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Shaped Snowboarding & Ice Mountain Railjam
december 3, 2010Get in Shaped trip!
september 21, 2010Shaped Snowboarding Trip
Vanaf 330,- p.p. !
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The day begins with your outfit an gear selection, what have you, that’s what gives you confidence. Fresh start because you have a tough day ahead.
It helps you to get the right mindset. You turn your I-pod on. You become in the mood. Before you go, a snowboard vid for inspiration. Then breakfasts with the boys, your put together your gear for today, bindings, board. And of course the discussion “what we will do that day”.
On the way to the elevator, ride everything you encounter, the hill is a large playground. You breathe snowboarding at the moment your life is snowboarding.
And then you’re gone, your head is empty. You think about nothing, there is no home, there is no work. In the white world you live.
snows, you don’t care.
Snowboarding is something you share with your friends, so we at Shaped want to invite you to our trip to Chatel, Les Portes du Soleil.
We offer a trip to aresort with 9 funparks and endless freeride possibilities for a price you can’t hold back on! Your biggest advantage when you go with us is you can try out our gear! We have the latest test models with us from the brands that we sell in the shop, the boards and the bindings! We organize special events during the week, where you can sign up to if you want or just go your own way. Our teamriders will be there too, each of them will do a clinic so you can work on your technique and style! At the end of the week there is a small contest where you can win goodies and we close the week with a nice BBQ.
So what is in the Shaped Snowboarding Trip package?
• Transportation by luxury coach with Royal Class Facilities
• Seven nights at Chalet Martagon in one of the apartments ( from 2 to 12 pers apartments )
• Stay on bed
• Châtel ski pass for 6 days ( possible to upgrade to 8 day Portes du Soleil )
• The ability to try out new Shaped gear, new boards from Smokin Snowboards, Signal Snowboards, Forum Snowboards, Forum bindings and Union bindings
• Clinics from our Pro team, Gerben Verweij, Cees Wille and Joey van Essen
• Support to get you trough a Shaped Night by our Am team, Jasper Visser and Arjan Visser
• Every day a day and night program where you are free to join
• Chinese downhill with goodies
• Best in Shape Contest with nice prices
• Last evening BBQ
• Reservation and Calamity Fund
Châtel
Châtel is 1 of 14 resorts in the heart of the Portes du Soleil region. The village is located in the Abondance Valley on the border with Switzerland. The village offers a lot of recreation like bars, bowling, theatre and restaurants and is perfectly located in the Ski resort Portes du Soleil.
Chalet Martagon in the heart of this cozy village. The shops, bars ( lion d’or) and restaurants are just around the corner so you do not miss what this attractive village has to offer. From your nicely furnished apartment within minutes walk to the gondola of Châtel. If you chose an extended pass? The ski bus stops nearby and takes you within minutes to the cable car Linga. A perfect starting point for the entire ski area of Les Portes du Soleil with its beautiful sunny slopes to explore. In short, a nice chalet in an ideal location! The bar Lion D’or will provide a excellent spot for the après ski and party’s on the Shaped Trip.
Location:
At 150 meters from the lift, bus stop 50 meters away. The apartments are situated in the heart of Chatel.
3-persoonsstudio bezet met: ( 4x)
3 personen€ 370 per persoon
2 personen€ 420 per persoon
2-kamerappartement Type voor 5 personen bezet met: ( 3x)
5 personen€ 350 per persoon
4 personen€ 370 per persoon
3 personen€ 410 per persoon
2-kamerappartement duplex voor 8 personen bezet met: ( 1x)
8 personen€ 340 per persoon
7 personen€ 350 per persoon
6 personen€ 360 per persoon
3-kamerappartement voor 6 personen bezet met: ( 1x)
6 personen€ 350 per persoon
5 personen€ 360 per persoon
4 personen€ 384 per persoon
4-kamerappartement voor 12 personen bezet met: ( 1x)
12 personen€ 330 per persoon
11 personen€ 330 per persoon
10 personen€ 340 per persoon
9 personen€ 354 per persoon
( prijzen zijn exclusief opstaptoeslag zie businformatie)
Portes du Soleil
Where Swiss style en French touch meet
The ski area enjoys exceptionally good snowfall from mid-November to the end of April, with an average of 8m of powder every year.
The Portes du Soleil offers visitors a unique ski experience that they call “ski safari”: just strap into your bindings at your chalet and go exploring from resort to resort, valley to valley – and even from country to country…
The Portes du Soleil in numbers:
• 280 slopes: 26 black, 105 red, 112 blue, 37 green
• 201 mountain lifts
• 650 km of groomed slopes
• 9 snowparks
• 89 slopeside restaurants
Freestyle
The Portes du Soleil has 9 snowparks at strategic points around the ski area.
All parks feature boxes, tables, wall rides, big air jumps, raised bends, air bags and rails that riders of all levels will be more than happy with!
