{"id":35705,"date":"2023-01-21T14:05:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T13:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/ca-va-lchaletat-xavier-delerues-house-in-verbier\/"},"modified":"2023-04-05T17:09:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T15:09:04","slug":"ca-va-lchaletat-xavier-delerues-house-in-verbier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/en\/ca-va-lchaletat-xavier-delerues-house-in-verbier\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c7a va l&#8217;chalet?<br>At Xavier Delerue&#8217;s house in Verbier"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"35705\" class=\"elementor elementor-35705 elementor-35650\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-496b327 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"496b327\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76c2f1c\" data-id=\"76c2f1c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-045edbb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"045edbb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5415957\" data-id=\"5415957\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2737b8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2737b8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 09-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u00c7a va l&#8217;chalet?<br>At Xavier Delerue&#8217;s house in Verbier<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-067314e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"067314e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 09-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Dominique Daher<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First published in Backcountry Magazine (France) #002 (dated November-December 2022)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87c9c90 elementor-author-box--layout-image-left elementor-author-box--align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"87c9c90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor-pro\/assets\/css\/widget-theme-elements.min.css\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.domdaher.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/dom-daher.jpg\" alt=\"Dominique Daher\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.domdaher.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDominique Daher\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>French photographer with Corsican origins living in Coppet, Dom Daher had a short but remarkable career as a pro skier before taking pictures of his colleagues. He has been following the Freeride World Tour for over 15 years now, and knows the faces of the world like the pockets of his F-Stop bag.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e74daa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e74daa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-22af9de\" data-id=\"22af9de\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f0bc1e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f0bc1e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5da77e0\" data-id=\"5da77e0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad3af16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad3af16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We went to see Xavier at his home in Verbier to tell the story of the rider through his interior, or at least part of his home. Ski garages, mobile vans, small hovels, or converted flats, the modern &#8220;chalet&#8221; takes many forms, but always reveals the person who occupies it.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ed64ccb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ed64ccb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-62e88d4\" data-id=\"62e88d4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d432fd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d432fd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 09-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Aout2220-681x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35688\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Aout2220-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Aout2220-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Aout2220-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Aout2220-1021x1536.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Aout2220-1362x2048.jpg 1362w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Aout2220-624x938.jpg 624w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Aout2220-33x50.jpg 33w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Aout2220-66x100.jpg 66w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Aout2220-600x902.jpg 600w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Aout2220-scaled.jpg 1702w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-53a863e\" data-id=\"53a863e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-714726d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"714726d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Dom Daher:<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You live in Verbier, which is a bit far from the Pyrenees, isn&#8217;t it? Why here and not Chamonix? <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1074b58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1074b58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Xavier Delerue :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Verbier is indeed far from the Pyrenees. Sometimes I miss the mountains of my childhood but I always enjoy going back to my roots. Unfortunately being a pro snowboarder in the Pyrenees is much more complicated, and over time life drew me to the Valais, and Verbier more precisely. I shot for years with Tero Repo and Guido Perrini who were based in Switzerland and I moved here quite naturally. I really feel at home in Verbier, both in terms of the terrain and the quality of life and values. It took me a while to adapt but I&#8217;ve been here for 15 years and I feel more than comfortable. Chamonix could have been a choice too, I lived there for 5 years, but over there everything is super hardcore, everyone is constantly pushing the limits, in the mountains and in life in general, and after a while I found it burdensome and even dangerous. And then to raise my family, I felt much more comfortable in Verbier, knowing that Chamonix is only an hour away.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e6fa9c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0e6fa9c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-088b116\" data-id=\"088b116\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-36a0450 elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36a0450\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-24f0b48\" data-id=\"24f0b48\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-733454f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"733454f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dom Daher :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You spend a lot of time outside, but is the inside important to you? Or is it just an airlock to change equipment?<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4e0e2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4e0e2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Xavier Delerue :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No, I travel a lot so my home is very important. I love to be able to feel good and get back into a routine between trips. I think it&#8217;s one of the hardest things in my career to constantly break that routine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5e16db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5e16db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Dom Daher :<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for your &#8220;gear shed&#8221;, where does it come from? How old is it? <\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10098bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10098bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This \u201cmazot\u201d must be a hundred years old&#8230; I bought it completely dismantled on Anibis, a second-hand website. I went to get it and put it back together from scratch here, and I really enjoyed it!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inside I store all my gear, my tools to go dreaming and spend time in the mountains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-845a2cf\" data-id=\"845a2cf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e5cd20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7e5cd20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_7207-683x1024.jpg\" 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https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_7212-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_7212-600x899.jpg 600w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_7212-scaled.jpg 1708w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c3f5a8\" data-id=\"2c3f5a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd556ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd556ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dom Daher :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this shack, it&#8217;s an organised mess, it&#8217;s a bit of a reflection of this ambivalence between snowboarding, a messy and cool sport, and the mountains where you have to be meticulous?