Need some space…..

2020 has been a year of confinement, restrictions and unknown horizons. It’s hard right now to try and imagine our lives as they were before and how we can enjoy our freedom of movement and expression.

Many of us have had to place activities that allow us that freedom and expression firmly on the shelf as we wait for boundaries to be lifted but it also allows space for us to reimagine our lives post lockdown and dream of all the things we love to do, people we want to share it with and an ever growing wish list of new experiences to achieve.

The last few weeks my evenings have been restless with dreams of snowboarding, splitboarding in particular.

As an activity splitboarding really does bust off the shackles of constraint and confinement whilst offering up endless options of horizons to explore.

Any old hippy will happily tell you ‘its about the journey dude, not the destination’ and they are not wrong, well when the destination offers epic powder face shots thats pretty sweet too.

You could be sharing it with friends or going solo, either way those turns on the way down, after earning them on the way up, feel oh so much sweeter.

I love splitboard missions with my partner Ady or my dog Griff, my splitboard crew out in Tignes or a mini solo outing. They all offer different experiences and vibes but all return the same level of stoke and total appreciation for the mountains, nature and space around us.

So my advice going into 2021 is simple. If you love snowboarding and are looking for new experiences get out on a splitboard and you wont look back. If you have already tried it then do it more.

Heres to freedom, space, friends and laying out big turns.