Free the Ride
Gravity grips as I drop into the fall line, my speed races, the cold air rips against my gore-tex as I penetrate its stillness my velocity increasing. I rock slightly back, extending off the front foot, flexing the rear thigh,…
Gravity grips as I drop into the fall line, my speed races, the cold air rips against my gore-tex as I penetrate its stillness my velocity increasing. I rock slightly back, extending off the front foot, flexing the rear thigh,…
Practical Yoga, health and fitness for the ageing athlete. I’m no fitness guru or sports science expert, but I’ve been performing, professionally, at a high athletic level in the adventure sports arena for over 30 years and so, if any…
Riksgransen Riksgransen first came to fame in 1996 when Ingemar beckmann graced the front cover of pretty much, every Snowboard magazine of the time with his record breaking 6.5m backside air launched out of a hand built, windswept, Riksgransen quarter…
Lofoten 17 - I visited the amazing Lofoten Isle twice during the winter 2016, the first time, early in February with legendary mountain film maker Seb Montaz. The days were short and sharp, the weather changed every 15 minutes and…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…