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Harry Gunz richocets his bullet off the lip at
Livingna's' halfpipe from heaven.
Photo by Keith Stephenson
NEWS
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WORLD'S
Yes, there were two World Snowboarding Championships in 1987.
The Swatch event in Breckenridge was only the half of it. The follow-
ing are exclusive notes from the journals of three snowboard
specialists and a skier, documenting the effects of traveling to the
"Real World Championships" in Livigno, Italy, by way of a shaky VW
van 'o rent, a rescue helicopter and 40,000 feet of powder-perfect
vertical terrain.
It was already late February by the time our team of experts, Don "Bad
Boy" Smith, Evan Feen, Rene Cormier and Ken Achenbach, touched down
in Frankfurt, Germany, for the first leg of the expedition. Scientific tests con-
ducted for nine hours at speed and high atmosphere on the side of the 747
test vehicle proved that Barfoot Claw stickers and Snoboard Shop Triangles
have the best glue.
The Volksvanagan is outfitted with all the equipment needed for overland
experimentation. Achy and Smitty score $100 stereo, wire it to rear light
and tape it to seat. Van now appears to go faster and the loud, clunking sound
from the motor seems to have been cured.
In France we pass through Albertville, site of the 1992 Olympics. We spend
ages looking for the youth hostel and local laboratory facilities. Evan inquires
of old gas woman and is met with loogie at his feet.
The French proving grounds are impressive. One ski area has beds for
25,000. Don't groan, it has an uphill lift capacity of 85,000 snowboarders
an hour. Just when you thought your area was hot. Le massif! Les Arcs has
V-pipes, bowls, banks, 3,000 ear-popper chutes and all the powder you can
eat. We pig out. One area, named LaZone de Protection du Nature, is redub-
bed Zone du Pleasure. Miles of bumps and trees and air for those who looked.
We looked! Les Arcs is one of the hottest ski resorts on earth.
We snowboard like banshees from hell for 3 weeks. One day we drop into
the chute from the top of Arc and surf these 50° slopes that are just covered
in banks and %-pipes. We plunge 3,000' in no time and end up at top of
a 300 foot cliff. We claw our way back up to another chute and pisteur turns
up and sez, "N'est-pas, go la danger. I am here to save you." "Save us?" we
say. This guy was so nervous that we called him Shakey. Another pisteur
shows up. This guy was cool. He brought two sticks of dynamite and blasted
'em off. We are 20' away and totally deaf. He still won't let us shred. He
goes, "Do you speak english? Good. This way is death," pointing at where
we were. He calls in a helicopter to "rescue" Pros 'R' Us.