Boss des Bosses

Before I start spouting superlatives about the event I have to have a little bit of a rant. And as usually itís about general seasonnaire spirit.
I ask you how is it possible for Verbier to have 4 coach loads of spectators, Zermatt with 2, Meribel and Val díIsere with 1? and Courchevel could only muster a paltry ? a coach load of supporters to a day widely described by those who came as the ìbest day of the seasonî. Instead of being enthusiastic people behaved like i was trying to pull their teeth out. Only a few years ago people flocked to get out of resort for the day. Now everyone spouts excuses.
'Wednesday is not my day off' - Apart from bar staff this excuse doesn't work. In the past most companies have given their staff the option of changed their days off so they could go.
'I don't have any money' - apart from the money I spend on drink every day.
Anyway while most people were making excusing the above people stepped up to the plate and choose to spend a day representing Courchevel throwing themselves down a scary black mogul course against some of the best semi-retired mogul skiers in the alps.
Looking at the course from the spectatorís areas it looked like a deceptively easy red in the same way when you see a slalom race on tv. Because of the camera angle it looks like the biolay when in fact itís black steep and icy. Only when you took the chair lift which runs adjacent to the course to the top do the bumps suddenly gain an extra dimension and finally when you reach the top and realise the course is steeper than harder than our Suisse piste and you are about to race another person down at speed its time to tighten your sphincter.
Amazingly a week before the event and the first time in many years Courchevel actually had a full team. Unfortunately Hoops(Ski Higher) had to pull out at the last minute because his daughter came down with chicken pox and because itís quite contagious couldnít be left in the crËche.
The six resorts where initially divided into two group with Courchevel racing against neighbours Meribel and hosts Chamonix. The first race of the day was Courchevel vs Meribel and first down on telemarks was birthday girl Anna(Ski Activity) from La Tania. Followed by the two snowboarding Ryans (Skival and Snowlinx) which despite good speed and final jumps lost on overall style. It wasnít until Jen(Killimanjaro) showed off her pink Pull in pants that Courchevel got itís first point. Rob Watson won against Meribels Craig Conkie to win Courchevelís only other point. The final score was a slightly disappointing 2-11.
In the second race of the day Zermatt beat Val díIsere convincingly 10-3.
Courchevel were immediately back in action against 2006 champions Chamonix where it was Lara Crisp who broke Courchevelís duck beating Plakeís wife Kimberley. Sam Harperís(1550) second run down the course was unluckily plagued by his bindings releasing twice gifting the win to his opponent. Ben(Ski Higher) got the second point against Jamie Stracken by attempted an awesome Lincoln loop (basically a sideways roll in the air) despite not quite sticking the landing. It was left to ski legend Glen Plake to show him how itís done being the only other person in the competition to do the trick. The final score again was 2-11.
Finally Chamonix beat Meribel 8-5 to take top position in the group.
In our final race against Val díIsere Most of the judges were split 3-2 on every race with style points usually being the decider. Even front flips of Ryan(Snowlinx) and an attempted 180 from Jen(Killi) not being enough to get the overall point. Sally(Magic in Motion) beat Graham from Val to get her first point. This was quickly followed by wins from Ben(Ski Higher), Rob Watson and team capt Alan ìSpazî Hutchison. Giving a respectable score of 4-9.
Now itís easy to scoff at these scores but if you saw the overall level of competition I can say that everyone in the team gave 110% and did amazingly well. Respect is due to tham all.