakley white-allen. I want those.
Drew Tabke. winner.
Doods Charlet, local hero. winner.
of the aiguille verte.
so this is what “freerider males” are summed up with: If you want freeriders males to come to your event, just throw average looking chicks inside a plastic bubble (a condom of sort?) , wearing trashy bikinis and have them dance on tacky techno…et voila! you will have a hord of testost-urinaited pigs drinking your tasteless beer and buying whatever shit you sell them! fail!…
to end this with beauty
Cedric Bernardini 