Getting my boards ready Glencoe Mountain Resort has opened for a preliminery couple of days, promoting their new snow factory machine. The rest of the mountain is still waiting patiently, slowly filling with natural snow from the blustery westerlies. Due to family priorities, I didn’t head north myself. I’m waiting for the real stuff so […]
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Winter throwback video
A brief reminder of early winter at Glencoe Mountain Resort. After the heat wave of summer, I took to the laptop and uncovered some shaky unstable video footage then used it to try my hand at editing using Da Vinci Resolve. Apologies for the shaky cam, but I wanted to play about with the colour grading. […]
Day 40: 2017/18 Indoor Snowboarding in Glasgow
This may be a bit of a cheat, and the first day this year I wasn’t riding at Glencoe. But, I was suffering from cabin fever as summer is setting in. I also thought I could work on my switch snowboarding as well as try out the new boots! Yes I succumbed and headed for […]
What snowboard gear do I use?
To celebrate the acquisition of a brand new pair of snowboard boots in the end of season sales, I thought I’d share a Pinterest page of my current kit. I’ve included everything, top to bottom, hardware and software and layers. We won’t be needing it until next winter, but there you go. Make sure you […]
Day 37: 2017/18
Glencoe Mountain resort I wont even begin to explain my jealousy of everyone who made it up the previous weekend. I was gutted I couldn’t make it and experience the fresh snow and sunshine. I was being sociable though, spending time with friends down in Wales. I had to make sure I could make it […]
Day 36: 2017/18
Glencoe Mountain Resort Sunday started bright. At around 6:00am in the car park at Glencoe the sun was shining. However, right on cue, just before it was time for the access lift to open, the wind picked up and the rain started coming down. I went to the cafe and had some breakfast while doing […]
Day 34: 2017/18
Glencoe Apologies for releasing an almost week delayed blogpost. I’ve only just found the time to sit down and write this update from last Sunday. It was a quiet day on the hill, especially compared to the previous day of the banked slalom. It was a landmark for me though. Day 34 equals my best […]