Want to improve your French? Fancy learning a new language? Love to ski or snowboard? Well you can now combine the two and learn French on a ski holiday in Morzine. Find how I got on with my 25 year…
It was a last August, it was very hot in Geneva and I was thinking about skiing in the US. Strange? Maybe. What was on my mind was whether a Jackson Hole skiing holiday in Wyoming, USA is worth all the…
Surprisingly, there are 28 different snowboard disciplines – more than most people realise. This detailed guide to styles and types of snowboarding will help you understand the variety of ways you can shred. But before we get started, you need…
As one of the first European ski resorts to embrace snowboarding, Avoriaz has a place close to many snowboarders hearts. In this review of Avoriaz snowboarding holiday in Portes Du Soleil I will look at the various elements that mean…
Looking for the best all mountain do it all snowboard? So am I. And so is pretty much every snowboarder. Find out about the latest do everything board I tested in this Borealis Shaman snowboard review. Introducing Borealis Snowboards Borealis…
The best skiing holidays in Canada provide epic snow, superb pistes, endless backcountry, modern lifts, affordable food and unrivalled hospitality. But what are the top 17 Canadian ski resorts? Best skiing holidays in Canada Canada offers so much that it…
Take an ex member of Britain’s boardercross team, put him in some low cost but good quality ski trousers and see what he thinks! The result is this Protest Fleetwood Pants review by Jamie Barrow. After injury curtailed his professional…
This review of the Protest Clavin 18 Jacket is by Jamie Barrow, Britain’s fastest snowboarder. He put this low cost high quality ski jacket through its paces in Chamonix. In case you don’t know Jamie… He was a pro boardercross athlete until serious injury…
Japanese snowboard holidays conjure up thoughts of chest-deep powder, fresh sashimi, muscle-melting onsen and friendly locals. But with hundreds of resorts to choose from how do you decide where to go? This list of the 10 best Japan snowboarding resorts should help. Famed…
Who better to ask what are the best freeride ski destinations worldwide than an ex pro skier who competed on the freeride tours? Read on to find out the top spots to get your off piste and backcountry thrills according to extreme…
When my first snowboarding trip of the season to Norway was cancelled due to a lack of snow, I had a week to sort out an alternative. Checking open ski areas, the Tirol region of Austria was the best option.…
When booking this Montafon ski holiday in Austria I was looking for varied slopes, good off-piste, lovely accommodation and lively apres. Read this review of Lowen Hotel in Schruns to find out whether it ticked all the boxes. Getting to Montafon During…
The best British ski areas are all found in Scotland, with five resorts in the Highlands. In this guide to skiing in Scotland we will run through these ski areas and their quirky characteristics. Best British ski areas There is skiing available throughout…
If you ski or snowboard away from the piste, tour or hike for your lines, then you work much harder. Next to your skin, the baselayer is arguably the most important part of your ski clothing, particularly when working hard.…
In January I had a couple of days to kill in Innsbruck, Austria. We planned to head up Nordkette to conduct a review of Innsbruck snowboarding, but it was closed due to too much snow. Instead we checked out the snowboarding in Patscherkofel ski resort,…
I was looking for four things when booking the lads snowboarding trip: lots of varied slopes, plenty of off-piste, good accommodation and fun apres. I found all four during this review of Montafon snowboarding holiday in Schruns, Austria. Introducing Montafon Located in Vorarlberg, the…
Fabulous food, friendly people, stunning mountains and great snowboarding across a vast area, pretty much describes the Dolomiti Superski area. Want more detail? Then check out this review of Dolomites snowboarding holiday in Val Gardena. I first visited Val Gardena in 2013 and…
We asked an ex pro (sorry no-one famous!), turned guide and instructor who’s worked all over, what is the best freeride ski run in Europe? Take a look at his reply below. Please note he would like to remain anonymous, so as…
Last season I headed to the Three Valleys for the first time in over a decade. I was there to visit Les Menuires which is below Val Thorens one valley over from Meribel. In this Les Menuires snowboarding review I will give three reasons…
In Melbourne and fancy a snow fix? Or want to ski during the European summer? Then Victoria skiing holidays in Australia may be the answer. Not sure? Check out the best ski resorts near Melbourne below. Victoria skiing holidays in…
