Messages posted by : tino_11
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Now, it's Monday morning and not all is well in the tino camp, however I feel like I am missing something.....why hasn't anyone mentioned Mayrhofen?
The place really has got something for everyone, just look at the profile on this site... http://www.j2ski.com/ski_resorts/Austria/Mayrhofen.html It is not the absolute best place in the world for beginners, however it is far from being the worst. This is where I really learnt to ride, you could say I cut my teeth here. The resort is large enough to do something diffrent every day, small enough to be friendly, cheap enough to be affordable....you really can't go wrong here. |
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Haha...with you on that one What I didn't include on my list was Episode 47 or DJ Tiesto's podcast with some fantastic tracks on it including Rank 1 - Airwave Gianluca Motta - Not Alone .........and a banging remix of Utah Saints - Something Good |
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I love that run, specially coming off the steep through the shallow part where the blue crosses it. Reduce my height from about 6'5" in boots to about 3'6" by crouching and getting down the length of it (I guess 700-800m) using my edge no more than 3 or 4 times......would love to know what speed I was doing but I was overtaking decent skiers and boarders like a Porsche 911 overtakes a forkift on the autobahn. |
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He's seen the light, obviously :D
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Hey I can't help being a little eclectic, it suits my personalities :) Chicane - Offshore is a great choice, how about them doing No Ordinary Morning, that would sound great on an empty mountain at 8.30am! |
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My last trip to Mayrhofen I made a compilation so I did not have to fart on with my iPod whilst on the hill. These were the main tracks I listened to....
New Order - Crystal (Personal snowboarding fav) Bloc Party - Hunting for Witches (Crystal castle Remix) Evil Nine - Devil Stuff Housemartins - Bow Down Kate Nash - Foundations Manic Street Preachers - The Everlasting Pink Floyd - High Hopes Robyn - With Every Heartbeat New Order - 60 Mile and Hour They are in no particular order, however surprisingly after hearing Lionel Richie's - All Night Long on a few occasions during the Snowbombing week (Cuban Brothers etc) I tried it on the slope and I am appaled to say it really worked......please don't ban me from this sit :oops: |
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Tony, is the top one Red 7 in Mayrhofen?
If so, I loved that run, you can get some extreme speed going through the middle of it. |
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This is something that really interests me as quite frankly I can't wait until next season and my plans for S.America in summer look shaky due to work.
However with so many public holidays coming up in Germany, 4 days in May seem feasible aws long as it is reachable by train form S. Germany (Austria preferably). So I have some questions.... Is there enough to do on the glacier off season to keep me busy for 3 full days? Which glacier has the highest proportion of chair lifts versus pull lifts? Which glaciers are open and when? Who has personal experience who can tell me a little about the conditions to be expected. Any help will be greatly appreciated. |
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