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A few days riding with good mates in Grimentz, Val d’Anniviers Freeride heaven.

On Saturday the 9th we held an avalanche awareness event called The Freeday. The participants had the chance to meet pros and guides and spend a day with them. They learned about snow, rescue and Becom searching.

Then on Sun and Mon a bunch of powder freaks stayed to enjoy some more. Xav Jordan, José Carron, Emilien Badoux were among the ones who enjoyed a night out in the mountains, as we had the chance to sleep in a hunter’s hut up on the peaks. Special Thx to Simon and everyone in Grimentz. PEACE!

Happy New Year to all of you !!! Yeah I know it was yesterday, but I was out on the slopes. More interesting than writing a post, not..?! It snowed anotehr 20cm last night… Yodleeeeeeye! it’s just great now. Finally. But the avo danger is high so I take care and don’t push it yet.

For that new year 2010, I wish you to be able to go out there on the peaks, find some fresh snow and track it!

After the opening of Leysin where I tracked everything I could, it started to rain. Damn. it was time to find

other spots with better snow condition.

With Leysin friends we moved to the Austrian Alps where the temperature was much colder, meaning still

good snow down there. We rode St-Christoph’s couloirs on the Schindler Spitze on the first day, Serfaus

mellow bowls and lips on the second and then had a day of as it started to snow another 20cm… Finally

we went on the Kaunertal Glacier. Great snow as well on the road than on the slopes sides.

If you want to learn more about snow, avalanche and correct behaviours in the wild mountains, come to Leysin, Alpes Vaudoises on Saturday Dec 19th or in Grimentz, Valais, on January 9th.

you’ll have the unique chance to ride in small groups with pro-riders and mountain guides and learn directly from them.

SUBSCRIBE ON : www.thefreeday.ch

PRICE: CHF 50.- including security gear, lift ticket, guides + pro-riders guiding
SPECIAL PRICE : 35.- if you have a valid season pass in Leysin or Alpes Vaudoises
GEAR : come with your own skis or snowboard, a backpack and a lunch + drink

March 2008. I am back home in the Alpes Vaudoises after winning the Verbier Xtreme for the 3rd time.

It just snowed a meter and we are filming with my mate Sven Mermod for our movie “meet the third guy”.

My helmet cam gets every bit of several insane runs down the Glacier3000. Check it out

Lucky enough, we’ve been allowed to jump aboard one of the few gondol that went

up the Berneuse @8:15 this morning.

Priviledged, yes, I know. But you know what one say; right place right time…

A few turns in 30cm of light powder. and the rest of the valley run on the

slope freshly groomed. Yum.

Pix: Arnaud Derib

Last week I loaded my Xtrail with my riding gear and Leysin mate Al and we headed towards Austrian Tyrol.

A few hours later we reached Pitztal valley and its magnificents glaciers.
The snow conditions were really nice. Wide groomed pists and only few riders. We eventually met with Max Zipser, FWT #3 and shared a couple of runs.
How good it’s been to be back on snow last week…
My feelings on the board were amazing, just like if I never stopped riding.

Now we’re all waiting and praying for a solid winter just like the two previous years…
So now pray 4 snow and check out the vidz of my return to the snow:

If you like to discover some cool runs down several of les Portes du Soleil resorts, be part of the “Cyril Neri back to the roots” event in Morgins.
I learnt skiing (1977) and later (1986) snowboarding in Morgins, Portes du Soleil with my parents and brother. As of winter 1993 I worked part-time as a snowboard instructor at the Snowline Snowboard School & Shop. In 1994 after finishing my apprenticeship and the mandatory swiss army, I finally went to Morgins to spend some seasons up in the snow.
I worked part-time as a snowboard instructor, skiman, DJ and snowpark shaper which let me most of my days free to go riding and so I discovered many untracked spots all around Les Portes du Soleil which soon became my second home…

on Dec. 20th I’ll be back in Morgins town to meet you guys. We’ll spend a day of cool riding together.
Don’t expect me to show you ALL of my secret lines… but be sure you’ll have the chance to ride much more virgins spots than you usually do…

Check out the entire worldsnowboard day program and my special “Back to the roots” day

Last season started like a dream with tons of powder in November and ended like a nightmare in February while crushing a vertebrate…

November was insane. It was the best early season I witnessed in the past 20 years I am snowboarding. The snowline was low, at approx 1000m which offered us the opportunity to track unusual runs going down to low altitude. From November till mid Feb when I got hurt, I rode more powder than any other regular season.

In January I moved to Krasnaya-Poliana, Russia to take part in the first lap of 2009 FWT. I rode as I did back home with my mates. Without any pressure, for the fun of it and… I won that first race!

Back from Russia I spent a week shredding Leysin and Diablerets tree lines with my good mates. One day, while filming in Diablerets I made a mistake. A hump located at the very bottom of a line sent me flying way above a parking lot… I tried to stomp the 25ft drop-to-flat but one of my vertebrate didn’t like that at all and decided to collapse.

I spent 10 days at Lausanne University Hospital and went back home with a plaster cast. I had nothing else to do but be patient and accept my state. Love the pain, cherish all of my cell to help them recover quickly. Two month later I was fit enough to hop in the cable car to reach the mountain tops. Not that I wanted to ride yet, but to enjoy my second passion: model gliders.

What started like a game when I was a kid became a real passion. I love the thrill of flying those models with no other engine but the wind. Hear them whistle as they pass by a foot away from my ears at 70mph. Concentration, precision and coordination. It’s a kind of meditation.

Anyway I enjoyed life as much as I could.

Then I got the cast removed and I was ready for weeks of physiotherapy. I finally was fit enough to go hiking all around my beloved mountains, bike and eventually surf in Italy. And guess what- I am super strong now and ready to rock again!

The latest good news is that winter seems to be coming in from the west which is the best scenario for my home resort of Leysin…

see u soon on snow!

Here is the video of my latest seson. Enjoy