TRAVEL > The Incredible Magic of Queenstown

As we start to feel the chill of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, plans for the best place for a ski trip are discussed, and a return to Queenstown (in New Zealand South Island) is always a serious contender for best wine and snow holiday. Queenstown in winter is a winter wonderland that should…

ByJames CampbellApril 26, 20230Comments

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SKI > Formigal a must visit ski resort in the Pyrenees

High in the Pyrenees nestled on the border between Spain and France the Formigal-Panticosa Ski Resort is a massive ski resort connecting across three towns; Panticosa, Formigal and Portalet it is the largest resort in Spain.

ByJames CampbellApril 21, 20230Comments

RIDE RIDE > SNOW

RIDE > The 2024 Elan Ripstick 88 – perfect for the southern ski season

The Ripstick 88 defines the all-mountain category and serves as the missing link between on and off piste skis. The Ripstick family of skis are all very well regarded and the narrower under foot 88 skis are equally confident on groomers and off piste

ByMagnum OpusApril 17, 20230Comments

RIDE RIDE > SNOW

RIDE > Nordica HF – Comfortable Boots are Back!!

Ok so for some of us the the idea of rear entry boots is extremely 1980s retro and those memories were that the boots while easy to get on and off were sloppy and not good at providing control and delivering power to the ski edge. But recognising there was a good idea…

ByJames CampbellApril 14, 20230Comments

RIDE RIDE > SNOW

RIDE > Is the Black Crows ‘Mirus Cor’ – the sexiest resort ski this year?

The Black Crow created a very sexy inbound resort ski this year its called the Mirus Cor and it is described as a “ski object born of performance and design, to achieve an alliance between two worlds: freestyle and the most angular carves of the moment”. The ski has a long rocker tip and a…

ByCrispyMarch 29, 20230Comments

DESIGN DESIGN > FASHION RIDE > SNOW

RIDE > Fits like a glove

What is it about good gloves, I am always thinking I could use another pair and I have an obsession about Hestra gloves, personally I think that Hestra make the best gloves in the world. These days Hestra actually make gloves for everything from cycling to sailing and of course they make them…

ByCrispyMarch 18, 20230Comments

TRAVEL TRAVEL > CHILE WHERE TO SKI >

SKI > Valle Nevado Ski Resort, Chile

Its a ski resort that feels like it is straight out of a 70’s Bond Film with huge annual snow fall incredible altitude and lots of blue bird sunny days. It is a quick 45 minute dash out of Santiago (48km), one minute you are driving through the suburbs and the next you commence the…

ByCrispyMarch 18, 20230Comments

DESIGN RIDE > SNOW

RIDE > Chromapop your eyewear

Not goggles and not glasses either the new eyewear from Smith is somewhere in between, taking the brilliant Chromapop goggle lenses and creating glasses that leap across the boundary and provide something we have all been looking for - the perfect hybrid that give great coverage, copes with all sorts of conditions and is easy…

ByJames CampbellMarch 12, 20230Comments

TRAVEL TRAVEL > JAPAN

DRINK > Snow Gin like Nozawa Onsen Gin

The Nozawa Onsen Distillery is in the beautiful historic onsen town and snow resort of the same name in Kita Shinshu, Nagano Prefecture Japan. Nozawa is a small farming village with a population of 3,500 that swells in winter when it attracts skiers from all over the world. The rest of the year…