The last time we skied
It’s different at the start of the winter. Colder, more rainy & in some ways, much more fun. But you have to remeber when you last skied. For me it was back in May 2008. The Grande Montets end of season party. Fancy Dress on ice.
Chamonix Freeride Day 2008 from Chris D on Vimeo.
I’ll be skiing in a month
It’s been snowing a lot here in the past few days. Snowing properly too, creating a very defined snowline at an altitude which is slowly creeping down. My new place in Le Tour is above the current snowline. There’s 2 inches of snow covering the garden, with a fair amount more forecast for later today [...]
Natives Jib Jam
Here’s a poster I knocked up this week for the Natives Jib Jam snowboarding competetion in Glasgow next week. Notice the last logo on the bottom right. It’s for Weather-Text.com, which is a new Lisitngs Lab business which is launching this winter. Basically, you pay to get the next day’s Chamonix weather forecast texted directed [...]
Thoughts turn to skiing
It’s nearly October and the weather in Chamonix is turning wintry. There’s still a long way to go before the first snows come in late November or early December, but it’s in the post. I’m probably watching too much ski porn (Warren Miller films & Helly Hanson’s Happy Happy mostly), but I can feel the [...]
New website for All Mountain Performance
When I moved to the valley a few years ago I made a decision not to get involved in building websites for local businesses. There are a lot of businesses here, and a lot of entrepreneurial people running them. But there’s very little money. To live here and earn a living is hard and everyone [...]
