la grave

year 2016

the good stuff of 2016

I bought 3 music albums.

Le trio Joubran-as fâr and Majâz. Amazing music from palestine!

radiohead a moon shaped pool.

ben milstein-untitled EP : sweet intricate electro

I bought one ski movie: Sam favret : backyard: sweet film showing the chamonix backyard and sam’s crew. Amazing imagery and editing.

my other favorite ski movies were : jordan manley: china and jordan manley: Iran

Manley is still my favorite .

and also: la liste where jeremy heitz show us how to ski steep today.

2016 started at the infamous berghain

All kind of Chamonix happened.

chamonix, france, cosmique couloir

couloir alley italey

giulia monego

giulia monego, davide capozzi

giulia monego, davide capponi, davide demasi

aiguille du midi. changing the web cam angle so we can see snow level

jeremy heitz, chamonix, logan pehota, tof henry, laurent gauthier,

laurent gauthier, leo slemett, logan pehota, jeremy heitz

couloir alley italey

chamonix, france, cosmique couloir

couloir alley italey

john griffith, davide demasi, jeremy bogen

on randorace skis.

Lofoten

lofoten norway

lofoten norway, sauna-bath at lofoten ski lodge

lofoten norway

minna riihimakki, ross hewitt, seth, lofoten ski lodge

lofoten norway, sauna-bath at lofoten ski lodge

minna riihimakki, ross hewitt, michelle blaydon, lofoten ski lodge

lofoten norway

lofoten norway

Japan , hakuba

tokyo japan

hakuba japan

japan, tokyo, capsule hotel, ally watson, ben briggs

tokyo japan

hakuba japan

hakuba japan

hakuba japan

california

San Fransisco

San Fransisco

Namibia

Namibia

Namibia

La grave

la grave

January 1, 2017 | Categories: 2016, blogus, movies, ski, steep and not so steep, travel | Tags: aiguille du midi, chamonix, cheetah, desert, ice, la grave, lofoten, lofoten ski lodge, naankuse, namib, namibia, norway | Leave a comment

Not finding what i need in Cham i escaped once again to middle earth, the center of the world: La Grave. My first time there. La Grave feels isolated, a small french village surrounded by gigantic jagged peaks. The world capital of soul-skiing. I surfed Joe Vallone ‘s couch. Joe Vallone is pretty much a local. His flat is an ode to skiing with past memorabilia , hundreds stories. I am a thousands light years from holly-cham, back to the source maybe. Finding skiing. Him and Ptor Spricenieks take me on a stroll without using the postcard lift to a corner of their playground along the flank of the Tabuchet. In a couloir where no one ever goes. A lost couloir . A possible first descent? How could that be? It has everything of a classic. We skied it leisurely with a sunset light. Apres ski at the skier lodge K2 bar, a Place filled with ski history. This was a classic ski day, reminiscing those days i had in the eastern sierra california , reminding me why i am a skier.