Diarmuid Collins

A video from Isola2000 from last year.

Spent the weekend in Italy. Drove to Rapello and checked out Monterosso and Vernazza on Saturday and Portofino on Sunday. Very nice

Got the new Never Summer boards yesterday. I got a Titan while Damo got the SL. We got them from Marc Perivier at Board-Z. Really helpful guy who gave us a great deal on the boards. Highly recommended if you are looking for a new board of skis.

I uploaded some videos from last years snowboarding to Google Video. It’s an all star cast, Russell, Doc, Damo, Steve, Cathal, Fred, Ciaran, Paul, Kev and a whole host of other eXtreme snow stars !!

First one was partly shot in La Foux d’Allos one weekend and in St Anton in February.

And this one is from Isola2000

The weather at the weekend was good so I figured I would make the most of it while it lasts. I haven’t hiked in the Haute Tinee region this summer so now was a good time to try. We drove to Isola2000, a local ski station during the winter, arriving around 12h30. This was probably about 1 hour later than we should have been there as the hike I had picked was estimated to be 5h30. Isola looks quite different with no snow around,

After just under 2 hours we reached Baisse Druos (2620m) This is the boarder with Italy.

After 40mins we were at Baisse de la Lause, the pass back into France. Then a long trek of almost 3 hours to Col Merciere. It was getting dark as we arrived at this col overlooking Isola.

Another 50 mins back to the car The full gallery is here

I went for a relatively easy walk on Sunday 29th October with Damo, Lou, Yvonne and Fred. The hike starts from Utelle in the Vesubie valley. Utelle is about 1 hours drive from Nice and the hike was described as a 4hr30 sporty hike. The views from the top are amazing.. Here is the gallery and I also created a magnalog of the walk