Posted by vanessa on janvier 6, 2009

7′30 in the morning i woke up in Samoens in the Anne-flore’s chalet, ready for the longest day ever, everybody was sleeping so i tried to be as quiet as possible to pack my stuff and jump into my car.
Around 9 AM I join Nicolas Droz, Aymeric Tonin and H8 (the video filmer) in Avoriaz. After about an hour of riding we finally arrive in les Crosets, where all the good spots are. This place is a real playground for snowboarders, just have to look around to find tons of good spots to shape, as we were at the bottom of the place and didn’t feel like hiking for hours we decided to hit one of the first one. Romain de Marchi and Vladyka join us few minutes later. We shaped the kiker quickly but it didn’t worked as we were expected and the motivation got down except for Romain who started to reshape it bigger, and it worked good that time but he only had two hit with sun before it was over.
Already 3′30 PM we had to leave to get all the lifts before they closed, an other hour later we arrived to Avoriaz where i left the guys to join the next crew who were waiting for me to shoot the night session pipe. I gave them my camera bag and went down to my car to grab the flashes one.
Apo snowboard and Vans were organizing this photoshoot, with Athur Longo, JJ Roux, Caroline Beliard, Valerian Ducourtil, Bruno Rivoire and Baptiste Prost.
After 3 more hours of shooting in the cold night and a lot of great shots i finally ended this long day with an hour of drive to get back home and jumped into my bed strait away.

Aymeric Tonin

Nico Droz found a Chalet under the snow

Vladyka and Romain de Marchi

Shadow of the spot

Sunset on Avoriaz

Valerian Ducourtil slashing to ended the session

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2 Comments to “Endless day”

  1. Davor Says:

    Hey there…

    Nice page you have here! I like your photos also, just keep ‘em coming! And keep writing the blog, it’s interesting to read about the background and all the things that happened before or after the pictures have been shot.

    Take care!

  2. Nico Says:

    Hey,

    I love your blog, website and above all your photographs! They are unbelievable!
    Keep up the great work and don’t hesitate to post some more stories and pictures on your blog!
    btw, the board Valerian Ducourtil is riding in the last picture, is it a new APO (possibly selekta or mtd) from 2010?

    love your work, keep it coming!

    love
    Nico