What Are You Looking Forward To This Summer?
The season isn’t over yet, I know. There’s still plenty of good riding to be had, and for some, powder days too. But with April knocking at the door and with it, warmer weather, people are probably starting to think about the coming summer. What are you looking forward to doing? It’s been a strange [...]
What Are You Doing To Snowboard More?
In this month’s edition of Whitelines magazine, there was a small feature about UK Shred – pictures that readers had sent in of them snowboarding in the UK, after the recent, heavy snow that we’ve had… I was impressed. Apart from the fact that there were some good shots there, it shows people just going [...]
Why I Won’t Be Snowboarding This Season
Back in July I had a collision on my mountain bike: the car won. The most significant injury was a broken femur. The leg was pinned, I lay in hospital for 17 days, nearly 3 months later and I’ve only just started to bear weight on my right leg. It’s going to take a while [...]
Breckenridge 2011 – Parks?
Colorado is most definitely a destination high on my list, and as it happens, Breck has been put forward as our destination for next season. Sick. However… right now there isn’t much movement behind the cause. There’s general acceptance, but the group hasn’t gotten together to make plans, to check out accommodation, pick dates, check [...]
Morzine Round-Up: Days 8 – 14
I decided not to update the blog on a daily basis after the end of the first week, given there wasn’t much happening in the way of snowboarding. This is quick round-up of how the rest of the trip went, and I want to mention a few things I’m gonna write about soon. Saturday: my [...]
Morzine Day 7: Tried Going Up
Yesterday, I tried going up on the mountain. There were two reasons: first off, I wanted to see how well the ankle would hold up; second, following a series of dull days it was blue skies all the way, and I thought that even if I don’t move around too much I can still take [...]
Morzine Day 6: Still Resting
I’m still resting up, in the Chalet. Bummer. That’s 3 days now. I think I’d be happy if I can shred all of next week, from Saturday or Sunday onwards, that would be cool. If it’s later than that I’ll probably end up grumpy It’s snowing though, which is good. I wouldn’t say the place [...]
Morzine Day 5: Piste & Park Update
I just wanted to touch on something that I mentioned previously, but wasn’t sure about. The old Arare park in Avoriaz has been moved and the bigger park, now called Snowpark des Lindarets, sits alongside the Stash. This means there’s a whole lot of freestyle in one area, which personally I think is a great [...]
