Les Deux Alpes: One Step Closer
Well I’ve been away for the bank holiday weekend, giving me time to relax and make some preparations: consequently my head is bulging with information I thought I’d share… The main theme is Deux Alpes. I’m excited to say that I’m one step closer to my fix of summer riding… I’ve booked the flights! I [...]
XScape Snowdome, Castleford: Fast-Track 1 & 2
…or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Board: Part 1. Hey people, it’s Mal here. Gav’s been kind enough to offer me a guest review here on afterbang. The topic? Boarding lessons at Xscape in Castleford. A bit of background For starters, I’d better come clean and point out that I’m not [...]
Les Deux Alpes: Summer Park Riding
I’ve been trying to set up a long weekend of summer boarding in Les Deux Alpes – but it’s proving tricky. Originally the problem was “what can I do with 2.5 days holiday?” (which is all I have available). Take a half day on Thursday, and all of Friday and Monday? That would allow me [...]
Highly Obsessed
I’d like to mention another boarding blog that I looked at for the first time today – Highly Obsessed. I’d noticed that one or two people had visited this site via a link from said blog, so off I went to investigate. I don’t think it’s a bad thing to be impressed by good, clean [...]
Gap Jump – Revisited
The first video that I put up on afterbang was a short clip of a gap I jumped in Tignes earlier this year. Not the “road gap” you might have been hoping for; rather a path gap, spanning the entrance to my friends’ apartment block Anyway, the first version had no music, which is something [...]
R-Kade Skatepark, Redcar – Session 1
Mike, James and I were at the R-Kade Skatepark in Redcar, last Saturday morning. We did the 2-hour slot from 10 ’till 12, taking some footage over the last 45 minutes or so. This was pretty much James’ first time in a skatepark – and I was well impressed when he dropped in on a [...]
Tignes, Val Claret: 2006 Accommodation Review
Apartment 8, La Ferme du Val Claret March 2006, I spent two weeks riding in Tignes with a group of friends and family. The group was split between two apartments – this is a review of the accommodation that I and six others stayed in: La Ferme du Val Claret First Impressions The accommodation is [...]
Rider Profiles – Coming Soon
After skating at a couple of different parks I’ve decided that I’d like to start a new feature on Afterbang – Rider Profiles. A profile would include information about the rider, questions with answers, maybe a podcast, maybe some pictures and most importantly, some video. Of course I’d like to do this with both snowboarding [...]
