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Adventurers Series : Steve Taylor Interview

For our Adventurers Series we'll be interviewing some inspiring and adventurous individuals who make adventure a focus of their lives no matter how...

The Sochi Winter Olympic Games 2014

  The sprawling coastal resort of Sochi – twinned with Espoo, Finland, and Cheltenham, Gloucestershire – hosts Russia’s eagerly anticipated first-...

The Gore Test

[caption id="attachment_3109" align="aligncenter" width="980" caption="Gore-Tex training"][/caption] Our Gore Tex knowledge was put to the test ye...

Make the Most of Your Package Ski Holidays with These Smartphone Apps

When you are preparing for your ski vacation this year, you are probably getting your equipment ready, packing your scarf and gloves and looking f...

The Origins of Snowboarding

The first snowboard cut through the snow in the late 1920s when M.J. "Jack" Burchett carved out a rectangle of plywood and tied his feet to it wi...

Time to go wild outdoors

When was the last time you did any wildlife spotting? What about birdwatching or going on a walk to see seasonal trees, plants and flowers? While...

The Types of Avalanches

The sheer terror of watching a mountain of snow hurtling down a slope and sweeping away everything in its path can only be imagined by most, but ...

O'Neill sign bubbly new snowboarder

Top snow-wear brand O’Neill have signed up star snowboarder Iris “Lazz” Lazzareschi to their award-winning athlete team. Lazz, 25, is from Lake Tah...

Skiing in Australia Vs. New Zealand

Skiing in Australia Vs. New Zealand There is a lot of great skiing in Australia and New Zealand but which one is all around, better? Between snowfa...

Google Street View Comes To Hiking Trails

In the same way the Google has attached it's image mapping techology to cars, trikes and trolley to map out the world they have now created backpac...

Triple cork stunners at X Games

There is always huge excitement at the X Games XVI, held annually in winter and summer, and the recent Winter X Games was no exception. Since 2002,...

New technology to reduce accidents on Snowdonia Mountains

The number of calls for assistance to Mountain Rescue Teams in Snowdonia has significantly increased. However, modern mobile technology and an awar...
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