Where are you all?

[pixi]

Two people...is that it! Are there no other snowboarders in Europe!!!

[ejpflueger]

I think most of the people on this site, or atleast the ones who post and respond to threads, are from the east coast of the US.

[pixi]

Shame! This is such a cool site...i feel some Europeans should be recruited onto here!

[kelly]

I think it's because most people are recruited from myspace, which I don't think has as many europeans... but there are a few europeans lurking around, and a few US kids who winter in the alps.

[snobug]

hey Pixi,
My Mom is from Leicester and I still have a bunch of relatives in the Midlands, Nottingham, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, etc including further south in Bristol and Plymouth.
Welcome to the site!

[pixi]

...i am hereby making it my mission to get a few more Brits on here at least!!!
Thanks for the welcome guys!
xxxx

[kelly]

...i am hereby making it my mission to get a few more Brits on here at least!!!
Thanks for the welcome guys!
xxxx

That's awesome... by chance could you also recruit some french and swiss people who have chalets in the alps and are just dying for some visitors?

[thedude]

...i am hereby making it my mission to get a few more Brits on here at least!!!
Thanks for the welcome guys!
xxxx
that'de be rad

thsi kinda reminds me how amercans are just the spolied offspring of europe. dunno why, it jsut does

[Gumby21]

that'de be rad

thsi kinda reminds me how amercans are just the spolied offspring of europe. dunno why, it jsut does

*puts on fake british accent*
too right!

...

i love hearing british people say that, especially little kids :biggrin1:

[pixi]

...not the type of gal to say things like "too right" unless im taking the piss! Im a bit of a commoner (not cockney though!)

[himjim]

Hey! I'm from warwickshire, and have spent the last two seasons in Tignes, the Don of all French alpine resorts.

I rent an apartment off a friend that has more than enough space for guests!

Going back out again in november!

[pixi]

um.....TAKE ME WITH YOU!"!!!!!!!! ahem...havnt had the chance to go on real snow yet!! When abouts are you going?!

Pixi xxx

[djstealth]

NYC!, home mountains= MTN CREEK, HUNTER & CENTRAL PARK! hell yeah!

[thedude]

...not the type of gal to say things like "too right" unless im taking the piss! Im a bit of a commoner (not cockney though!)
so that means you say "what the piss" all the timethen, right? my grandma is british and she says that ll the time.

[himjim]

Going out again in november december. Could probably wangle you a job somewhere if you so desired...

I have LOTS of contacts in Tignes. Jobs that provide accomodation and lift pass etc etc!

[pixi]

Going out again in november december. Could probably wangle you a job somewhere if you so desired...

I have LOTS of contacts in Tignes. Jobs that provide accomodation and lift pass etc etc!
Reeeeeeeeeeeeally?!?! What kinda job? Im the manager of a shop at present...wanted to run away before christmas so thatd be pretty amazing? Are you an angel?!?

[kelly]

I want to run away too :(

[himjim]

A job in a bar? A job as a transfer rep?

You name it... I can pretty much find it for you!

I'll have a chat!

[pixi]

run away with us!!! :thumb:

[pixi]

A job in a bar? A job as a transfer rep?

You name it... I can pretty much find it for you!

I'll have a chat!
ive done bar work before...but dont spk french!

[himjim]

Not really so much of a problem!

I didn't speak danish, and I worked for a danish company!

However, I speak danish now! :first:

ha. I rock.

[pixi]

well thats nice to know! gives me a little hope!

[kelly]

run away with us!!! :thumb:
I wish, but the plan is to finish school, and then run away permanently ;)
just one more season in denver (which isn't too bad, I still get a good 60 or so days at big pointy mountains)

[Jingo]

Alright me old muckers!

Dude when i finish the whole electrician thing i wanna run away to the mountains for the season! how did you get into it? and you learnt languages? awesome.

Do tell more!

[pixi]

...yay...lets arrange a mass exodus from britain hehe!! If we pool our languages together we could get far! I speak near fluent German and have a weak grasp of Finnish tee hee

[Jingo]

Ok then my english comrades, any chance your heading up to the dome at the end of may start of june?

[pixi]

im very close so that could def be arranged...:peace:

[Jingo]

awesome sounds like a plan its always the more the merrier with boarding!

I know they say dress warm up there but is it full kegs and jacket or wot?

[pixi]

gloves and board pants obviously! But ive always been fine in a hoody and a beanie...i got a bit too warm last time in my board jacket...depends how much your planning to fall over...as obviously a hoody will soak through (i know this as i fall over alot!)

