« Allo, hein, c’est qui ? Ah Pierre, euh appelle les Collet pour savoir où tu dors, moi je suis complétement mort dans mon lit, bonne nuit » C’est par ces mots que Xavier Favre, m’accueille à la Chapelle d’Abondance le vendredi 9 mars au soir alors qu’il vient de finir le shape de la table de la Beanie Gap Session avec son ami Yannick Bovard, co-organisateur et local de la vallée.

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Texte  & Photos Pierre Morel 

The smell of log fires lingers in the air, snow is falling heavily on mountain ranges all over the northern hemisphere and in just under two weeks everybody will be sat around a dinner table stuffing themselves with turkey. What better time for an Amplid ShrEdit, featuring skiing and snowboarding from the Amplid Cartel and Ambush teams!

Xavier Favre is a freeskier that you may or may not have heard of. One thing’s for sure, once you’ve seen Xavier’s smooth stompy style and super clean off-axis spins it’s not a name you will forget in a hurry. ARC TV caught-up with Xavier an Amplid Ambush team rider to find out about last season’s double cork attempts, what riding for Amplid is like and about his biggest skiing influences.

Watch Frenchman and ambush rider Xavier Favre in his 2011 season compilation, freshly edited:

Here comes another edit from a very relaxed contest … a rep up of all 3 competition days.