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Any EU people here? Please say something here.Where you live and where did you go snowboarding?
 
#36 · (Edited)
I always go boarding in Austria or France, because in Belgium we only have small hills. My favourite is Austria because you also have a very good atmosphere after boarding. I am now planning to go boarding in Chile and Argentina this summer :laugh:

And i realy recommend you to go to Mayrhoven or Solden (Austria), or Les trois Vallees (france)
 
#38 ·
Live in Rome - go boarding in the Apennines east of Rome (Abruzzo) - Ovindoli and Campo Imperatore.
Both just a couple of hours max on the motorway.
Campo Imperatore has some of the best off-piste in Italy, it's on Gran Sasso - the highest mountain in the Apennines (2900m) and basically the whole resort is freeride all the way down to the valley. When there's fresh pow, we hit it, otherwise Ovindoli - a sleepy little resort with a good vibe. Cheap and cheerful really.
My favourite resort in Italy is Bardonecchia near Turin. Absolutely amazing snowpark and you can reach the town easily by train. Resort is 1km from the trainstation.
Love Mayrhofen in Austria too - I try to get there for a week every year.
Great snow all over Italy this year :eek:ccasion14:
 
#44 · (Edited)
Here on the Swiss side we had over 400% average for the month of December and January is starting off great. Last year we had almost twice as much. Last year was of course, insane. We were trapped in a little village for over 24 hours due to avalance danger. You could hear them breaking off in the near distance like standing on a beach and listening to giants break. It was humbling for sure.
 
#43 ·
Val Thorens has had a crazy amount of snowfall according to a buddy of mine who was there over xmas, but that's all I've heard about on the French side.
In Piemonte and Valle D'Aosta (I've been to Bardonecchia and Cervinia this season) both have at least double the snowfall of last year. Some of the locals in Bardonecchia said it's the best season in a long long time.
Down here in abruzzo it's the best season since I've been going there. Another 30 cm last night n bluebird day today.
 
#46 ·
Hi I'm South African,
Went to La Plagne from 12Jan to 19Jan, had a fair amount of snowfall, was awesome, just colder than what I expected, last time I rode in Europe was 2008. I'm not wanting to wait this long for the next trip, looking at 2014 hopefully. We took 2 days longer to get back home than planned, with airport closures and snowfall, ended up sleeping in Geneva airport and the following night in Frankfurt airport. I sometimes get jealous that we don't have any decent mountains( with snow ) here and it's quite costly to go to Europe to ride, we have a mountain about 4 hours from where I live, but it sucks in comparison. It has one run of about 1km length.:blush: I always tell myself that some time in the snow is better than no time.
 
#48 ·
Heading to Chamonix with a big group of mixed skiers at the end of this season, can't wait. First time I ever skiied was in France but then I skiied Austria for 4 years after that, and have only been back to Austria once since then. Love the alps for skiing, but always prefer Austria for atmosphere, and I much prefer the Austrian way of teaching etc.

On a side note, those guys who ski the Alps, would you buy end of season equipment from the stores in the alps, or just get brand new equipment? I'm pretty much definitely going to get some new boots, but might be tempted to get a new board/bindings if the price is right.
 
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