Snow Search Japan: Review
Snow Search Japan is an excellent guide book, targeting more than just the individual Japanese resorts. It will help you choose the region and resort based on what you’re hoping to get from a trip to Japan. Which town best services that resort – where to look for accommodation. What to expect in terms of [...]
Don’t Be Put Off By The Crowds And Cliques At The Snowboard Park
You’re sat at the top of the park, waiting to go… It’s been your turn for a while now, but you keep waving people through. You’re nervous. There’re a lot of people here, that means a lot of people watching. What’s worse, there are a lot of really good snowboarders here. You don’t want to [...]
How Real Are “Secret” Powder Spots?
When it comes to good powder spots, there’s a feeling that the locals (and sometimes the seasonaires) know where they are, and do their best to keep them secret. It’s privileged information. Meanwhile the holiday shredders out there stick to the snow you can see from the chair, unbeknownst of pristine powder stashes within reach. [...]
Lib Tech MC Kink BTX Snowboard: Review
This is a guest review, written by a friend, Jonathan Dicks. Jon’s been shredding for a good while now and the review below gives good insight into the MC Kink. You can check out a short “bio” of Jon in the Friends section above. Here’s the review… Trying out the “Rocker” technology Having ridden cambered [...]
Lib Tech 1986 Snow Mullet – My Next Powder Board?
I was browsing through the range of Lib Tech boards, just to see if they had anything that might fit the bill of a powder board for me, and I latched onto the idea of the Snow Mullet… I really like Lib Tech boards. I really like the one Lib Tech board that I’ve ridden, [...]
Lives Of The Artists: Follow Me Down
Relentless have put together a pretty interesting film – Follow Me Down. It’s not your regular snowboard movie – in fact there isn’t a great deal of snowboarding in it. What you do get to see though, is two freeriders, Jeremy Jones and Xavier De Le Rue, go snowboarding in Antarctica. Alone. No helis. It’s [...]
How To Save Cash On Your Next Snowboard Trip
Our friends from Mpora have supplied us with some handy tips for saving some of your hard earned money on your next snowboarding trip. Nice timing with the season just around the corner. Some good advice in there; I’ve tried a few of these things, but not sure I’d try all of them Snowboarding is [...]
Learn To Ride – From Snowboard Addiction: Review
Learn to Ride is an instructional video from Snowboard Addiction. It’s aimed at first time snowboarders and starts from the absolute beginning. The tuition should get you linking turns, and beyond that, there’re some great challenges to stretch and add fun to a beginner’s riding. Definitely recommended. Overview The Learn to Ride program runs for [...]
