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Neil McNab is a Fully qualified UIAGM/IFMGA High Mountain Guide and ISTD Snowsorts Teacher…

13th October 2014

Many people aren't aware of the vigorous training and the exams taken by both Snowsports…

Rescue on Denali – (Mount McKinley – Alaska)

9th October 2014

In 2004 Neil McNab and Andy Perkins found and rescued a stranded Korean climber high…

The season so far… keeping fit and riding hard!

12th March 2017
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Backcountry, Mountains, News / Blog, Snowboarding, Splitboarding, Videos

Wow, the season is flying by! It’s been a while since I sat in the office and had the time to think about writing a blog post, (as is evident by my lack of posts I guess). Once the season…

Welcome to the Winter 2017…

17th January 2017
mss615
Backcountry, Mountains, News / Blog, slackcountry, Snowboarding, Snowboarding Technique Tips, Splitboarding, Videos

So since my last Blog post Christmas has passed and we’ve move on a year. I finished off 2016 with a Video shoot for Nikon who are launching some new action cameras. With no fresh snowfall for weeks and weeks…

Early season shredding in Chamonix and beyond…Nov 16

1st December 2016
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News / Blog, Snowboarding, Splitboarding, Uncategorized, Videos

It seems a little strange to be writing a blog about, the Winter so far, when its only the end of November/start of December but as you probably saw by everyones excited media posts (my own included), like last year,…

Muscle memory is great!

14th November 2016
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News / Blog, Snowboarding, Snowboarding Technique Tips

Isn’t muscle memory great? Something we don’t really think about so often, but when you get up the hill after 6 months of not riding (through the summer months) and strap your board on for the first time, there’s that…

Winter 2017 is coming!!!

15th September 2016
mss615
News / Blog, Uncategorized

Chamonix, Courmayeur, Gressoney, Lofoten, Riksgransen, Iceland...the winter is coming, lets get ready to Ride! It's been ages since I last wrote a blog, my everyday story and activities can now mostly be found through my instagram account neilmcnab_snowboarding, but I'm…

It’s Winter 2015/16 and we’re off…

20th December 2015
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Uncategorized

So 2015 is closing out and 2016 is rushing in… I’m just back from my first course of the Winter season that I ran over in Tignes. I run a pre season warm up week over there every December to…

Welcome to my Winter 2016…

28th October 2015
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Expeditions, News / Blog, Snowboarding, Splitboarding

Mid way through an amazing Autumn here in Chamonix and heading into what is being hailed as the big winter we’ve all been waiting for… Only time will tell, but there’s already good snow high up in the mountains and…

A summer of change…

12th August 2015
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News / Blog, Snowboarding

It’s now August, the middle of the summer and I’m busy guiding in the mountains, riding my bike and keeping yoga’d and fit whilst already diving deep in to the planning of the coming winter and thinking beyond… It’s been…

The 2016 course calendar is online!

21st July 2015
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Expeditions, News / Blog, Snowboarding, Splitboarding

The New 2016 course calendar is now online! I’ve a couple of finishing touches to make with minor details on the BC Voyager program but the dates are set and the general idea is set in stone. It’s a pretty…

Getting Yoga?

30th June 2015
mss615
News / Blog, Snowboarding, Splitboarding

It’s hot and getting hotter! (Glacier du Tour) The summer has already surpassed last years in terms of sunny days and the temps are rising! Although the weather can change quickly out here so we just have to take it…