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Jeremy Jones’ DEEPER movie from Teton Gravity Research

Saturday, 12. 12. 2009  –  Category: Snowboarding

I just watched the trailer for the forthcoming Jeremy Jones movie Deeper. This film is going to raise the bar for snowboarding movies once again. In fact, this looks like no ordinary snowboard movie and I can’t see how anyone is going to match this.

You can read more about the film over at [...]

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 [...]

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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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, [...]

Wild Snow backcountry blog

Thursday, 03. 29. 2007  –  Category: Skiing, Snowboarding

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.

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Colorado backcountry photos

Friday, 12. 1. 2006  –  Category: Snowboarding

I’m often left drooling by some of the photos that get posted at JP’s Backcountry Blog, and today is no exception. I’m particularly loving these 2 photos posted today: