Solo Skate
I went for a skate last night, on my lonesome, over at Silksworth. I was really feeling the urge after skating last Saturday, plus, Martin set off to courchevel this morning on a super early flight, for a weekend of riding, so I felt like I was missing out. Lucky ass. Despite a lack of [...]
$10 Binding Repair
Mid-way through the Fernie trip I was thinking that I was going to have to replace my bindings. Last season in Laax one of the front buckles locked up pretty tight, to the point that I couldn’t get my foot out. It needed a tool to free it up. Since then it only happened once [...]
Wolle Nyvelt: Rider Of The Year
Earlier this month, Wolle Nyvelt won the 9th annual Transworld Snowboarding Rider of the Year award. I’m not totally current with the international scene, but I’ve got to say that this doesn’t surprise me too much. When I reviewed this season’s Absinthe production, Optimistic, I was blown away by his riding. Sick!
Silksworth Skate Park
Mart and I went for a skate on Saturday, at Silksworth. Mart’s been up all weekend celebrating his birthday. Up here, he’s only skated at Redcar, so this time we tried Sunderland. The park was good, but also busy, and at times the wind was so strong that it got in the way. We spent [...]
Now That I'm Back, What Next?
It’s almost been two weeks now since I returned home from Fernie. Since then I’ve spent a lot of time at work, including both days of last weekend, which has delayed any updates here. So what next? If you’ve been reading my posts over the last few weeks you’ll know that we were really lucky [...]
Fernie Day 15: Steep And Deep
Friday: Our last day on the hill – it was pretty awesome, I’m stoked that we signed the trip off like this… Mart and I started by heading up into Lizard Bowl; I’d have liked to be first in the queue, but the day before was fairly heavy on the hill and we finished things [...]
Fernie Day 14: Unbelievable
Thursday, 18:00: I’m sitting in the apartment, the Internet connection has been back up for a couple of days now, I’ve got a can of Kokanee and a bag of BBQ crips – it’s been an epic day. I woke this morning and let the alarm clock tick over on snooze for around 40 minutes. [...]
Fernie Day 11: The Griz Returns
Tuesday: We headed straight up to the kicker this morning. It was still in good shape and there was a good dusting on the landing, which was encouraging. I hiked it a few times to smoothe out the run-in and then Mart and I started to session it… We had the unfortunate job of having [...]