Avoriaz pulls out all the stops for freestyle fans with no less than five dedicated zones for all levels and disciplines: superpipe, border-cross, variety modules and the new Jake Burton-inspired snowpark, aka the Stash, which offers several routes through Les Lindarets forest and some memorable all-wood sections! Go ride here and maybe bump into Nico Droz and his homies.
In Châtel, freestyle fans head for the SmoothPark in Super Châtel. This park is fun and delivers a variety of rails, boxes and kickers.
In Les Gets, intermediate and hardcore freestylers head for Mont Chéry’s sunny Freestyle District.
Les Crosets offers a freestyle paradise at the Superpark.
Expert exponents of the art can fine-tune their line, while beginners can train on the Micro Park. Watch out on the expert line, maybe you are snaking Romain di Marchi and friends from hitting that 35m monster kicker, http://sports.espn.go.com/videohub/video/video?id=3694492
Freeride
The Portes du Soleil ski area is nothing less than a massive winter playground for powder hounds…
The Snowcross zones in Avoriaz offer skiers and snowboarders all the thrills of no-holds-barred exploring on safe but untouched slopes. After a big dump of snow, powder-lovers head for Les Crozats, La Frontalière, Les Brochaux or La Marmotte.
At Champéry, a favourite place for powder chasers is Le Cuboré. From the top of the chairlift, all you have to do is choose your route and if the Swiss Wall is an icon among ski aficionados, the side of the run is always a hit thanks to the virgin powder turns on offer.
In Les Gets both sides of the village resort offer advanced skiers numerous opportunities to sample the powder: La Rosta (Chavannes side), or for more of a challenge on Mont Chéry, Les Planeys near the Snow Park, or even Chéry Nord.
The Nyon and Chamossière peaks in Morzine are among the favourite destinations for lovers of steep and deep untracked slopes.
Les Crosets and Champoussin are pure heaven for riders. Favourite spots are the tricky Pointe de l’Au couloirs, the Combe de Bonnavau for freeride improvers, the Pierre Plate couloir towards Tovassière, or the Aiguille des Champeys ?
So sign up for this epic week!!
Mail us at info@shapedsnowboarding.com
and you Will receive the sign up form with booking options!
Shaped Snowboarding gear pick of the week
september 10, 2010
We at shaped see it as our duty to give you idea’s of nice setups to shred the hill with. Thats why every week we pick a complete gear pack, so you can start slashing that down-flat-down rail straight away in style.
This week is a indoor railkilling minded setup, where you are still able to hit medium kickers with and slash some fresh pow.
Starting with the board: Smokin Hooligan BTX
A board that can take your jib game to the next level. The Hooligan has magnetraction for you to have endless grip, even with dull edges, and a DIRT rocker shaped.
Now for 349 euro.
Next is the binding, Union Force yellow. Together with the boards this will make a stylish match. But also in performance it will be the right pick. Selected by transworld snowboarding buyers guide a lot as a good bindingen and has been worshipped by many shredders a round the world. The Forces are a comfortable binding, enough padding to absorb bumpy terrain from underfoot when riding and good padding on the highback. The straps got an upgrade, the ankle strap is a bit more comfortable in the padding against the boot.
Now for 199 euro.
Then the boot, this item will make or brake your day. But the Hi Standard is around for a while. The Hi standard is a great all around boot. Super comfy and supportive but flexible for the park. The liner forms to the feet and it is light weight. Good park and freestyle boot. You can’t go wrong with black.
Now for 199 euro.
For the outerwear we choose the Vans Etienne Jacket Yellow and the Holden Skinny Pant black. Nice lightweight and durable outerwear with a basic look but with hightech stuff to hold you warm.
Together for 328 euro.
You must protect your hands against the cold and you, so thats why we recommend the transform The Mitt. These stylish mittens will keep you nice and warm.
Now for 59,73 euro.
Indoor you don’t need them, but they will complete your setup. This brand is back, and the will fight to keep in the business. You can see when you open up the box of the goggle. The Sabre Easyrider goggles come with circa 78 punk studs, and with beaten back leather with metal logo detailing. Also it comes with a faux wood grain coffin box complete with 3 x punk stud pins and an embossed Sabre ring.
Now for 110 euro.
So lets wrap up. For a small 1244,73 you will go slay the rails, shred the hill and hit the kickers in Shaped Style!
If you order this whole package, you will receive a 10% discount!</str
8 Smokin Boards in the 2011 Transworld Snowboarding Buyers Guide!
september 9, 2010The Buck Ferton, Superpark, Midget Mafia, KT-22, Mike Basisch pro, Pinner, PYT and Vixen are selected buy Transworld Snowboarding as a good board to buy for next season.
The Vixen has been selected by Transworld Snowboading as a Good Wood.
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