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Comical snowboard exercise gadget - iJoy Board

Friday, 01. 25. 2008  –  Category: Snowboarding

At the Metro Ski & Snowboard show last year I walked past several stands with novelty exercise equipment, tagged up for hundreds of pounds with some new spin on getting you ready for your ski or snowboard season without having to bust a gut. Seriously, just get yourself down the gym and stop taking [...]

10 great reasons to be a snowboarder

Wednesday, 01. 23. 2008  –  Category: Snowboarding, Video

Just saw this post up on Chamonix.eu.com listing - ahem - “10 great reasons not to become a snowboarder”.
Seeing as that site is run by an old mate of mine I thought I’d entertain a little post in response. Seems all good to me.
1. You will probably die.
Get busy living, or get busy dying. [...]

Serre Chevalier holiday next month

Sunday, 01. 13. 2008  –  Category: Snowboarding

I’m going to Serre Chevalier for a week in early February, having booked up this week. I’m going with two friends who started snowboarding at the same time as me more or less, and who I’ve snowboarded more with than anyone else. This time we’re leaving our girlfriends at home, and planning on [...]

Yad Moss: snowboarding in England

Wednesday, 01. 9. 2008  –  Category: Snowboarding

Snowboarding in England only happens on dry slopes and giant indoor fridges these days, right? Err, no aparently. On one of the Flow bindings posts here, Bazx6r left the following comment:
Dude, we went up to Yad Moss on saturday, 2 hour drive to get there but it was worth it, the lift wasn’t running [...]

Burton and HP

Monday, 12. 31. 2007  –  Category: Snowboarding

Burton and HP have partnered up to produce some marketing videos with some insight into Burton as a company, how they’ve grown, the design and marketing processes. Check out the microsite here.

Working in online marketing, I found this really interesting on a few levels.
Firstly, interesting to see how Burton have grown from a small [...]

New Year Resolutions for Snowboarding

Friday, 12. 28. 2007  –  Category: Snowboarding

Now Christmas is done and New Year is on its way, time for some resolutions:

1. Get fit for snowboarding
I really need get down the gym more. Last 2 trips I was hanging by the third day. I know I’ll get more out of my time on the hill if I’m in better [...]

Snow park guide

Thursday, 12. 20. 2007  –  Category: Snowboarding

Quick post to plug a new website covering the best of Europe’s snow parks, Snow Park Guide.com
Carina from SPG…
We have recently launched our new Snowparkguide.com Web site with tons of
interesting stuff about European’s most important and renowned terrain parks.
Besides there are many new features like the user profile function and the pic
of the week contest [...]

Cervinia weekends - first turns of the season

Thursday, 12. 13. 2007  –  Category: Snowboarding

I’ve just had the pleasure of back-to-back weekend trips snowboarding in Cervinia.
Cervinia shares a ski area with Zermatt, which has a glacier that’s open for skiing all year round, so you’re guaranteed some snow even early season. Fortunately early season this year is of epic proportions in terms of snow right across the Alps. [...]

Hip flask pouch for your bindings

Wednesday, 11. 7. 2007  –  Category: Snowboarding

Put your hand up if you like a little drink on the hill every now and then?
Its been known amongst my usual snowboarding group to bring out a hip flask full of Laphroaig, and dish out hits everytime someone stacks it hard or anytime someone stomped a run or kicker.
Cheers!
Only problem is the ole hip [...]

“I hate Flow bindings”

Wednesday, 11. 7. 2007  –  Category: Site news, Snowboarding

…well not me exactly, I kind of neutral on Flow’s and the eternal debate if that’s possible.
I’ve been looking through some of the keywords people are using in search engines to find this site, and found a few comical ones:
“I hate Flow bindings” - what about those that love Flow bindings?
“how to get fit for [...]

Snowboarding in Scotland

Tuesday, 11. 6. 2007  –  Category: Snowboarding, Video

Living in London, you always look to mainland Europe when thinking about your next snowboarding trip. I’d been meaning to post this photo taken at Glencoe in Scotland earlier this year by the guys at Highland Instinct. What a cracking sight.

Added: just watched this cracking video of some lads hitting up Scottish backcountry…

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Pembrey Dry Slope Snowboarding Video

Wednesday, 10. 31. 2007  –  Category: Snowboarding, Video

I was pinged today with this video filmed at Pembrey Dry Slope.

Good to see UK snowboarders going to the effort.

Cervinia opens for the season

Saturday, 10. 27. 2007  –  Category: Snowboarding

The 2007/2008 ski season has started at Cervinia in northern Italy. Acording to the Cervinia website, the season runs from 27th Oct (today) until 27th April 2008.
It’s a cracking little resort that borders Zermatt and is famous for its views of the Matterhorn. With the glacier at Zermatt, a joint lift pass, and [...]

Friday Fix is back

Friday, 09. 7. 2007  –  Category: Snowboarding

The Friday Fix is back, which can mean only one thing… the snowboarding season is just around the corner. Bring it on.

Whistler backcountry tour

Monday, 09. 3. 2007  –  Category: Snowboarding

This is a guest post from Paul at Alltracks Academy, who provide Ski & Snowboard Instructor Courses in Whistler.
Like many snowboarders & skiers, I began touring for one simple reason – to hunt powder. Quite frankly, the thought of walking up steep mountains just didn’t seem that sensible when you have gondolas, cable cars, chairlifts, [...]