Plasticslamtastic

May 09 9 Comments Category: All, Competition, Snowboarding

Everything about me pretty much aches today, from soles of my feet to my neck I feel battered and bruised, but I’m still happy.  Yesterday was the first leg of the Southern Freestyle Series at Bracknell and I headed over there despite my hatred of the Permasnow surface that covers the slope because I miss [...]

First week is over

March 22 0 Comments Category: All, Competition, Photos, Snowboarding

Well it’s been a brilliant first week out here in Laax, Switzerland.  Admittedly we’ve had the full range of weather, from 2 days white-out and powder to sunny, bluebird, Spring slush….but it’s been great to be on a mountain again for the first time in a year, and even better to spend the week getting [...]

Prepping for the Brits

It’s been a while since I’ve done a post, but all the snow shredding that friends have been getting up to has been making me exceedingly jealous.  It’s always a bit depressing posting about indoor snow while everyone else is in the mountains but after having to cancel my month away in January due to [...]

Downs and ups

December 30 0 Comments Category: All, General

When I’m feeling down I find it really hard to blog, I’m not sure if it’s because I don’t want to seem whiny, don’t want to force people into feeling sorry for me or whether I simply can’t be bothered (probably a mix of all that and other reasons too).  Whatever it is it’s meant [...]

i360

October 25 0 Comments Category: All, Photos, Snowboarding, Sponsors

I’m stoked to announce (in a slightly more official way than this Tweet) that I’m now sponsored by i360.  They’re a US company that are just moving into the European market and they design music infused apparel.  So I should shortly be rocking headbands & beanies that not only hold my iPod and pump music [...]

Night Shoot

October 21 3 Comments Category: All, Photos, Snowboarding, Sponsors

DSC_7147, originally uploaded by plasticsnow aka Kat. Jools & I were invited to the recent night shoot by Maverix Snow Camps to get some shots of the instructors while they did some videoing for their promo movie. Acting as flash-monkey for Jools I didn’t get a chance to ride but I did use it as [...]