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Board games – The Guardian – NickMorgan.net

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Nickmorgan@mac.com. Board games – The Guardian. Boarding is back, older and wiser. Nick Morgan goes to Brighton to grab some radical air. I picked the skateboard up and turned it over lovingly in my hands. I remembered my first board as a kid, a thin plastic affair with narrow trucks and rock-hard wheels. This was different, it was much wider with softer wheels. More stable, more forgiving and somehow more adult. I met Voi Smith at The Level in Brighton. Smith told me to stand on the board, scoot up one ...

Chasing the snow in Kirchberg – Daily Mail – NickMorgan.net

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Nickmorgan@mac.com. Chasing the snow in Kirchberg – Daily Mail. Falling levels of snow in Europe have produced a new type of skier: the snow-chaser. These people study forecasts and bookmark web cams like a new religion. Directski.com say one in three of their customers now wait for good snow forecasts before committing their credit card details. Europe had a huge dump of snow at the beginning of the year, but will it remain? As I write snow-chasers in the know are bookmarking the small town of Kirchberg.

Ride out with the Silver Surfers – Daily Mail – NickMorgan.net

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110;ickmorgan@mac.com. Ride out with the Silver Surfers – Daily Mail. If you thought that snowboarding was just for teens with attitude, piercings and questionable personal hygiene, think again. Today the sport has grown up and is open to everybody with a sense of fun. Tignes, France, is a purpose built ski resort thrown up in the 1960s. The architecture is carbunclar, but don’t let that put you off. What matters is the snow and mountains. Here both are spectacular. David Clarke, visiting Tignes for the ...

Five-star Canadian snow – Travel Mail – NickMorgan.net

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Nickmorgan@mac.com. Five-star Canadian snow – Travel Mail. Buy three stars get two stars free! Of course, the good people of Canada are too modest to shout this rhetoric from the mountaintops, but it’s true: this season, for what some three star holidays are charging in Europe you can fly to Canada, ski on fabulous snow and bask in five star luxury. How is this possible? Picture this: it was minus five but I was stripped down to my base layer. Sweat and sun block was dripping into my eyes. I turn...After...

On the piste with the bon viveurs – Travel Mail – NickMorgan.net

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Nickmorgan@mac.com. On the piste with the bon viveurs – Travel Mail. The first sound you hear is bells, when you look up there’s a horse drawn sledge waiting to take you to your hotel. This is no gimmick, Avoriaz is a car free zone. When you want to get somewhere quickly (or just in extreme style) you wave down a passing sledge. It’s not surprising that the rich and famous mingle here to see, be seen and to eat the fantastic food. The gastronomic highlights for me were venison with foie gras and chicken ...