snowboard Archives - Winter Ski Holidays in Oz & Alpe d'Huez

13th March 202010th April 2020

Ski Rental-2G Sports

ski retal 2g sports in Oz en Oisans

Antoine and Romian get ready for bootfitting at 2G Sports in Oz en Oisans

Looking for ski rental? 2G Sports is a small, independent shop with a good range of skis and snowboards.

It also has the best boot fitter in town. Antoine has a complete comfort guarantee if you want to buy a pair of ski or snowboard boots.

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24th February 202022nd March 2020

Ski Videos Lesson 1

ski video lesson

Lessons I've leared while making ski videos

Everyone loves to make a ski video, its a great way to remember the best parts of the trip. Here’s my first ski videos lesson.

The cameras are small and light, easy to carry; you can even use your phone.

Of course, the way you get the best shots is to nudge them into place with a bit of direction.

Easy stuff like: “I’ll ski down a bit and then you guys ski past me on my left”. Something like that.

So what I said to my friend, who wanted his exploits on a board recorded, was: “I’ll ski down there”, so far so good, “and then I want you to ski towards me”.

Oh dear! What I meant was that he should approach me directly and then pass below me. There wasn’t really space above me and I thought this was obvious.

In retrospect, nothing is obvious unless clearly explained.

So he sets off, pulls a few nice turns and then starts braking near me, throwing up a bit of snow. But then I see his board bouncing and I reckon he is going to pull a last minute swerve around me.

No, he has lost control and sweeps me off me feet.

No harm done but next time I’ll be better at giving clear instructions.

I hope this ski videos lesson helps you next time you get out on the slopes.

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Big, comfortable rooms, space for your clothes, great food to fuel days and a friendly welcome. That’s what we provide for all our guests at Le Château d’Oz, when they stay with us on a skiing holiday. Contact us for more details.

This blog is written by Andy Christodolo & Gill Lawrence, owners of Le Château d’Oz.

We offer winter ski holidays in Oz en Oisans, part of the Alpe d’Huez Grand Domaine Ski.

We live here in Oz all year round.

We mainly write about what’s available and happening in Oz and Alpe d’Huez to help you get the best out of your ski holiday. We also write about the other main ski areas locally, Les 2 Alpes and La Grave/La Meije.

We try to cover all aspects of skiing and winter holidays in a more general way to explain why some aspects of the holiday business exist.

We also write about our life here, in the winter, and elsewhere in our local region. As we do a lot of catering, we share recipes for some of the dishes that our guests enjoy the most.

Skiers come here with varying degrees of expertise and experience and a wide variety of expectations; not everyone has, or wants, the same holiday.

We try to cover every aspect of skiing here in Oz and Alpe d’Huez; if you want more details on something in our area, we’d be happy to consider covering it.

It should be noted that when we are commenting on skiing, ski equipment, ski routes or ski techniques or anything, that neither of us are professionals and that we are simply expressing our opinions and impressions.

Absolutely nothing in this blog is intended as a substitute for expert professional information, guidance or instruction.

We enthusiastically suggest you improve your skiing with professional instruction from the various ski instructors mentioned in the blog. We find the ESF in Oz to be particularly good.

The Bureau de Guides is the best source of off-piste information and a day out with them is always a memorable one.

All the opinions here are our own and are necessarily subjective. We have tried to make sure that any facts are accurate, but these can change over time.