[himjim]

sounds like a laugh... I'm totally up for that!

when dates esp, cause i have an american friend arriving on the 30th of May, so before would be pref!

[Jingo]

Cool cool sounds like we could get a good little session on the go!

Well im thinking the 27th possibly?

[pixi]

What day is that? (im in retail so have to work certain days etc)

[himjim]

Saturday! It can be another day, I finish at 1 most days of the week!

[Jingo]

that would b a saturday. were not as close as you guys. it takes bout hour and half for us. so we can only do weekends really. which sucks as i know they do events and specials in the week!

What prices do the dome do for like 3 hour sessions?

[pixi]

what is this "saturday" you speak of hehe. Yeah cant do saturdays.

i normally have sundays off...and then the wednesday or thursday. (theres always one who has to be difficult! hehe...sorry!)

[Jingo]

WOW wot incredibly poor english! i meant:

How much is it for 3 hours ar the dome? i know it gets cheaper the longer your there for!

[pixi]

bear with me...i shall double check.................

[pixi]

youre looking at £22 an hr after 8pm and £15 before 615pm (they close the slope for "extreme tubing" between those hours! At the minute i think they are doing a buy one hour get your second free doo-da

[Jingo]

ah cheers!

Lol this europe section of the forum is pretty much under the control of us 3!

OK well sundays are an option if its open! but we shall still hit the slopes on the 27th i expect.

[pixi]

Well...i think there are only 4 particularly active Brits on this site in total...its nice to be in control eh?! hehe

i am off to the dome on monday morning to get some practice in with my boyf when there arent many people around...

itd be fun to all hook up tho...as hardly any of my friends board...they all think im a bit odd for deciding to do it! Its only because my boyf is obsessed that i entertained the idea of giving it a whirl...and now i LOVE it!

[theRide]

aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

[Jingo]

Anyone who tries to actually board will love it! and if they dont then there just strange!

after 2 months off the board i am itching to get moving again!!

[LMS]

I'm from Austria, which is a part of Europe. So yeah... here I am.

[pixi]

Welcome! Sprechen sie deutsch oder?! You round us off to 5 people hehe.
Ive been looking into Kaprun and Zell am see for summer noarding...any good?

[LMS]

uh I'm afraid I can't tell. haven't been to Kaprun yet. Austria's got some nice spots for summer boarding. The Hintertux glacier e.g. is quite nice I heard...

(check out www . bergfex . com for details )

oh and JA ich spreche deutsch ! :tongue:

[pixi]

i demand that you go to go to Kaprun and report back to me hehe. I lived in Dusseldorf for a few years so know intermediate German...kinda cheated though as i went to an international school so didnt need much German to survive!
Its lovely to have a European on board!

[LMS]

haha! ffff.... I'd LOVE to go there (anywhere snowish to be honest!)
I'm from the east of Austria so ... NO glaciers around here. only smaller resorts (with nice backcountry though!). gosh ... I wish we'd have some snow now.

[pixi]

...is Kaprun quite far away from you? Its supposed to have pretty good summer boarding...my boyf and trying to go there at some point this summer

[LMS]

HA! Kaprun is like lightyears away!

I wish I would live closer to one of those glaciers...
I have about 6 more months to wait until the snow returns!

My cousin went to Kaprun a few times and loved it, I personally can't tell if it's really that good but I don't think she'd say she liked it if she wouldn't have liked it....

[pixi]

so do you have it on your doorstep november to april? Are you really close to the mountains? Im so jealous!

[LMS]

well... there are quite a few resorts around here and YES there's snow from november to april usually. the closest resort is about 30 mins away from my hometown (by car of course) !
there's good backcountry too (but you need to enjoy hiking if you're looking for the perfect powder out there because the lifts only take you to the slopes - as everywhere!!)

[pixi]

are you into your backcountry then? Im a complete noob...just finding my feet, only been boarding since feb...so havnt had chance to figure out what kind of rider i am yet

[LMS]

yeah one could say I'm into backcountry but I like the 'normal slopes' aswell. anything snowish hehe...
i just love snow and shred anywhere there's snow !
never been to a snowdome though. what's it like ... snowboarding with a roof on top ?

[pixi]

...its all i know at present! yet to go to a mountain...hopefully going to Kaprun in a month or so...i enjoy it...but my boyf gets bored very easily there are he is an intermediate rider. jump nights are apparently good (im not brave enough to try that yet!)

[CRACKERS]

Åre sweden...but im an aussie with perm residence here.

CRACKERS

[Grill]

Although I live in Arizona I'm English and have done the last two seasons in Les Arcs. Going to Jackson Hole next year though, but I may head out to Verbier the year after.

