It's Been A While
I was just thinking about this today: it’s been a good while since I was on a snowboard. In fact, it’s probably the longest absence since I first strapped in. Even the first year-period between my first and second snowboarding holidays was broken by one or two trips to the snowdome, and maybe even the [...]
How Much Do The Design Features Of Our Snowboarding Gear Matter?
A lot of people, and I’m definitely one of them, spend a good amount of time contemplating the different design options available when buying new snowboarding gear. It could be a new board, some boots, an avalanche beacon or maybe just some wax. There are a lot of products out there! But how much difference [...]
The Big 3 – 0
That’s right, it’s my birthday today and I’m now 30 years old. It sounds weird, but doesn’t feel any different. I suppose it doesn’t carry much snowboarding-relevance; I can’t see my attitude, desire or approach to snowboarding change any time soon. I suppose I’ve had less available time/resource over the last few seasons to go [...]
Snow In The North East
Well, over the last few days the snow has started to wash away. The temperature has been up a little, so it didn’t all re-freeze to create one, big ice-rink. I did take some pictures whilst out and about. Durham, in particular, was spectacular at the weekend. We drove down there on Saturday morning to [...]
One Of The Reasons The Robot Food Films Were So Good…
…They had people like Pierre Wikberg working on them. Check out this clip showing some of the photos he shot while filming Lame:
Union Contact Bindings: Preview
So I’ve bought some new bindings. After considering the Burton Mission, the Ride Delta, the Union Contact and the Union Force – I opted for the Union Contact. I first narrowed it down to one of the offerings from Union. They caught my eye, I liked what I saw, I liked the fact that Gigi [...]
Looking At: The Dakine Overhead
I’ve mentioned before that I’m quite interested in upgrading my “carry on luggage”. The reason being that when I get on a plane for a snowboarding trip, my hand luggage includes a laptop, a camera and a video camera. Getting all of that into a regular backpack, along with a magazine, mp3 player, perhaps a [...]
It Just Keeps Snowing
Normally around this time of year I’m watching the snow reports for whatever resort I’m planning on visiting. Right now, I’m watching the snow locally – it doesn’t seem to want to stop. I think I mentioned it back on the 20th December, last year. Since then, there’s continually been snow on the ground. This [...]
