Miscellaneous
This is the first real episode and covers the start of the season - the first big snowfall and the pain of a damaged snowboardThe Season kicks off in style and then some......rocks- The Update for December - covering everything that has happened so far this season- Blackalicious on epitaph Records entitled Powers www.anonymoushiphop.com - Where do we snowboard - The Milky Way, Italy - detailing the 6 resorts that make up the Milky Way Ski Area- The snow conditions - the story so far this season The lifts opened for the first time on Saturday 3rd December50 cm of snow fell the day and night before = approx 20 in. - what a reliefpistes were ready to open anyway based on artificial snowsnow being made all through November thanks to unusually cold weathercold weathe has continued with extremes of -26 in Livigno in Decembercold weather has allowed snow cannons to function 24/7 for 2 monthswith more new natural light snowfalls beginning again on 30 decembera couple of inches overnight 30thand snow continuing to fall on New years eve- Sansicario is where I am based At the centre of the Milky Way with direct lift-links to Sauze, Sestriere and Claviere - from where you can cross the boarder into France by ski-liftSansicario is the venue for the Womwns Alpine Skiing events- turin is the Host City for the 2006 Winte Olympics Alpine skiing in Sestriere and Sansicario - snowboarding at Bardonechia- Other events in Sansicario being The Biathlon and the Bobsleigh, Luge & Skeleton- The Olympics building site, permanent and Temporary the centre of Sansicario being overrun by a temporary tented village of hospitality and grandstands currentlybeing built- The plus side is New Lifts and New Snowmaking > 100 Million $ of new liftsthe same amount in new permanent snowmaking systemsSansicario alone - of 14 lifts - 11 replaced in the last 7 years - 8 replaced for Olympics - 2 new 8-man Gondolas replacing 3 2-man chairs4 times as fast and twice the volume- 1 New super-fast 4-man chair replacing 2 drag-lifts- 1 4-man chair replacing the 2 beginners drag-lifts- a faster twin drag-lift replacing an old single drag-lift- More music by Anonymous entitled I See Dead People from the album To Whom It May Concern- after the 2nd December snowfall I couldn't resist the off-piste on saturday 3rdpretty much a the side of every open piste - all for meplus one closed piste - where the snowcats hadn't passedpowder snow everywhere - just enough to surf, Saturday and Sunday, what a weekend- 10th and 11th December Back again for 9th and 10th - surfing powder - still plenty untouchedI hould have known better - rocks - 3 holes in the bottom of my board by lunchtimerepaired overnight - sunday on piste practising tricks and switch - explain- the theme music by colin Owns a yet to be released tune called '1 this Day' www.aboutfaceaudio.com see www.artfilmdesign.com boston based podcast - conversations with artists filmmakers and designers - music.podshow.com -