Air Gratification

Snowboarding - The Importance of Snowboarding Outerwear Pants

Your outerwear pants are one of the most important pieces of snowboarding clothing. This is because if they are unsuitable, they will be both frustrating and uncomfortable which will not be a good thing when trying to do tricks and other things on your snowboard on your beautiful ski holiday. Some important things to look for when buying outerpants are as follows:

* Make sure they are waterproof
* Check to see if they are windproof to protect against More

BMX Debate

BMX is getting huge. For years, the 1980s have been heralded as the greatest time for BMX: a time of big helmets, skinny quarter-pipes and bad fashion consisting only of colours which really hurt your eyes to look at them. But that’s all changing in 2010, of course.
BMX is possibly even bigger now, and for those who value success in monetary terms it’s quite clear that the money is rolling in.
Why, then, is it, that BMX riders are More

The New Level: BMX And Jamie Bestwick

For years, one name was synonymous with big air and big, scary tricks in BMX: Matt Hoffman. Hoffman is largely held responsible for inventing and perfecting the majority of BMX vert (half-pipe to the non rider) tricks, from flairs (backflip with 180 twist, coming in forwards) to more technical tricks that form the staple of everyday riding even today. And for many years Hoffman ruled vert, and it seemed that nobody else would ever compare.
That was, until an Englishman More

The New Level: BMX And Jamie Bestwick

For years, one name was synonymous with big air and big, scary tricks in BMX: Matt Hoffman. Hoffman is largely held responsible for inventing and perfecting the majority of BMX vert (half-pipe to the non rider) tricks, from flairs (backflip with 180 twist, coming in forwards) to more technical tricks that form the staple of everyday riding even today. And for many years Hoffman ruled vert, and it seemed that nobody else would ever compare.
That was, until an Englishman More

Basic BMX Tricks Explained

BMX is more popular now than ever before, and with it the sport – if you want to call it that – is progressing faster than ever. Nowadays, hundreds of riders pull off tricks with ease that took the professionals of the 1980s much longer to accomplish. And let’s be honest, the names of these tricks are confusing at best.
While you hardly need any specialist equipment for BMXing, just a bike and maybe some old running clothing, some More

Bmx-Tastic-Brilliant!

I used to love BMX riding more than that moment when you realize that the piece of paper on the floor right next to you is, yes, a five pound note and nobody else has seen it! And I’ll tell you why: BMX riding involves – and this is something that few people outside of BMX know about – all the parts of your brain and body working in unison together to make sure that you don’t get killed or More