Archive for the 'Skiing' Category

Wild Snow backcountry blog

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

New to my Bloglines feed subscription list is WildSnow.com. I love the site already having only read a few posts.
Mainly I love it cos of the unashamed SEO (search engine optimisation) thrown at it (SEO is my day job). Stuff like “Lou Dawson’s Backcountry Skiing Weblog Blog and Website” is brilliant SEO overkill.

I […]

Alps Avalanche Analysis

Monday, November 13th, 2006

Looking forward to some off-piste action this season? You’d do well to read the analysis report published by Pistehors.com into the the significant rise in avalanche related deaths in France in the 2005-06 season.
The winter of 2005-2006 was the deadliest since 1970 term of French avalanche deaths. 55 people were killed in the five […]

National Ski and Snowboard week

Monday, November 13th, 2006

It is National Ski and Snowboard week here in the UK. Going with the super lame slogan: Give snow a go!
Well, its cheesey, but lets give them the benefit of the doubt. It looks like there’s a load of offers and freebies up for grabs, which is what this is all about […]

Ski and board hire in the UK

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

Do you often find the gear you hire at the resort is shite? Sweaty boots with dodgy laces and big heel lift? Crappy bindings that come loose? Board more flexible than a credit card and not in your preferred size?
I met a company at the Metro Ski & Snowboard Show on Sunday […]

Exercises to get fit for the ski season

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

I’ve been telling myself since my last snowboarding trip that I’d be super fit ready for the new ski season. Only 8 weeks til my next trip, so I’m going to join a gym today.
J2Ski have posted about their ski fitness tips from Graham Bell.

More reading:
Try the snowboarding fitness program I’ve been following.
More good […]

Ski & Snowboard Show 2006

Sunday, August 27th, 2006

The Ski Show is on its way. Just got this email…
COUNTING THE DAYS TILL THE END OF THE FLIP-FLOP SEASON?
Feeling like winter is just around the corner? It might seem now that this just heralds the beginning of a long and dreary stretch till next summer but the colder and darker it gets the closer […]