[Corkscrewed]

i wish i was a brit! then i could say things like "brilliant" and "mate" and "wanker" and "fit" and people wouldn't look at me funny...like they do now when i say these things! plus women with pretty much damn near any euro accent are hot!

[Jingo]

Wow 2 europeans and now 3 brits (one in the us mind) the numbers do indeed swell! haha

Keep plugging pixi....you still recruiting right? my mate will b on soon, especially as snowbaord addicts hunted him down. lol

[ADRsk8boarder]

my cousin lives in france cause he races yachats but he geos up to the alps and says the snow is the best

[pixi]

Im trying my hardest...if i catch anyone on myspace.co.uk with a picture of snow/board etc i add them and try and coerce them to join our little cult hehe
Ive managed to get two of my friends into boarding...im soooooo happy about it!

Is anyone actually up for a trip to Tamworth then? :grouphug: Ill be going quite a bit between 24th june and 2ndjuly as i have holiday booked and nowhere to go...sigh...wanted to go to Kaprun in Austria, but noone will come with me...bastards! they all wana go sunbathe...ick

[kelly]

Although I live in Arizona I'm English and have done the last two seasons in Les Arcs. Going to Jackson Hole next year though, but I may head out to Verbier the year after.
ooh, you're going to jackson? can I mooch offa you? ;)

[d219]

Another UK boarder just joined here :) - Oxford based

[I<3Snowboarding]

I'm not from the UK, but I'm living in Oxford until July 23. It's very lovely here.

[Baz3001]

I'm in the UK. Just joined a week or so ago. I know this thread is pretty dead now, but I wasn't here before :p

[antistar_133]

Kent in the UK, great freestyle scene, no freeride scene to speak of... haha, but some of the kids we got riding down here could easily take on anything the US has.

[nj_swede]

Two people...is that it! Are there no other snowboarders in Europe!!!

Does a snowboarder born in Sweden that lives in Western Massauchusetts count?

[domafizzle]

Hey yal, another english mofo in the room. I live in les arcs with the girlfriend, peace.

[GSpec]

Wow not to many people here. I would have thought there'd be a lot more. I'm from the U.S. but live in northern Italy for 3 years and I'll be going back in about 8 months for at least another 3. All I have to say is that Austria has the best Boarding/Partying I've ever seen.

[Board-Norway]

Representing the southern coast of Norway here, although I spend a lot of my time between here and denver. Only 2 weeks till the first lift opens here, almost ****tin myself with anticipation.

[Alford88]

Hey! im uk based 2! So where do u guys normally board?

[Board-Norway]

Does a snowboarder born in Sweden that lives in Western Massauchusetts count?

No, because Sweden sucks.

[Anti-Hero]

I'm from England but living in Glasgow, Scotland right now.

[Fianny]

oh man someone else in SCOTLAND!! fancy a wee trip to Braehead soon? take it you've been already aye? its a bit crap but until theres another dump up north it'll do... i know this is waayyy old but yeh another brit :)

[kurre]

here's number 3

[Anti-Hero]

Yeah of course. where there is snow i will go. that actually sounds good, maybe ill writethat down. well actually Iaint been to the snowdome yet but im going with my school on wednesday. shall be good

[get me out of GA]

what the hell is your sig?

like does it change for everyone who views the page, cause its right for me (mac running safari, i dont know about the IP# though)

[retrotwin55]

another european in the house :mrgreen:

[Mazola da Rola]

Actually there are godzillians of europeans on myspace...

[Grill]

another european in the house :mrgreen:

Les Arcs! Sweet! I did the last two seasons there. How you liking it?

[CRACKERS]

Not really so much of a problem!

I didn't speak danish, and I worked for a danish company!

However, I speak danish now! :first:

ha. I rock. kan du saya det pa danska? om du kan det ar sant att du Rock!!:lol: ;)

[PaoloSmythe]

achtung achtung

london calling!

[jimbobolob]

Good old loughborough Whoop!!! although i wana move back to my home town of nottingham where i was born and raised :)

[DC-RiDa-4-LiFe77]

chicago where it rains instead of snows

[Board-Norway]

kan du saya det pa danska? om du kan det ar sant att du Rock!!:lol: ;)

Hvor i sverige er du fra? Er her paa andre siden av fjorden i Larvik. Rocker jeg?

[Chello0o]

chicago where it rains instead of snows

wheres that darn lake effect?!!

[snowboarding_bear]

florida where we get hurricanes instead of blizzards

[djstealth]

wheres that darn lake effect?!!

Mostly any close eastern place to the great lakes....Jay's Peak anyone?...




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