Before you can become a successful or even an amateur snowboarder you need to have the necessary equipment. You can’t just go into a sports shop and pick up a board that looks cool and the gear that you think would make you look the coolest. It is all about the ones that will help to keep you padded and will work right with the level of expertise you are at.
April 28th, 2008 | Posted in Snowboarding | No Comments
One of the most important things that you have to learn when first starting to surf is learning the art of paddling. I know that most of us would rather skip this step – but it is a crucial and very important step that everyone must pass before they can move on to become a successful surfer.
February 26th, 2008 | Posted in Surfing | No Comments
When it comes to skiing properly you need to make sure that you have the right equipment. The most important equipment is of course the skis themselves. You need to know that every ski is different and that they are made for different people.
One of the biggest factors in getting you the most comfortable skis for your skiing preferences is choosing the right flex. Flex is the factor that will affect a skiers float, turning, and overall stability.
January 25th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
Snowboarding is a fun sport that is can only be practiced in the winter. Not everyone has the ability to catch on to the sport easily. It requires balance and learning how to maneuver you on the snow. It is best to start off with the art of skiing – but before then we want to make sure that you understand and respect the history of it.
December 12th, 2007 | Posted in Snowboarding | No Comments
Traditional climbing (also called trad climbing) is a way of climbing that requires skills useful for creating routes in an exploratory fashion. Before there was sport climbing there was the normal style of climbing which did not require any help.
November 20th, 2007 | Posted in Rock Climbing | No Comments
Skiing is a tricky sport and just when you think you got it down the instructor shows you a new way of doing it. But you should always start with the basics and the most easiest – which is alpine skiing.
Alpine skiing developed in the Alps beginning in 1889. In Winterthur, Switzerland, Odd Kjelsberg may have been the first person in the Alps to try skiing. Previous to this time,the predominate Alpine winter sport had been tobogganing.
October 12th, 2007 | Posted in Skiing | No Comments
What’s the best part about skateboarding? Being able to do all the cool tricks, which in turn makes you look cool and attracts all the girls you didn’t have the nerve to talk to before. Over the years more and more tricks have been created. What with the use of skateparks and ramps there are so many things that you can do.
September 27th, 2007 | Posted in SkateBoarding | No Comments
There are many different types of rock climbing, but none is more common than free climbing. When it comes to free climbing the climber uses no artificial aids. In this way, the climber will use only hands, feet and other parts of the body(make sure you are in shape).
Ropes and protective equipment are used only for protection against the consequences of a fall. The term is used in contrast to aid climbing, a much less prevalent practice in which equipment is used directly in order to make progress.
August 24th, 2007 | Posted in Rock Climbing | No Comments
The 2007 UCI World BMX Championships are being held in Victoria next week and the Nanaimo BMX Association is doing what it can to help. The event will run from the 26th of July to the 29th. Many of the riders in the competition will hold a pre-event practice session at the Nanaimo BMX track at Beban Park on the 22nd and the 23rd.
July 17th, 2007 | Posted in BMX, News | No Comments
Skiing is a fun sport that many people love to try. But you have to admit that the one thing you know you can expect from skiing is the problem of falling down. Don’t be embaressed to fall, everyone does it. What you need to know is the proper way to fall so that you don’t injure yourself.
June 16th, 2007 | Posted in Skiing | No Comments