Upgrade Bushings
I while back, I crunched the bushings on my front truck, skating at Redcar. The deck was still usable, in fact it was difficult to notice much difference, but the truck no longer sat centrally aligned, so I wanted to replace the bushings… Being a noob when it comes to skateboarding equipment, I just figured [...]
Avoriaz Arare Park: Pictures
I took a bunch of photos of the Arare park in Avoriaz: January 2009. The Arare park is the biggest park in Avoriaz, or at least, it has the biggest features. It’s setup mainly for advanced shredders, but there are still a few features that may entice less experienced freestylers. The park team at Avoriaz [...]
North Face Hedgehog Trainers/Hiking Shoe
Adam from Fitness Footwear sent me over some North Face Hedgehog trainers to try out. This was pretty good timing because I’ve been wanting to get a shoe of this kind for a while now… North Face describe them as a lightweight speed hiking shoe. Nice. The upper is a fully breathable, waterproof Gore-Tex membrane; [...]
The Avoriaz Stash: Review & Pictures
Back in Janury, 2009, I was in Morzine. We spent quite a bit of time shredding in Avoriaz, and I was particularly impressed with the Stash. In addition to making numerous runs through this natural park, I got the chance to meet with the head of the Avoriaz Park Team – Jean Noel – the [...]
Avalanche Video: This Is Hard To Watch…
Mal sent me a link to this avalanche video on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/6581009. I’ve embedded it below, but it’s worth reading the description that goes with the video. Basically, a skier in Alaska drops in, gets caught in an avalanche, is buried and then rescued. An exceptional job by the guides. The thing is, the footage [...]
The Best Snowboard Parks…
…In North America? On my way back from America I picked up a copy of Transworld Snowboarding at the Airport. Sure it’s a snowboard mag and therefore interesting, but I was attracted by their poll of the best parks, pipes and resorts in North America. So it turns out that from the 1700+ readers that [...]
NONSTOP Competition: 11-Week Instructor Course, Fernie
You may have heard of NonStop Snowboard; a company that specialises in providing instructor courses and improvement courses in Canada. Well, right now they’re running a competition “offering one lucky person the chance to win a place on our 11-week instructor training course in Fernie.”. Having shredded in Fernie myself (read/watch Fernie trip), and talked [...]
Level Camo Pro: Snowboard Gloves Review
This is a quick review of my last set of snowboard gloves, made by Level. Unfortunately I’m not totally sure what model they are. I won them in a competition (Onboard Snowboard Magazine) – so didn’t get any of the packaging. The inside label reads “Camo Pro”, so maybe that’s it. But after checking out [...]