<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-caaf0cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"caaf0cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Xavier Delerue :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s a good point, but I think that the mountaineer will be meticulous, very analytical, whereas the freerider is much more into letting go. It&#8217;s due to the practice, and of course it&#8217;s a generalization, but it always struck me to see the differences in personality that could exist between these two practices which at the end evolve on the same terrain. Things have evolved a lot in the last 10 years and more and more with the crossover of practices, styles and philosophies are mixing and it brings back so many positive things&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e19a46a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e19a46a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c76928a\" data-id=\"c76928a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7319c15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7319c15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dom Daher :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the moment everyone is getting into paragliding, light version and mountain flying, isn&#8217;t it a bit stupid to go up on foot and come down flying instead of riding?<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d4f882 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d4f882\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Xavier Delerue :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have to look further than that, and think about the run behind your resort that ends up at the bottom of the valley with 3 hours of walking in the grass, or that run that you dream of doing but that is inaccessible except with the help of a small paraglider that will get you over that ridge that blocks the passage. Or that run that is so beautiful but ends up on a glacier so dismantled that it&#8217;s not rideable. In short, the crossover of paragliding with riding offers an extension of the playground beyond the fact that it also opens the perspectives and the understanding of the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-695e498 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"695e498\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a264090\" data-id=\"a264090\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b9f85aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b9f85aa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6eb64b5\" data-id=\"6eb64b5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b41a96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1b41a96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_boards-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35686\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_boards-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_boards-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_boards-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_boards-624x935.jpg 624w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_boards-33x50.jpg 33w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_boards-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_boards-600x899.jpg 600w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_boards.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-04352a9\" data-id=\"04352a9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c163a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c163a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dom Daher :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you really splitboard or is it just for instagram? Wouldn&#8217;t it be easier to go ski touring? <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4409136 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4409136\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Xavier Delerue :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haha&#8230; please! It&#8217;s true that ski touring works better than splitboarding in general, but I don&#8217;t mind doing a little more effort and staying on a snowboard with all the fun that goes with it on the way down. I am not looking at my watch when I ride and the goal is to get good runs, so there is no point in switching to ski touring. I know how to ski but I don&#8217;t like the stiffness of the equipment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f378cf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f378cf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dom Daher :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You also surf a lot, which is very different from snowboarding: you go up to the peak with your arms, and then you go down by pressing on the back foot and steering with the front foot, while in snowboarding it&#8217;s the opposite, is it schizophrenia?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e3244b6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e3244b6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-96841d7\" data-id=\"96841d7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff28ac9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff28ac9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Xavier Delerue :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You&#8217;re right and when you see a pro snowboarder surfing, apart from a few rare exceptions, you can spot him straight away because he&#8217;s going to have a very rigid style, knees apart, ass backwards&#8230; In short, the more you have automatisms in snowboarding, the harder it&#8217;s going to be in surfing&#8230; Believe in my frustration after 20 years of surfing.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ad1943d elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ad1943d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea9348f\" data-id=\"ea9348f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220ff8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"220ff8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dom Daher :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you really think there&#8217;s any point in putting on a helmet?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbc2a9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbc2a9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Xavier Delerue :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s just for looks! No seriously, I used to think that and in snowboarding I grew up with the culture of helmet = not cool, but after seeing several friends who died because they didn&#8217;t have a helmet (Tristan Picot, Gilles Voirol, etc.) and after hitting my head on rocks once on a not so nice run in a resort, I can tell you that I don&#8217;t ride powder without a helmet anymore. Fortunately the mentality has changed regarding the use of helmets and that&#8217;s a good thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1037bae\" data-id=\"1037bae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52d0fc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"52d0fc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1025\" src=\"https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_7226-1536x1025.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-35653\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_7226-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_7226-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_7226-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_7226-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_7226-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_7226-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_7226-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_7226-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/XavMazot_7226-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-97c6f3c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"97c6f3c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab30f2a\" data-id=\"ab30f2a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74d2d66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74d2d66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dom Daher :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is your next project\/trip?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-629610b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"629610b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Xavier Delerue :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;m going to explore the possibilities of paragliding to expand the scope of freeriding. It&#8217;s a good excuse to stay local between Verbier, Zermatt and Chamonix. To be continued!<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We went to see Xavier at his home in Verbier to tell the story of the rider through his interior, or at least part of his home. Ski garages, mobile vans, small hovels, or converted flats, the modern &#8220;chalet&#8221; takes many forms, but always reveals the person who occupies it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-non-classifiee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3mountain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}