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6/02/2010
Issue 8

Jimbo celebrates his birthday at the Ronny in Meribel

Wherever you were in resort on Wednesday afternoon/evening there was a high probability you came across the carnage that is commonly known as Jimbo’s birthday party. With a little help from seasonnaires past and present the celebration of his 31st year starting with a few sambuccas around lunchtime at the Boulotte, heading over to the Ronny in Meribel for the main beer and cake fest, staggering back to the Taiga then to the Refuge and finally into the early hours in the Kalico. Its a measure of the stamina of Jimbo that despite drinking enough alcohol to probably knockout a large buffalo he showed no sign of tiring throughout the night waving his hands in the air (like he just didn’t care) to the melodious tones of Livewire. What was even more amazing was the fact that a) he is still alive and b) not on the liver transplant register..

Alex, the editor

Alpine Excess t-shirts

After running out of brand names that begin with C and sharing roughly the same length as Courchevel I have transmogrified a certain credit card logo. These can now be purchased directly from the online store on the web site and would make an ideal present.

Please note item shipped from France will take 3-5 days to arrive in UK. (if the uk post office is not on strike)

Ryan brains himself

A cautionary tale for anyone who is thinking about doing tricks in the park. Ryan(snowlinx), who is no slouch on a snowboard, learnt the hard way that not wearing a helmet while throwing yourself off jumps (and landing on your head) can seriously fuck you up. On his way to Jimbo’s birthday Ryan only made it half way around a back flip knocking himself out completely. When he finally came around, as well as seriously injuring his shoulder, he couldn’t remember anything having completely lost his short-term memory. Apart from not even being able to recognise close friends an even worse side effect is that he has also started seeing his ex-girlfriend who is out on holiday and I always thought when you had a headache you weren’t interested in sex.

Will Gill is in love (not with himself or a pair of skis)

I know it’s not Valentines Day yet, so excuse the sappy title, but apparently after eight seasons Freeride’s Mr Gill has bagged himself a young lady over in Meribel by the name of Elsa. Before you ask she wasn’t concussed or under heavy medication. Now instead of just being found drunk on the floor Will can now be found (drunk on the floor) with a broad grin across his face.
As you can the path of true love doesn’t run smoothly. While showing off in the snow park Will “I wanna be like Simon Dumont” Gill came crashing down on to his hip turning him from ski hero to limping zero in a second. Luckily he was surrounded by a sufficient number of sympathetic powder white girls.