afm with antti & risto

it has been a while since I went last to the Air and Style, but this year Billabong sent me there for a signing session

As it had been a bit of a frustration not to see girls riding at this event, I decided to make a petition with the full support of Sarka Pancochova, Cheryl Maas, Tanja Detomas, Lisa Filzmoser, Jenny Jones, Jamie Anderson, Kimmy Fasani, Hana Beaman, Leanne Pelosi, Bev Vuilleumier and Marie-France Roy, hoping to see girls next year..

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So I ended up running around with my piece of paper and it was great to see all the positive feedback from the public and the industry.. thanks to all of those who signed it :)

This weekend I went to Avoriaz for the Rock on Snow Tour.. It was fun to ride around even though the snow conditions are very poor in France at the moment, a lot of ski lifts are closed and none of the tree runs are ridable :(

When I went back to my car the road was super icy, there had been an accident and I got stuck on the road for half an hour, so i decided to turn around and wait in a coffee.. when I tried to turn around my car started slipping in all directions.. a couple guys had to come and push my car into a parking spot. So I decided to leave it there for the night and go back up to the resort..

And that was such a good decision, not only I avoided ending up in a gutter or crashing into another car but also when I got back up I found my good friends PP and L’arrogs from the Psykopit crew. Sylvain Bourbousson, Mathieu Crepel, Nico Droz, Mamar, Alfie, etc.. It was really fun to get to hang with those guys like in the good all times! hope I ll get to see them again soon!

that's always the coolest thing to go to events at the beginning of the winter, you get to meet all the good friends you ahven't seen for a while and it's always great fun to get to shred some slopes together!

The temperatures have dropped and I hope it will translate into snow by the end of this week.. I ll keep you posted very soon!

anne-flore

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After an hectic pre season I was ready and excited to leave to Austria with my friend Vanessa Andrieux. We go there every year to find good snow condition, I was all packed, board and bags in my trunk and as i was driving back from Barcelona it started dumping everywhere, and by the time i was in Switzerland my home mountains were covered by a good 60cm of fresh snow !

This is when we both decided to join the Demonium base camp in les diablerets (definitely the best place to stay, hang, mini shred and skate up there) and shoot a couple things home before heading to the austrian mountains. We waisted the first day looking for features to shoot along the road and at 12pm, after 3 hours driving around for nothing, we decided to go up on the mountain and shred. luckily the place wasn’t totally tracked yet, I found a couple good friends at the first chair lift, they took me to the good spot and I got chest deep for my first run of the winter !! I can’t remember a better start of the season ever ! sik !

The next day we built a kicker with Eman, Damien, Nico and Tonton not too far from the road in a safe area as avalanche danger was quite high at that time. It was fun to be shaping a kicker already. The snow was deep in the landing, the sun was shining we had a good thermos with hot tea and good meet, cheese, bread and chocolate. Family style !

After that we joined Nicolas Droz in Chatel to get a couple shots, each day we were pushing the austrian destination a bit later and we finally never made it there.

That’s when my friend Annie Boulanger called, there was no snow in whistler and she jumped in the plane to come shred with me.. I was so stoked to have her here because I m always the one going to canada or US and for once I got to show my place to a good friend ! as soon as she got off the plane we called Jonas Emery who could eventually give us heads up on the conditions where he was staying.. and we ended up staying at his place for a good 4 days.. We got sik tree runs in still really good snow on our first day and it dumped overnight !! We went to Verbier the next day, same thing, good tree pow runs under the cabin, and the great thing is that no one was on the slopes before christmas ! We joined Emilien Badoux the next day for the same luck with sunshine this time!

After that we headed to my home resort with my both of my parents my cousin, my boyfriend and 2 other good friends with whom we shredded all weekend.. It really felt like christmas !

This last couple of weeks were such a blast, I got to practice some Quebecquien expressions, I got to shred for the fun of it which happens very rarely, i got to stay at my grand parents cabin and the conditions were fantastic !

That was definitely my best christmas present this year.. and i wish you just as much fun and good shred ! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Anne-Flore

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Hello everyone,
It has been snowing everywhere in Europe and I have been traveling   like a mad woman. I went to les 2alpes where I received the Award of   the best french international rider (with both male and female   riders). I guess they gave me that just because they still don’t  know  that I am French.. for those of you who didn’t know it yet, I  have 3  passports, I am french, I am swiss, and I am  liechtensteinerin. That’s a mini country between Austria and  Switzerland..

Anyways after that I went to Stockhom for a Billabong photoshoot, it   was freezing there. The funny thing is that they put me in between  2  pretty and very skinny models.. which was quite interesting.. I  mean  for me and my big muscle! Haha we went to the ice bar where we  ended  up playing soccer with our ice made glasses, we went karaoke  in some  random empty bar and went dancing in a club which felt like  we were in  someone’s high sealing apartment.

From there I flew to Brazil for the Oakley sales meeting in   Florianopolis. I thought I was going to surf and tan on that trip  but  it was pouring rain the whole trip. Luckily Oakley had invited  some  other athletes with who I got to test all the local activities  the  resort was offering drom samba dance class to beach volleyball  through  poker game with the hotel staff..  On top of that I got to  meet Oscar Pistorius, by far the most inspiring Athlete I’ve ever  met, he was  emputed from both legs at a young age and is currently  braking all  world records oh his condition. He will run in the  “normal” Olympics  in London. This guy is king funny and runs faster  then anyone I know!On one night we had the premiere of the Oakley movie and once it was   finished and when I thought it was time for bed, brazilian drummers   and samba dancer came out of nowhere and got me to samba till my  feet  burnt to death! Well with Oscar and Lolo Jones (world’s number  one’s  hay runner) we went quad driving in the pouring rain! And it  was  really cool cause all that water had created tons of puddles in  the  sand dunes and Oscar and I got tons of fun hand breaks while  Lolo was  behaving and blocking the view of our guide while we were  kicking it  at the back!

After Brazil I was back in California for another Billabong   photoshoot. We landed in Orange county flying over all the fires of   the santa Anna’s wind.. The sky was so dark from the smoke it  really  looked like an apocalyptic vision. I found it really scary.  Everyone  else seemed to be fine with it “yeah it all burns each  November” I  mean houses were burning to dust! Photoshoot done and  Tara  Dakides’life documentary movie premiere and back in the plane  to  Europe.

I went to say hello to the Billabong euro crew in Bilbao for their sales meeting and flew to Barcelona for a shoot with Les Ettes.. oh yeah did I tell you that I am currently working on my pro model perfume? It smells really good and it will be ready in February!

I just got back from all these crazy travels and I still haven’t  seen  the snow yet. everyone has been telling me about their sick  powder  days already while I was just stuck in airplanes and  photoshoots..  which made me super excited for the winter..

I’ll take my Fiat 500 tomorrow and I ll be in the mountains again!
I’ll see you there!!

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