http://www.snowgo.com/ Reading, writing and riding. A snowboard blog. en-us 2006-05-19T10:04:50+00:00 http://www.snowgo.com/archives/2006/05/19/back_on_topic.php I promised a final update on my season off and here it is. I completed the Devizes to Westminster kayaking marathon on Easter Sunday morning. My crew mate, Julien, and I came 33rd out of 115 starters, covering the 125... News Luke 2006-05-19T10:04:50+00:00 http://www.snowgo.com/archives/2006/04/03/devizes_to_wesminster_update_and_sponsorship_request.php As explained in the previous post my energies are away from the snow this season but I thought I would provide an update here and, if anyone is still reading, ask you to consider helping by sponsoring us. The 125... News Luke 2006-04-03T11:25:06+00:00 http://www.snowgo.com/archives/2006/02/03/taking_a_season_off.php Snowgo has been very quiet lately and it is likely to stay that way for the rest of the season. I have decided to sacrifice snowboarding this season to try and fulfil a long held ambition, to paddle the Devizes... News Luke 2006-02-03T11:53:29+00:00 http://www.snowgo.com/archives/2005/11/23/the_sounds_of_your_experience.php Congratulations to Nick on getting his poem "The Sounds of Your Experience" published. Reading it really stokes the desire to get out on my board and each line evokes a specific memory. I especially liked: The diminishing beat of the... Riding Luke 2005-11-23T10:29:53+00:00 http://www.snowgo.com/archives/2005/10/31/window_seat.php This is a little off topic but I have been playing with the social software application building "playground", Ning. Its great fun and an easy way to test out ideas for social applications, so here is one I made earlier... Travel Luke 2005-10-31T16:24:04+00:00 http://www.snowgo.com/archives/2005/10/25/rollerskiing_in_hyde_park.php I just discovered via Ben Saunders that it is possible to try out rollerskiing very close to home. I have seen people doing this on the back roads of New England as summer training for cross country skiing and always... Riding Luke 2005-10-25T19:45:18+00:00 http://www.snowgo.com/archives/2005/10/12/more_ski_literature_on_the_way.php Sam, aka The Funky Drummer, is launching a new ski writing magazine, Snow Sphere, and is looking for writers.... News Luke 2005-10-12T12:28:09+00:00 http://www.snowgo.com/archives/2005/09/19/ski_writing.php Aspect Journal, my favourite ski literature site (are there any others?), has just posted an update and a new writing competition: ski sounds, deadline 31 October. I can think of so many evocative snowboarding sounds that I might just have... News Luke 2005-09-19T10:53:19+00:00 http://www.snowgo.com/archives/2005/09/16/0506_is_on.php For some at least, just received a link to this 'first turns' report in my inbox and something within me has reawoken.... News Luke 2005-09-16T10:27:07+00:00 http://www.snowgo.com/archives/2005/07/22/south.php Ben Saunders has launched his ambitious South expedition. Setting out from Scott's wooden hut on the edge of Antarctica, we will manhaul 400lb sledges across 1,800 miles of the most hostile terrain on earth, to the Pole and back. SOUTH... Various Luke 2005-07-22T12:27:27+00:00 http://www.snowgo.com/archives/2005/07/12/grenoble_to_courchevel.php Not an airport transfer but today's stage in the Tour de France! 192.5 km and a staggering 3,257 m of climbing. They should be starting about now and finishing in around 5 hours, only about twice as long as a... Resorts Luke 2005-07-12T11:21:58+00:00 http://www.snowgo.com/archives/2005/06/30/snow_patrol.php There is a good article up on Endless Winter about working with the Loveland Volunteer Ski Patrol. I particularly liked the info and pictures describing the use of an "Alpine Toboggan" (aka blood wagon) with a snowboard rather than skis.... Riding Luke 2005-06-30T16:26:20+00:00 http://www.snowgo.com/archives/2005/05/03/last_of_the_snow.php Just back from a long weekend in Val Thorens. The snow cover was still good despite high temperatures and many of the upper runs were in great shape. Lower down the snow was melting fast but we were able to... Trip reports Luke 2005-05-03T15:24:39+00:00 http://www.snowgo.com/archives/2005/04/05/inspirational_trip_report.php Todd on rec.skiing.snowboard has a great write up of a recent cat-boarding trip to Baldface Lodge in British Columbia. I previously listed the cat skiing operators in BC from the Snowboard Journal article he mentions and one day I hope... Riding Luke 2005-04-05T09:52:06+00:00 http://www.snowgo.com/archives/2005/03/15/going_against_the_flow.php I have been happily using Flow bindings since I first bought my own snowboarding equipment in about 1997. I always used to recommend them to people on the basis that they were so easy to use and comfortable and that... Kit Luke 2005-03-15T10:17:01+00:00