Jeremy Jones Profile: Boots are Made for Walking
Sunday, 02. 22. 2009 – Category: Snowboarding, Video
Don’t usually cover pro snowboarders here, but thought this Jeremy Jones video was pretty cool. Jeremy is a big advocate of watching your carbon footprint, and is founder/CEO of POW: Protect Our Winters, a “non-profit organization dedicated to reversing the global warming crisis by uniting the winter sports community”.
Over the years, the name “Jeremy [...]
Gressoney, Monterosa snowboarding off-piste
Sunday, 02. 15. 2009 – Category: Snowboarding
A couple of weeks ago I had 2 days snowboarding in the Monterosa ski area, based in the central of the 3 valleys - Gressoney, with neighbouring Champuloc and Alagne either side.
Monterosa has a reputation as a “freeride heaven” attracting a serious croud of dedicated powder hounds. At the time we went, despite there [...]
Decorating my new house with snowboarding memorabilia
Sunday, 01. 18. 2009 – Category: Snowboarding
I’m planning on moving house in the summer and have been lining up a few new pictures to hang on the walls. Firstly, I’ve had a photo blown up that I took a couple of years ago whilst hiking the south coast walk between Falmouth and Looe (Cornwall, UK).
I’ve been wanting to add something [...]
Cervinia powder weekend
Tuesday, 12. 16. 2008 – Category: Snowboarding
What a start to the 2008-2009 snowboarding season! I had the pleasure of 4 days riding deep powder in Cervinia at the start of December.
For the last 4 years, I’ve always started the season in Cervinia, either late November or early December, 2 months before most people (in the UK at least) even start [...]
Off to Cervinia…
Wednesday, 12. 3. 2008 – Category: Snowboarding
I’m heading out to Cervinia this afternoon. The conditions are looking awesome. It’s been dumping on and off there since late October, the base is solid down to resort and keeps getting a nice powdery top-up. Looks like first snowboarding turns of the season should be good.
Snowjet have done a write up, [...]
ski.co.uk and snowboard.co.uk sold for £100k
Friday, 11. 28. 2008 – Category: Skiing, Snowboarding
Just spotted via Twitter (follow me here), ski.co.uk and snowboard.co.uk have just sold at auction for quite hefty sums.
snowboard.co.uk fetched £20,000 and ski.co.uk reached a mighty £80,000.
Compared with some other major .co.uk domain purchases in the last 18 months these might be a couple of bargains. cruises.co.uk sold for £560k in February 08, smashing the [...]
Snowboarding round-up
Thursday, 11. 6. 2008 – Category: Snowboarding
A few things to catch up on here, so here goes:
Snowboarding trips booked
Had a good week last week - I booked my first two trips of the season. Firstly the annual early season pilgrimage to Cervinia for 4 days in early December. Secondly a 9 day stay in Montgenevre over New Year. Going [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Snowboard luggage airline costs
Tuesday, 09. 30. 2008 – Category: Skiing, Snowboarding
About this time last year I posted up a link to a piece of research into the costs charged by each of the major airlines flying from the UK to ski airports in Europe for checking in your skis or snowboard.
Well, APH have updated their research and things have changed! RyanAir now costs a [...]
Snowboard season approaching
Friday, 09. 19. 2008 – Category: Snowboarding
…the Whitelines magazine Friday Fix is back for the 2008-09 ski snowboard season.
Photos like this - even on a fairly sunny September afternoon - do get me excited about the coming season.
Got to get some trips planned and booked.
Sauna ski lift
Tuesday, 09. 2. 2008 – Category: Skiing, Snowboarding
This must get a bit sweaty when you’re wearing your full winter gear…
Travel Weekly has posted images of a gondola/bubble lift done out as a sauna, and asks the question: which country is this in?
Serre Chevalier snowboarding holiday
Sunday, 02. 17. 2008 – Category: Snowboarding
An awesome week snowboarding in Serre Chevalier last week. Finally getting round to post about it. Here goes.
After a few large group trips, this was going to a small, hardcore, flat out snowboarding trip with just 3 of us in total.
Day one started at 3am in South London with taxi followed by bus [...]
Latest activity
Categories
Snowboard forums
Snowboard gear
Top posts
Archives
- June 2009
- May 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- April 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- June 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- February 2006
- January 2006