The stash is a completely eco friendly park, all the rails etc are made of wood are randomly hidden throughout the tree runs. Today along with some of the JR crew, we went for a ride through, pushing and pressuring people to try new things, and that is just what we all did. We hit… Read more »
As a staff treat, Olly took us out again, this time covering a lot more ground, fornet, over the swiss side, arrare, pilon 38, and a few other hidden gems. Keeping up was hard work (impossible actually) and my legs suffered a lot, but it was worth it. The feeling of fresh snow turns is… Read more »
Olly our boss took us out first thing this morning to get some proper riding in, he took us off piste in Fornet…I learned that to follow and not think about what might happen next was the best way to approach today…hitting some bigger drops and jumps than I am used to just because the… Read more »
Ems n Wellsy over yonder in Fornet Yesterday laid host to a horrible cloud with low visability until about 10:30 when it all lifted and left us with some amazing fresh snow and a beautiful blue sky! We rode hard all day and our legs suffered, but here are some photos, we basically just hit… Read more »
Looking over Avoriaz…it looks like an infestation of rats that Rells is about to battle! We had an awesome group of people in the chalet over new years and 3 of them decided to stay an extra week along with the legend that is Bill ( I will explain about this awesome man later ).… Read more »
Mel/Ems causes chaos…no idea who started it.. Out with the other Mountain Mavericks hosts Before everything went all pete tong! Last day off I decided to take out my favourite little board Burton 154 Dominant, which suffered an injury last year on the snowball rally losing a lot of base right next to the edge.… Read more »
Happy new year everyone, sorry it has taken a while to update but I have chosen to sleep instead of blog…and I probably should be doing the same now…but thought I would update you with a few photos. The bears are there to make everyone happy….I think…. Me and wifey Our friend Dave swings all… Read more »
So guests arrive sunday, and leave 8 days later. We cook them breakfast in the morning, and a 3 course meal in the evening. It will come as no suprise to you that on our day off…we are shattered.Despite this, we got up for first(ish) lift on Wednesday and rode all day! Heading over to… Read more »
SNOWBOARD! Change over day has a reputation for being a challenge…but I think yesterday was a proper mission for all involved! Our first bunch of guests arrived at 2 after traveling since 4pm, and our second lot of guests arrive between 1130pm and 1230am, our final bunch of guests were missing from these transfers…We got a… Read more »
Anyone who follows the Jackrabbitt blog will know the name Becky Menday the awesome little shredder ripping up the slopes around europe. Recently signed by Protest Becky is going from strength to strength and everytime I see a video I see massive improvements. Having the right attitude of having fun in everything you do is… Read more »
Would love to stay and chat, but the snow is falling, it’s christmas, and we can go snowboarding….Au Revoir!
I hate fridays…so far anyway, everything seems to want to go wrong on Fridays. We were meant to be doing our shop, and it turned out my “I have the card” statement was a total lie…it was my GoPro in my pocket not my wallet…oops…all the way back home and only to realise I forgot… Read more »
“A nagging wife is like a dripping tap” – so they say Well it is now our regular day off on a wednesday and it is nearly 11am and I am still in bed. Ems is up, ready and nagging me to get up because she wants to go ride…I never thought things would be… Read more »
Well, me and Ems have been here for a month now, and with 10 days snowboarding under our belts, we are feeling pretty good. Chalet hosting is hard work as we expected but it returns so much reward when you get nice guests, our first week was a snowboarding camp where we hosted 10 guys… Read more »
Mountain Mavericks team off for a shred
Amazing view from the top of the Fornet lift
After watching the Age of Stupid (a film about climate change etc) Ems and me decided to try and do our little bit for this planet, by driving over to our snowy destination. Firstly let me say that if you drive over by yourself, it does not actually work out better, as the emissions etc… Read more »
Just thought that I would give you a quick insight into the stuff we will be driving over this coming season. Between us we have 2 UK VW transporter shuttle buses and a french Renault Espace (left hand drive, resulting in the door being punched when it’s gear changing time!). The VW is a really… Read more »
