A week long trip to the Zillertal Valley. We stayed on the outskirts of Mayrhofen with short bus rides to the access lifts. Europe had a blight of snow and I was concerned, but the full area was open and we had little to worry about. The weather wasn’t the best but that didn’t stop […]
Tag: Snowboard
Anything snowboard related
Snow will have to wait – Torn calf
Well it’s 18th Feb and still not been on real snow this season. It has been about four or five weeks since I tore my right calf muscle (walking across the road after cycling home from work) and have been trying to protect it and have it fit and working again for the holiday (24th). […]
Fernie 2000: Part 2
Old video from Fernie, Canada. Part 2 of 2:
Italy 1999
An old video from 1999: 2 Stuarts, Niels and myself go to Sauze d’Oulx in Italy.
Banff 2003
An old video from 2003: The guys head for Banff in Canada and make the most of Sunshine and Lake Louise ski resorts.
Glasgow Xscape, Tuesday 14th November 2006
My second venture on to man-made indoor snow, this time at the new Glasgow Braehead Xscape. £21 for an hour of snowboarding is very steep, unlike the slope. Although it wasn’t overly busy, only one lift was running. This slowed uptake and means less runs. It’s hard to tell yourself to slow down and make […]
Glencoe, Monday 1st May, 2006
Conditions a bit more variable today. So much so Coe actually received a couple of feet of snow the night before! This is also the first time I’ve ridden Coe in May (previously Nevis Rage was the only location boasting this fact). What had been a brown lower half of the hill had been transformed […]