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As you sow so shall you reap

17/05/2012 – 7:00 pm

One of the best thing about summer is that fruit and veg are typically harvested then in obscene quantities. It is starting already. Eating your own rhubarb and Carrots is amazing – not together mind. We planted the carrots just before xmas, and inherited the rhubarb on the allotment. The recent wet drought has done read more »

Tags allotment, carrots, rhubarb, summer, vegetables | Comment (0)

Snow Travel

The Snowboard Test 2012

15/05/2012 – 6:31 pm

This is always one of my favourite weeks of the year. A whole week away talking nothing but snowboarding, loads of brands, loads of shops, loads of riding and loads of partying. It works for me. Everything seemed complicated this year – having been away so much already this year and then having so much read more »

Tags austria, glacier, kaunertal, may, never summer, snowboard test, snowboarding | Comment (0)

Allotment

The good life

25/04/2012 – 8:05 pm

Living in the country you pretty much feel left out without your own veg patch. So we started with 4 raised beds a few months back. A few weeks ago though we kicked it up a notch and after finding out about some allotments becoming available I got myself on the list. As it turns read more »

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Kite Travel

Fysurfer Innovation Days 2012 in Ofir, Esposende

24/04/2012 – 5:48 pm

Dealer meetings are pretty fun. There is usually more powerpoint than I really care for but the chance to catch up with distributors and fellow reps from around the world and talk shop is invaluable. Many of us have other business interests which overlap so it is an amazing networking opportunity of which there are read more »

Tags esposende, flysurfer, marcus woodbridge, ofir, portugal | Comment (0)

Random

River Wye Stand Up Paddleboarding

04/04/2012 – 8:54 pm

Flysurfer Strider Inflatable Paddle Board

Late last year I had a prototype inflatable SUP board from Flysurfer and had a fun session in the River Lugg. After receiving the production boards a week ago I was keen to go back to that spot. When we got down there the river was much lower than it had been a few months read more »

Tags flysurfer, lerupo, lucy, river wye, stand up paddleboard, strider, sup | Comments (3)

Travel

Lucy and Tom go to Barcelona

23/03/2012 – 8:00 pm

After a few days in Berlin, which felt pretty cold, it was great to be heading to warmer climes. It was an early start. I am not a morning person and do not function before breakfast so bumbled through security and forgot to take my belt off (despite being a frequent traveler – I know!) read more »

Tags barcelona, easyjet, gaudi, montjuic, parc guell, port olimpic, xampaneria | Comment (0)

Travel

Lucy and Tom go to Berlin

22/03/2012 – 7:54 pm

To celebrate Lucy’s student loan and to take a break from the hectic winter sales time at work we decided to go on holiday! The first stop would be to visit some friends and see the sights of Berlin! Berlin has become pretty trendy since the wall came down, especially amongst artists. It is famous read more »

Tags berlin, easyjet, germany, grafitti, templehoff | Comments (2)

Kite

First kite day of 2012

04/03/2012 – 12:11 pm

It has been a real slow start to 2012 in terms of kiting. Yesterday I got my monies worth though. Aberavon was sunny, windy and full of others looking to have a great time on the water. A whole gang turned up which was great to see – a lot of people I have not read more »

Tags aberavon, flysurfer unity, kitesurf, landboard, newave play 5'8, south wales | Comment (0)

Travel

Winter trade shows are over

25/02/2012 – 7:06 pm

What an epic 5 weeks starting with Avant Premiere, then ending with Slide in the lovely city that is Telford. Trade shows vary from being fun, like Avant Premiere, which is an on snow board test, meaning you get to go riding a bunch, to exciting and interesting like ISPO where the brands go all read more »

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Snow Travel

The Rider Social Chatel

28/01/2012 – 11:10 am

Straight after Avant Premiere we loaded up the van and drove the two hours to Chatel. Here we hooked up with Paul from the Rider Social aka Alpine Retreat at their amazing chalet. They run as a Never Summer test centre so we were there to take the 12/13 test boards but also to catch read more »

Tags avoriaz, chatel, france, never summer, portes du soleil, snowboarding, the rider social | Comment (0)

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