How Do You Know When To Replace Your Helmet?
I think it’s pretty common knowledge that a helmet needs replacing after a significant impact. But what about smaller impacts? What if you’ve had your helmet for a while and it’s taken a few knocks – how do you know that it’s time to replace your helmet? In my case, I’m pretty certain that it’s [...]
Pay Less For Your Lift Ticket?
I’ve been reading a few things recently about the cost of lift tickets – in some resorts a day pass can set you back in excess of $100. That’s a lot of money! A comparison of prices Resorts in North America tend to be more expensive than those in Europe, at least that’s been my [...]
The Best European Snowboard Parks?
Not so long ago, I wrote a guest article for the AngrySnowboard – Are The Snowboard Parks In The USA And Canada Better Than Those In Europe? One of the things that struck me when writing the article was that it’s not easy to get an idea of the best parks in Europe. Just try [...]
Snowboard Addiction’s Riding Powder Lesson – Review
I’m a big fan of the Snowboard Addiction instructional videos – they’re filmed to a high quality and the detail included is awesome. As such, I’ve been eagerly anticipating the “Riding Powder” video – it’s an area that doesn’t get much coverage in the snowboard-instruction world. Here’s a teaser for the video: Riding Pow Teaser [...]
Plan for Snowboarding Next Summer
Injury update The last 10% of my walking-recovery is taking it’s time. I can walk without a crutch – but even when I’m concentrating specifically on staying straight, I’ve got a wobble at the hip. It’s proving difficult to isolate the muscles involved and make them stronger, compared with the obvious muscles in the leg, [...]
SnowMates for iPhone
As mentioned recently, I’ve been working on an iPhone app with a friend, James Raine. I didn’t want to talk about it until it was approved by Apple, until it was real. We submitted the app on 4th December – an email on the 15th told us that is was ready for sale… The app [...]
Snowboard Instructor Courses
Becoming qualified as a snowboard instructor is something that I’ve thought about quite a bit – instructing is good way to get a snowboarding job that keeps you in the mountains all winter. Not a bad start if you can’t get enough of shredding. With the possibility of doing a season in 2011/2012, I thought [...]
Do You Take Plastic?
I’ve owned a backcountry, collapsable shovel for a good while now, probably 4 years or so. It’s one of the plastic sorts, from Ortovox. When I bought it, the primary aim was to help with building the occasional kicker in some soft snow. Separating into two parts makes it easy to fit in your back [...]
