Big Skiing

The picturesque town of Obergurgl is, at a height of 1930 meters, the highest resort town in Austria. It was put into the spotlight in the year 1931, during the balloon flight of Auguste Piccard, but with a permanent population of approximately four hundred residents, Obergurgl is mostly a town that welcomes foreign visitors and skiing enthusiasts to its slopes. Over and above magnificent slopes, guaranteed snow and spectacular views, the village is also famous for the Scheiber family’s horse breeding operation that is a centre for Haflinger horses.

I recently watched a very interesting TV documentary detailing the building of Ski Dubai and the attached mall. When it finally got to the snowmaking, it was amazing to see...

Have you ever tried skiing? If you wish to explore the pleasures (and displeasures) of this popular sport, it will be a wise decision to be properly equipped with all the necessary information, more particularly the dos and don'ts.

In the Rocky Mountains, just outside of Denver in Colorado, is one of the most popular skiing destinations in the United States. With magnificent wildlife, near perfect skiing conditions in the winter months and a variety of activities, such as hiking and mountain biking, during the summer, the Winter Park Resort welcomes local and international visitors all year round. The Winter Park Resort is also dedicated to improving the resort and making more convenient facilities and activities available to visitors, such as the village cabriolet.

Bike riding is an excellent compliment to hiking for keeping fit during the dry months. It is a relatively inexpensive activity, although you can spend a lot of money...

The continuing rise in the cost of airline jet fuel has forced air carriers to scrutinize the profit margin on all scheduled routes. It is sure to follow that they...

Just as he has done for the past two years, Bode Miller has signed a a one-game contract to play for the Nashua Pride baseball team. A portion of...

Time to take some time off the internet and blogging.

While preparing for the holidays and free time, check these posts older from this summer:

Marko wrote an excellent article (with videos) about B.A.S.E jumping icon Jeb Corliss a while ago, read it HERE.

Mountain biking is clearly our number one summer activity, so we’ve made quite a lot of content relating to it lately. Some posts here I (subjectively) rank valuable/informative (especially if you have any interest on mountain biking in Finland):

Tahko MTB Event 2008 - Finland’s biggest Endurance race/event (with cool pics I got from a fellow Finnish rider, those are worth of a look at least)

Riding Pics from Heinola, Finland - well, this post is kind of unfinished and the pics are not action ones (as I was riding solo), but IMHO the images just tell quite well about the riding / nature here…

Riding my Fully Rigid Singular Swift SS - An article I wrote to Made-to-Order Bikes site…check out this cool site (and thanks again for Carl to letting us to promote our little ramblings on their site, heh. Anyway, I also hope this article will be helpful/inspirational for some other riders out there. At least for me riding a fully rigid bike was a nice and teaching experince.)

Ok, for some obligatory freeride stuff I chose THIS POST where Marko is remembering some older bike flicks, riding in the Swiss Alps and the amazing skills of Bobby Root. Pretty cool stuff for sure.

Our featuring writer from Greece, Andreas Cavalieros, posted some information and tips on mountain biking in Rhodos Island. One of our most informative and interesting articles for sure (again in my humble opinion).

If you like some more water sport oriented material, take a look of this post from Andreas too:

How about windsurfing this time?

And while on the subject of Southern Europe, Marko wrote an article about very interesting site in Spain:

El Caminito Del Ray - The King’s Pathway

That’s a nice ending to this post actually - as I’m off to Spain for some time. Let’s see if I get to ride a bit while there and also at least take a look at the mighty Pyrenees - a place I’ve wanted to see for a long time.

We’ll be back in the beginning of August. Homeboyski wishes you relaxing summer holidays!

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