We’ve had a brilliant summer of mountain biking in the Portes du Soleil (PDS) and we all had a great time getting out for family
Category: Mountain biking
Trees whipping past in a blur, eyes on stalks, every muscle and sinew working in harmony to both delicately tiptoe and aggressively muscle your beloved rig down the best line at full chat!
Total engagement, total concentration, total focus.
‘Schralping’ through the berms, ‘brapping’ over the roots, ‘clattering’ through a rocky section. Then off the brakes and ‘whoompf’ for a big poppy hit… Perfect silence and a flying-breather… Spot the landing and ‘phwoop’! Off we go again!
Pop out the bottom of the trail, heart pumping, adrenaline flowing to share some excited, manic chatter with your mates (or the fam) before the next one. Yeah buddy!
So good.
Summers over here are amazing and the biking in Les Gets, the Portes du Soleil and beyond is awesome!
This section’s all about the riding.
Our Up-Stix Videos
We’ve got quite a few Up-Stix videos on our YouTube channel but we thought we’d add this post to the blog to share a few
A muddy weekend – biking Super Morzine and racing Spartan Junior.
The washing machine has just sploshed into life again for the umpteenth time this muddy weekend. Following our family biking at Super Morzine and this morning’s chilly, wet
Crankworx Les Gets 2017 – Up-Stix round up (In a nutshell: Awesome!)
The last week or so has really been something else! Crankworx Les Gets 2017 was ‘incroyable’! It’s actually taken a couple of days to readjust
The first day of Crankworx was awesome and the kids got a massive treat!
The first day of Crankworx was awesome! Nina and I headed out for a ride in the morning to see what was going on and
Date night (day) Up-Stix stylee! A quick play out on the bikes before it all kicks off tomorrow.
After several days of cloud, rain, thunderstorms and no Internet connection (yikes!), the sun came out yesterday and Nina and I headed out for a
Opening day for Bike Park Les Gets 2017! Wahoo!
We love it when it’s quiet around here and we get to enjoy the peace. It feels as if we can treat it like our
Snow Update!.. There hasn’t been any… Eek!
Snow update!.. There hasn’t been any… Eek! And there’s nothing in the short term forecast either… Yikes! Tomorrow is Les Gets’ official opening day for the
Summer in Les Gets has come to a close and it has been epic!
That’s that then!.. Summer in Les Gets is ‘officially’ over. The lifts closed on Sunday, bringing an end to our first summer season in the
Downhillin’ with the wee man in Bike Park Les Gets
T’s been hankering after another bike ride on the downhill trails for the last few days. The girls didn’t fancy it, so T and I