Opening day in the French Alps!

[@jamesdougall2886]

nice one! Our man Cookie keeps on living the dream! 👍

[@Cookiesports]

🤩🤩🤩

[@MovingSoundcloud]

Oh how I missed these skiing videos!!!

[@Cookiesports]

Back on the snow! ❄️ 🤩🤩🤩

[@Simon-jp7wg]

Great to see you back Cookie

[@Cookiesports]

Thanks 🤩

[@notreallyNat]

Ahh the X4 looks so good!!! Can't wait for a winter of great skiing!

[@Cookiesports]

The quality is amazing, isn’t it!

[@notreallyNat]

@ picked an X3 up with your referral link ☺️☺️☺️

[@Cookiesports]

@@notreallyNat thank you! 🍻

[@markhughes1252]

Great to have you back Simon 🩵 brilliant vid as always 👍👍 and ALL BOOKED sorted for my mate and son with ALEX thanks again mate keep up the good wook see you soon🤞🤞

[@Cookiesports]

Awesome stuff! I’m sure we will cross parts on the snow soon!

[@Pestoninn]

Yessss was waiting for this all day!!!

[@Cookiesports]

Hope it was worth the wait! 😜

[@Pestoninn]

@ for sure was!

[@peterwoolston6325]

Good to see you back Cookie! Thanks for the update. What's the weather forecast like? Will be there in a couple of weeks!! P)

[@Cookiesports]

Forecast is looking great, plenty of snow due this weekend!

[@TehFuzziest]

i really enjoyed your video lots of positive energy, i will be hitting up avoriaz for snowboarding with a small group of friends at the end of january, seeing all the amazing views and the snow is getting me really excited it looks like its going to be a good season.

[@Cookiesports]

You’ll have a great time over there… I love it! Thanks for watching… here’s to a good season! 🤩

[@badboy-bob5255]

Greetz from opening day in Val Thorens #insta360x4 ! Fresh snowboard again tis morning 👌✌️🤟

[@Cookiesports]

Hope you had some nice conditions over there too!

[@crazydadtries]

Do you have any updates on le mine, irs a red run supoosedly opened / opening by the surren gorge . Love your videos cookie and am glad to see you back

[@Cookiesports]

Due to open this winter… got snow cannons all the way down now- should be fine with the next snow dump! 🤙

[@crazydadtries]

@@Cookiesports thanks will defe try that one when I go!

[@azazel070]

Great to see you in the snow again!!! Do you also go and show on the snowboard this season??? Would love to see our snowboard skills also… 🙂

[@Cookiesports]

For sure, I will be filming on a snowboard a bit this season!

[@-__-.]

Please confirm the complete x4 settings used to capture the footage? I have the X4 and your footage looks super clear and good

[@-__-.]

8k30?

[@Cookiesports]

360 8k 30. 🙌🙌🙌

[@simongodfrey3765]

Any plans to ski La Grave Cookie?

[@Cookiesports]

Yes yes yes… love it over there! I did many season ls in L2A and was over there all the time!

[@StrangebeanOffitial]

Looks great I'll be there at new year

[@Cookiesports]

You’re going to have a great time! Don’t forget to book up coaching and guiding with me!

[@timelsinghorst4965]

Can you maybe do a video of the best pistes in alpe dhuez or just tips for alpe dhuez. Going there by christmas!

[@Cookiesports]

I’ve done a few similar, and will continue to do so… but simplest answer is get a guide for a few days to show you about! Usually at this point I’d offer my services… but I’m fully booked I’m afraid!

[@Benzknees]

Looks icy from the way the outer ski is moving away from the inner ski thru the turn

[@Cookiesports]

Some very hard pack for sure… every few turns felt like a different surface!

[@martinfey578]

Great to have you back for the winter Cookie. I could feel those snow crystals hitting my face as you slid down those turns. Can I ask why you chose Alpe d'Huez to base yourself instructing? Just curious :)

[@Cookiesports]

I’m not sure to be honest, there are clearly other great ski areas all around the place, but there is something special about this one! It was probably the right time with me completing my ski instructor diploma, as well as starting a family! It’s just a really nice community, linked with some incredible skiing!

[@DomBun28]

How can we book a lesson/guiding session?

[@Cookiesports]

Drop me an email with some info and we’ll get something together! (Info in the description!) Thanks

[@greypouponn]

Have you got any recommendations for a ski boot fitter there in Alpe d'Huez? I'll be visitting again next March and want to buy my first pair of boots!

[@Cookiesports]

Definitely! I get all my boots fitted at cyril sport in the Bergers shopping centre. You can find him online. Drop me a message when it comes to booking some coaching and guiding!

[@greypouponn]

@Cookiesports awesome thanks!

[@imcontemptwithlife4155]

seen nothing but bad reviews on the insta360, especially with its customer support and how they treat customers,, won't be buying one but it does look like a good camera!

[@Cookiesports]

No no no… i’ve got nothing but great things to say about Insta360! Report I’ve seen all that customer support are generally very good, however I’ve never had the need for it as the cameras have always worked perfectly for me!

[@Nazrahnas]

England and France are so close to each other geographically, yet English people just cannot pronounce French words. O_o

[@Cookiesports]

🤣🤣 I am trying to learn and improve!…working for ESF definitely helps… but can’t get away from my Angelo accent!

[@Nazrahnas]

@@Cookiesports Ahh you are working for ESF? That's awesome! I would like to do that as well tbh, but I am unsure of what steps I "need to take". Currently I have Austrian Landes-1 as qualification. DO you have any tips/info you could deem useful to me? :)

[@Cookiesports]

@@Nazrahnasto work in france you start with a couple of race exams, one slalom then GS. It’s a pretty straight forward system, just takes some training to get to the entrance level.

[@Nazrahnas]

@@Cookiesports Thanks for your reply and for the information! - Do you like ESF, and for how long have you worked there?

[@Cookiesports]

@@Nazrahnas Love ESF... work here and for them for 8 years now!