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This is a guest review, written by René Weiß. René is an intermediate snowboarder, happy riding powder and starting to learn some freestyle,…

So I’ve picked up Capita’s Charlie Slasher snowboard – it’s my first, dedicated powder board. It’s gonna be a while before I get…

The first time that I went snowboarding, Chamonix in January of 2003, I didn’t have any base layers. Cotten t-shirts and a snowboard…

The snowboarder’s pocket tool can come in really handy on the hill. If you’re experimenting with binding angles, you’re gonna need some way…

The Snowboard Jedi Program is a download-able course designed to improve your abilities as a snowboarder. The key difference to this program is…

Absinthe’s Nowhere: I’ve enjoyed this movie, as you come to expect with Absinthe, it’s full of top notch shredding and some brilliant sections.…

What size snowboard should you get? It’s a question that comes up so often. Why? Because there are many factors that influence the…

Splitboards aren’t very common – you’re almost guaranteed to not see them within the resort boundary. Why’s that? Because a splitboard is designed…

The K2 Gyrator is the last powder board in this mini-series of potential powder sticks. So how does it stack up against the…

Another board that has been mentioned a lot in the discussion of a suitable powder board is the Ride Slackcountry. For those who…

Snow Search Japan is an excellent guide book, targeting more than just the individual Japanese resorts. It will help you choose the region…

This is a guest review, written by a friend, Jonathan Dicks. Jon’s been shredding for a good while now and the review below…

Learn to Ride is an instructional video from Snowboard Addiction. It’s aimed at first time snowboarders and starts from the absolute beginning. The…

In part 1 of this review, I explained that I was making two claims from my travel insurance: one for a delayed departure…

I was asked to write a review of this Nokia Bluetooth Headset, which is advertised as offering convenient on-the-go access to music and…

Snowboard Addiction provide a whole load of instructional snowboard lessons. This is part 2 of the Freestyle Lessons review. Part 1 provided an…

Travel Insurance is one of those things that, whether it’s your own fault or not, you don’t find out how good it is…

OK, so I ended up getting SnowboardAddiction’s Freestyle Download. The download covers the same five DVDs that you can buy in physical form,…