So, once again, I’ve been pretty bad updating the « news » page... I’m having a very busy off season.
First off I went for an "Enduro trip" with the Rocky sport guys from l’Alpe d’huez. What’s an enduro trip ? Well, take a great location like the Queyras regional park (famous for it’s wild wolves population), if possible with steep mountains and windy singletracks, add an old battered Land Rover plus trailer, fill it with a bunch of singletrack rippers, a professional guide and hit as many runs as possible... we did between 4000 and 5000m vertical drop every day... yes, it was that good ! Oh, and the bar in the chalet had a nice range of beers too. And you know what ?! It’s SO nice to follow a guide... you should try it too !
After that, I was back in the Pyrénées where a delegation of Morzine riders came along to try out the "Perfect Pyrénées" weekend... I reckon it went pretty well, but you’d better ask them !
Since then, I’ve been in intense exploration mode, hunting out fresh trails around the family home... I’m trying two 1000m vertical drop singletracks tomorrow... as you can guess, I’m pretty excited !
I also had a quick trip across to the Roc d’Azur, one of the biggest bike shows in Europe, I managed to check out the new Hope brake levers...and find time for a few drinks (I even have a few memories from "New World Disorder9").
And finally I’ll be doing more guiding/hosting next week with the "Perfect Pyrénéées" weekends.
So that’s all folks... for now, as there are a few more things to come before it’s time to swap bikes for skis... it’s all fun and games really !
Photos should be online very soon...
