I feel Inspired!
Inspired! It’s been just over 1 year (1st August) since we up rooted our selves from a settled life in Chamonix and moved about as far across France as you can get to the West Coast, Surf central, Biarritz. Our…
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,…
BC Voyager Riksgransen, Sweden…
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…
BC Voyager – Lofoten 2017
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…
Muscle memory is great!
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…
Latest updates from a fast paced Winter season…
Its been a while since I found the time to sit down and write my blog as the winter has been racing on through, so hopefully you've been keeping score through the 'McNab Snowboarding' face book page and checking the…
Kit reviews…NOW O_Drive bindings & Jones Carbon Flagship 168W
kit that works! I've been getting a lot of questions about the kit that I'm using at the moment so here's a little info on what I'm using, why and what I think of it… Kit that works? I'm a…
Another week Guiding in the Chamonix backcountry…
So things seemed to stabilise quite quickly last week after the big snowfalls. With a couple of level 4 risk Avalanche days some of the Slackcountry areas that would normally be tracked out straight away were surprisingly left untouched, maybe…
Avalanche safety and awareness in the Backcountry
Backcountry safety and Avalanche risk assessment. Today the Backcountry is more accessible than ever before. What was once the domain of the winter mountaineer and experienced Backcountry specialist has today become the playground of the masses. As more and more…
A season like no other!
A season like no other! So finally the winter has come and its starting to get deep out there. Way back in November, I was told by someone who had a friend who is a weather man, that the winter…