I love road trips, visiting new resorts, and going somewhere relatively unknown. So a Pyrenees road trip to check out three of the lesser known resorts ticked my boxes. First up is a review of Font Romeu snowboarding, we also visited Les Angles and…
The United States is a huge piece of real estate. There are multiple oceans, lakes, rivers, lagoons and various flood plains that make for great kitesurfing setups. The opportunities for kitesurfing in the US are truly endless, but what are…
Practice makes perfect apparently. It’s annoying but unfortunately true. No matter how naturally good anyone looks at a skill, the reality is that they’ve put in hours and hours of training. It’s reckoned to take around 10,000 hours of practice…
France has some of the best windsurfing in Europe with a multitude of beaches and resorts providing great facilities and awesome wind conditions. With two very distinct coastlines – The Atlantic and the Mediterranean – offering very different conditions for…
The Greek island of Kalymnos, is part of the Dodecanese archipelago in the south-eastern Aegean Sea. Kalymnos climbing holidays have become very popular in recent years, and it’s one of Europe’s hottest rock climbing destinations. Kalymnos is located to the west of the…
Whether you want a once in a lifetime experience, excitement for a stag weekend, or fancy trying something adventurous, the UK has some great locations for extreme sports with excellent guiding and instruction. But what are the best extreme activities in the UK? TOAD (The Online Activity…
Every snowboarder remembers their first drag lift, and most of us recall stacking it a few times before we got past the first support post. Big Mountain Extreme Sports know this pain so they’ve created Snow Tow, which is making drag lifts easier…
Last winter my family and I visited the small resort of Galtur, for a family ski holiday in the Austrian Tirol. My three year old son learnt to ski for the first time, our youngest played in snow for the first…
The Tarentaise Valley boasts the largest concentration of world-class ski resorts on the planet and Val d’Isere, in the soaring, snow-blanketed Espace Killy ski area is no exception. In this guide to Val d’Isere skiing holidays we’ll give you an overview of…
Imagine waking up every morning just metres away from your favourite surf spot on the planet. Well that’s what the best Portugal surf camps give you. This western European nation is blessed with some of the best waves in the world,…
My family and I were extremely excited about our Claviere family skiing holiday with Crystal Ski in Italy. No one more so than my three year old daughter, who was looking forward to seeing daddy on his sledge (kids talk…
From the heights of Mont Blanc to the less-crowded peaks of the Pyrenees, France offers a winter wonderland of reliably snowy slopes and cosy chalets all year round. The perennial snows, easy access and high altitude make the French Alps the most…
Switzerland has some of Europe’s most impressive mountains, top ski resorts and some of the best snowkiting on the continent. The high mountain passes and wide, flat meadows are perfect terrain for Switzerland snowkiting holidays. The sport is well-established – in comparison to other areas…
Originally called sail boarding, windsurfing was invented by an innovative young man called S. Newman Darby. Legend has it that Darby invented the sport in 1965 on the Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania. Since then the sport has exploded across the world,…
As a solo female traveller and first time surfer, I was quite apprehensive about going on a surfing trip all by myself. The destination was important, as I wanted a short flight and to be located by the beach. After…
There’s an intense focus experienced when we climb, one that’s hard to beat with anything else. Being in that “zone”, feeling the texture of the rock under my finger-tips and listening to my feet as they transfer body weight between…
Kitesurfing is a sport for passionate people. Those who do it generally love the great outdoors, the wind and the waves. And they usually prefer to kite on huge bodies of water where you can ride without being on top of…
Over the last few years, kitesurfing has really taken off in Asia with new kiting sites being discovered all the time. Without doubt one of the best of these new locations is Mui Ne, set up and developed by some…
El Medano is already a well-known name in the windsurfing community. So, just what is it about this small but growing fishing village that attracts thousands of windsurfers and kiteboarders from around the globe each year? This El Medano windsurfing…
The second largest, and one of the most beautiful islands in the Mediterranean, Sardinia is something of a hidden gem. Its crystal clear waters and white sandy beaches rival the world’s best yet it’s just a short flight from most…
