Hitting Kickers

Johno Verity & Eric Themel avalanche video

Thursday, 10. 23. 2008  –  Category: Snowboarding, Video

Check out this dramatic footage of Johno Verity and Eric Themel, who got caught in an avalanche whilst filming in Mount Cook, New Zealand.

Dramatic stuff, and a timely reminder as the Northern Hemisphere season approaches that its not all just fun and games out on the white stuff.

Win tickets for the Metro Ski & Snowboard Show

Tuesday, 10. 21. 2008  –  Category: Skiing, Snowboarding

Owing to a balls up - I left the tickets at home - I can’t send them out today, so have to scrap this. Drop me a line via the contact form if you’re able to pick up 2 tickets from South London tomorrow and you can have them free.
The Metro Ski & Snowboard Show [...]

AKA Snowskate Sweet Dreams video

Friday, 10. 10. 2008  –  Category: Snowboarding, Video

Fresh from youtube, uploaded today. A slice of snowboarding in England - a country with no real snow and few hills. Enjoy.
Part 1: Part 1 with Jamie Nicholls and Wayne Taylor (AKA Snowskate)

Part 2: Featuring Boo and Matt Macwhirter

Part 3: Featuring Friends of AKA (Ben Wall, Joe Tyler, Tyler Harding, Rick [...]

Islay walking, whisky and wild camping

Thursday, 10. 2. 2008  –  Category: Outdoors

So, part 2 of the Scotland walking and camping trip as planned.
From Lochranza, Arran we took the ferry over to Claonaig, bus to Kennacraig, and a second ferry to Port Ellen, Islay, home of Smokey single malt whisky!
The night before on our beach-side camp, I had done serious damage to a rare bottle of Linkwood, [...]

Metro Ski & Snowboard Show 2008

Wednesday, 10. 1. 2008  –  Category: Skiing, Snowboarding

The season is on its way alright. The Metro Ski & Snowboard show kicks off in about 3 weeks time. The show runs from 22nd to 26th October at Olympia, London (not Earls Court as I previously stated).

Always a good way to build the stoke…

check out new gear by most of the [...]