Howie Lloyd

Saturday sees me flying off to Val Thorens, France for my second trip of the season. I’ll be accompanied by my Dad and Brother and, for the first time in 3 seasons, we’re heading to France in place of Austria. I do enjoy Austria (and will be in Mayrhofen early February), but variety is the [...]

What a difference a week makes, eh? Laax is looking very, very good. Stoked to be getting my first turns in just over a week.

… until I’ll be in Laax, Switzerland on my first trip of the season. It’s a relatively short (but intense!) trip, which sees us flying out after work on Thursday evening, boarding Friday, Saturday and Sunday, before flying home late Sunday evening. There’s a slight level of trepidation, however… the snow.

I mentioned the “blocking [...]

The season is nearly upon us. If you happen to live in parts of the US it’s already well underway, but over here in Europe we’re still waiting for Mother Nature to cut us some slack. For the past few weeks a persistent “blocking high” pattern has been sat over the Alps severely restricting [...]

I’m now the owner of the rather excellent ContourROAM camera. I’m pretty excited to hit the slopes this season, and the prospect of filming my endeavours plays a large part in that. There’s a slight problem, however.

I rock the Oakley Splice as my goggle of choice, and have ridden with them [...]

One thing you’re sure to carry around with you when boarding/skiing is a piste map. These handy fold-out maps detail the various features of the resort; the pistes, lifts, mountain restaurants/bars, and any special features (e.g. parks, famous runs, etc).

I’ve found the quality of these maps to be relatively hit-and-miss; the quality I’m referring [...]

I first discovered the SkiNets.com group when I went to Alpe d’Huez last season. Its ADH website, http://www.alpedhueznet.com/, was by far the best and most informative resort site I could find, beating even the official one. I didn’t quite realise it initially, but the above site was part of a much larger group [...]