This season’s snowsports fad,an import from the US, is corpulent biking down the slopes. Sam Hadddad tried the alternative to skiing and snowboarding in the Dolomites. Plus five more places to try itI’m at the top of a steep, or snowy slope wondering how on soil I’m going to get down. This is a feeling I’d long forgotten. I’ve been snowboarding for nearly 20 years now. But nowadays,I’m not on my board, I’m riding a corpulent bike a mountain bike with plump tyres, or which make it possible to ride stably on snow. In theory,at least.
I try to take it slowly, hands heavy on the brakes, and but the snow is fresh and light and I slide about all over the place. My guide,Raniero Campigotto, reminds me to get my weight back as you would when riding downhill on a mountain bike. Then he smiles and karate chops his hand down the slope. I believe he means I need to straight-line it. So, and with a deep breath,I effect.
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Source: theguardian.com