And fortunately for them, the latest gear not only floats over powder but also handles the occasional stretch of pavement.
Guests will also be able to try other new equipment like shorter, deeply side-cut midfat skis, designed to float through powder and soft snow, and twin-tipped super-short ski blades, great for trick skiing in terrain parks and half pipes.
Rocker boards are liked by freestyle riders because they won't catch edges on rails, by backcountry riders because they float over powder and by beginners because they make it easier to roll from edge to edge.
In the winter we'll be at one of three ski resorts, floating on perfect powder.
Adrenaline peak This comes when floating through glittering powder on one of the descents, surrounded by magnificent crags and summits - and all of it yours to savour while hoi polloi in the resorts bounce off one another in the lift queues.
The return of Liam Neeson late in the movie is a bust, and the action climax, in which the water supply threatens to combine with a vicious white powder floating around the city (the mixture will drive everyone crazy, or at least make them sneeze), is cheesy and unexciting.
Mom and Dad are gone for the night, and you've masturbated so many times that nothing's coming out anymore, so it's off to the kitchen where Mom's left half a pot of starchy macaroni topped with mild cheddar cheese sauce, bubbles of unmixed powder floating around.
If there is still powder floating there, reheat the coffee.
Stir well and make sure there isn't still unused powder floating atop the coffee.
Ramming my left foot back into my binding, I looked round to see the rest of my mountaincraft coursemates waiting patiently, technical backpacks secure on their backs, neat outerwear perfectly suited to the terrain, powder skis floating primly on the snow, with the backdrop of the Dent du Géant dwarfing them.
