How can I meet swoard team?

[Hazmet]

Hi. I'm excarving member of Korea team.

so, I'm in saabracken, Germany.

in this weekend, I will go to zinal for to meet with swoard team and riding with them.
How can I go there?(but I don't prepare a board and other equipments, because I came in here for a work, just I will make a time for excarving.)

can you help me about my great plan for this travel? I need a transportation, accomodation and other.- it is my first EU travel.

please let me support.

[joemzl]

Hi Hazmet,
welcome to Europe, welcome to Germany

There are many of open questions, before we can start.
Is it correct, that you are in Saarbrücken?
When are you able to leave? When will you have to be back?
There is the possibility of taking an overnight train.
Or do you prefer a flight to Geneva Airport and then renting a car?
Did I understand correct, that you have no board and no boots with you?

[Hazmet]

You are correct, I couldn't prepare all equipment for Excarving. Can I rent the equipments in zinal?
I will go there friday night or saturday morning and turn back at sunday evening.

how many time do I go to zinal? which is a name of train station nearby zinal?

All of things are strange for me in europe.^^

[joemzl]

You will have to take the trains from Saarbrücken to Sierre/Siders.
Cost should be around 90 Euro each way (cheaper possibilities?)
You will have to change the trains from 4 to 7 times each way.
The first train is overnight and back it lasts around 7 hours.

But the biggest problem is the gear.
There is no chance to rent a raceboard in a shop in Zinal, (and I think it´s the same for Saarbrücken)
Maybe there is a possibility to get a board from the team, but what about the boots?
I don´t know, how to solve this, because there is no possibility for renting them.

Does anyone in the forum knows a solution?

By the way: what´s your Mondo size in hardboots?
Renting softboots in Zinal will be easier. So you could perhaps try the Dual.
Then we would have to find that board and the correct length.

Last thing: in Europe there are so many resorts, that maybe there is in Zinal no Swoarder at that time.

There are many things that will have to work very well to make you carve in Zinal.

[Hazmet]

Thanks for good advice...

It will be very hard to visit to zinal... do you know patrice or Jacques's phone number?

anyway, Where is the nearst resort from here?

[joemzl]

You can contact the team via PM.

Resort: best choice would be Sölden in Austria.
Same way to get there as to Zinal.
In Sölden you can rent a raceboard and boots!
On the glacier you will find surely more hardbooters and the town is well known for Après Ski.