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Ski or board, which is easier to learn?
Ah. The million dollar question. If you speak to keen skiers or snowboarders their answer will almost definitely be biased towards their way of sliding. There still is a (mostly gentle) banter that goes on between skiers and boarders, but frankly as long as you are sliding down a mountain with a smile on your…
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Ready to go off piste? Five top tips…
What’s off piste? I suppose that’s the first question. In short it’s anything that’s not a groomed run. It can be just the little bit off the side or between runs, but it can be the desolate empty beautiful wilderness away from the crowds. It can be wind swept, icy and hard work or it…
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The five most annoying things when travelling.
Travelling (and mostly I’m talking about flying) should be smooth, calm, relaxing, enjoyable… but it’s weird how seemingly little things can end up being the most annoying thing in the world. I’m sure we all have different things that annoy the hell out of us (please do add them in the comments below), but here…
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Your mates are RUBBISH!
Well, they are a bit aren’t they? At uni we all had a big squad of pals through lectures or through sports teams and other clubs. Everyone was always up for doing stuff; going out, going away, living life to the max. I get loads of people saying they wish they could go away and…
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What’s the snow going to be like?
This is probably the most common question we get asked when people are thinking about booking one of our ski / snowboard trips… What am I? Some kind of wizard?! Frankly any weather report more than 3 days in advance is mostly guess work. In these weird days of weather it’s pretty tricky to predict…
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Should I wear a helmet?
The short answer is YES! Every year we see more and more people wearing helmets. EVERYONE wears a helmet while riding a bike for sport, so why not on the snow…? In fact now there are several insurance companies that insist on it. If you are thinking of not wearing a lid it might be…
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I feel the need, the need for…
SPEED RIDING?! We’ve all seen James Bond; whilst skiing flips out a parachute and falls (with style) off the edge of the mountain. And do you know what, it’s f-ing awesome and it’s called Speed Riding. When you are here in Morzine and if you can at least tackle a red run on skis, you…
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What type of Aprés-ski person are you?
Take our little quiz to find out just what kind of aprés-ski person you are… ->
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Travelling during the school holidays – a blagger’s guide
So we all know that travelling during the school holidays sucks. However there are plenty of people who have to; whether that’s because of time off restrictions from work (TEACHERS! We’re talking to you!!), your only ‘holiday dates’ or whether you realise actually it can be an ace time to be away. Obvs we speak…