I donâÂÂt know if its just a French thing but CourchevelâÂÂs Marie discovered quickly that hiring a guy to parade around a black bear for the womenâÂÂs FIS world cup giant slalom isnâÂÂt the most politically correct thing nowadays. After posting images on Facebook a torrent of negative messages arrived which resulted in the removal of the post.
As a way to emphasis my 150 days of winter project I decided to wrap my RAV4 in a snow camo wrap as an homage (piss take) to Jon Olsson who drives around Monaco in his camo wrapped ski box carrying Lamborghini.
A normal person would pay a company to do this. Not me. A) I donâÂÂt have the budget. B) I'm very hands on.
So I brought some Avery Dennison vinyl and undertoo
For the last 5 years Courchevel has opened its slope(s) for a free day in November. This is a good thing.
This year Courchevel and the whole Savoie region has been consumed by a winter storm and has seen record snow falls for November. In the past two days I alone have seen 50cm of snow on my official met-office balcony railing. Unfor
Before I start I would like to say IâÂÂm not so much going after the world snow awards IâÂÂm just using them as an example of why these types of awards are meaningless.
Most awards are created by one of two means, A public or private vote.
Both of these are basically the same with a few exceptions.
The private vote has a smaller but more informed voting bas
The original instructions that come with the genepi flowers require 90% alcohol, which is a problem in many countries. In France in the past you used to be able to get high proof alcohol from the local pharmacy. However no longer. The only nearby country where this is easily available (in supermarkets) is Italy, thanks probably to their love of making the lemon liqueur lim
September is over. Summer has definitely finished and the temperatures are starting to hit sub-zero. ItâÂÂs even trying to snow! What a perfect time to start your exterior building projects. Seriously?
No joking! Since September Courchevel has come alive with more skips and heavy equipment than IâÂÂve seen all summer and they are all working feverishly like people
