Starting potentially dangerous sports when you’re young never seems like an issue. I remember the first time I went snowboarding when I was 25. Ten complete newbies heading up mountain in Andorra with absolutely no idea what bindings were, let alone how to get down a mountain on a piece of fibreglass and wood. Didn’tContinue reading “Snowboarding at 34”
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The North Face – Free Thinker
It’s not often we get to test out snow sport gear. Largely because, for the past three years we haven’t managed to find the time to actually go snowboarding. But when a chance offer to head over to Chamonix cropped up, we thought it was time to dust off the old kit. Unfortunately, after openingContinue reading “The North Face – Free Thinker”
The North Face: Mountain Athletics
There’s a side to the world of mountain sports that, for the most part, seems to be hidden behind the grandiose activities that athletes take part in. We see pictures of athletes climbing mountains or running across forest trails. We watch videos of snowboarders flying over snow-capped ridges with the kind of finesse we can onlyContinue reading “The North Face: Mountain Athletics”