Here Comes The New Season
It really feels like the season is getting started now. The new Blue Tomato catalogue arrived through my letter box earlier this week, with a host of new goodies to look at. Then, WhiteLines arrived yesterday with two free DVDs: Futureproof, which I’ve seen before, and C1RCA’s “It’s Time” skate DVD. I watched the Circa [...]
TB 10 Optigrab – The Search Is Over
Earlier this year in Tignes there was this bar that quite often played the same snowboarding film, around the same time during the day. Our group visited the bar, almost daily, so I ended up catching little snippets here and there, deciding that the film looked really good (most noticeably, some sweet jibbing from Jussi). [...]
Indy Nose Bone
An indy nose poke. I’d like to work on adding a little more style to my riding. So I decided to start here, using a small kicker on the indoor slope at Castleford to try these out. Just a straight air – grabbing indy and boning the nose out a little. I think it just [...]
Absinthe Films – More
If you haven’t yet seen it, go to the Absinthe Films site and check out the trailer for their new DVD, More. I must say I’m pretty eager to see this, the trailer looks excellent. It looks like you can buy it direct from the Absinthe site, but has anyone seen it in the UK [...]
Updated List: 06/07 Snowboards
I had forgotten two boards that interested me last season, and the comment on the previous post reminded me about the Jeenyus Eddie Wall. Here’s an updated list of boards I’m considering: Rome Agent Bataleon Evil Twin Capita Travis Parker Texas Sapient Evolution Rome Artifact Jeenyus Eddie Wall Nitro T1 Nitro Eero T2
Out With The Old, In With The New
So here’s the new damage to the Kink: a 3″ crack up near the nose, and a delamination on the base near the edge. The board is still rideable, and to be honest it’s going to have to be if I plan on boarding at Castleford this week or next. I haven’t decided what new [...]
Backside Tailslide Joy
I was at Xscape Castleford last night for 2 hours of freestyle fun. I got talking to a guy and ended up sessioning the box and rail with him, which was really good because he helped me to learn a new trick. Well, actually we started off talking about me wanting to do some sort [...]
Snap!
It’s been around a month since I was last boarding, so I was well up for last Friday’s session at Castleford. However, the night unfortunately ended rather abruptly when James broke his collarbone. Ouch! And it totally snapped – the picture here doesn’t do it justice… when he moved his shoulder the bone was really [...]
