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New Year’s Day shred
The first of January has always been one of my favourite riding days of the year because you’re riding with your friends and family, and because there are less people on the hill due to it being international hangover day!
This year I went riding in Bareges-La Mongie in the French Pyrénées. The cool thing there is that it’s warm—riding in the sunshine helps making it a better day. People from the south are friendly and smiling in all weather. (tourmalet.com)
We just cruised down some slopes jibbing here and there. We had delicious homemade soup up on the mountain with an extraordinary view of the Pic du Midi, which is one of the highest star observatories in Europe. The panorama is absolutely fantastic. I highly recommend the visit of the site. Quite impressive place to see. (picdumidi.com)
The snow conditions were good and that first small kicker in the park made that whole run totally worth it. The park can be so epic! It’s shaped by the Ho5 crew (ho5park.com), good friends of mine who always make it super fun to ride.
Big ups to all who went riding on the first day of ’08. And happy new year to you all.
