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The long road to recovery from traumatic brain injury | riding switch
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Same slopes from a different side. The long road to recovery from traumatic brain injury. July 24, 2015. New documentary on snowboarder Charlie Elmore’s recovery from traumatic brain injury resonated with me strongly, for a number of reasons. For many years that accident made me a very nervous passenger and fastidious about wearing seatbelts (although I must point out that my friend was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident) but my caution did not necessarily carry over to the ski slopes. BBC Th...
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Same slopes from a different side. Newer posts →. Won over by Whinlatter. November 1, 2014. Over the last few months I’ve been managing to ride Glentress. Fairly regularly and have got to know the trails pretty well – something I appreciated recently when, having forgotten that the clocks had gone back, I found myself blasting down in near darkness, trying to beat the sun. Epic berms on North Loop descent. Tight switchbacks on South Loop climb. Stunning views from top of the South Loop. Cobbled section a...
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Highs and lows in the Scottish mountains | riding switch
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Same slopes from a different side. From slush to pow in 24 hours →. Highs and lows in the Scottish mountains. February 24, 2014. Skiing and snowboarding in Scotland is like a bag of Revels (what box of chocolates doesn’t tell you exactly what you’re going to get? You might get a toffee or it could be a coffee*, but more often than not you’ll get the whole bag. I’ve made the journey up from Edinburgh twice in the past few weeks and had so many Revels, I’m still buzzing from the sugar rush. Our trip to Nev...
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Snowboarding in Scotland: When it’s good, it’s very, very good… | riding switch
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Same slopes from a different side. Powder chasing →. Snowboarding in Scotland: When it’s good, it’s very, very good. January 29, 2015. Whenever I go snowboarding in the Scottish mountains, I’m reminded of a nursery rhyme that my Grandad used to recite about a little girl with a curl in the middle of her forehead, that went: When she was good, she was very, very good. But when she was bad, she was horrid. Having been unable to go that weekend, and taken to the snow on my mountain bike instead. Which I did...
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Sexist Snowboards | riding switch
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Same slopes from a different side. The long road to recovery from traumatic brain injury →. February 25, 2015. Using sex, and more specifically, the female form, to sell products is one of the oldest marketing tricks in the book, but you’d think in these times of supposed equality and respect for women, that it might have dwindled somewhat. But not in snowboarding it would appear. Here are some of the worst culprits. Burton Custom Restricted 2014. Undeterred by the offence caused by the Love series five ...
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Coed Llandegla | Girl with a Singletrack Mind
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Girl with a Singletrack Mind. Mad about mountain biking. April 23, 2015. Coed Llandegla forest is located near Wrexham in North Wales and has one of the biggest and best trail centres in the area, with trails to suit riders of all abilities and excellent facilities. Parking costs a flat fee of 4.50 for the day, which is payable upon arrival at a little manned hut. If you’ve still got the energy, there’s also a pump track, freeride trail and skills area by the car park that you can hit. Llandegla may be l...
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Foxhunters reunite | Girl with a Singletrack Mind
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Girl with a Singletrack Mind. Mad about mountain biking. March 11, 2015. Back in September Red Bull held the first ever all female Foxhunt mountain biking race at the Pentland hills in Edinburgh. The event attracted 117 women from throughout the UK and even as far afield as the Netherlands, to chase the fox, Rachel Atherton down Allermuir hill. Red Bull Foxhunt. Photo: Rutger Pauw/Red Bull. The reunion was instigated and arranged by Sarah, who’d enjoyed the Foxhunt so much that she wanted to harness the ...
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Back to Black | Girl with a Singletrack Mind
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Girl with a Singletrack Mind. Mad about mountain biking. July 3, 2015. Until last week, the only time I’d ridden the black route at Glentress was on my first ever visit there, which also happened to be my first time mountain biking. For some reason I, and a couple of other unsuspecting friends (one on a cyclocross bike! Allowed ourselves to be led around the 29km trail for advanced mountain bikers by my partner Dan, who, as it transpired, had never actually been to Glentress before himself. Lately though...
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Uncategorized | Girl with a Singletrack Mind
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Girl with a Singletrack Mind. Mad about mountain biking. Grizedale: The North Face Trail. February 21, 2016. Grizedale has been on my to-ride list for a while, and as a round of the PMBA Enduro Series that Dan and I are competing in this year is being […]. Read Article →. January 10, 2016. A tale of mountain bike theft Shock, disbelief, panic and helplessness were just some of the emotions I experienced as I watched someone steal my beloved Ibis Mojo mountain bike […]. Read Article →. March 11, 2015.
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Glentress | Girl with a Singletrack Mind
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Girl with a Singletrack Mind. Mad about mountain biking. June 8, 2015. My love of mountain biking began on the trails of Glentress Forest on the outskirts of Peebles in the Tweed Valley, just over an hour’s drive from my hometown of Edinburgh. And despite having ridden many other trails throughout the UK since then, it still remains a firm favourite. Personally, I really enjoy the climb up Cardie Hill and Dougie Bank to the Buzzard’s Nest, which winds up through the forest and has a series of log skinnie...
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