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Cycling - who can we trust?

Cycling - who can we trust?

21st May 2010

Here at Find Chalet towers we're all keen cyclists, some road, some mountain biking. As an avivd fan of road cycling and the Tour de France in particular I'm sickened by the latest relevations from Floyd Landis. I remember back in 2006 when Floyd...

Rapha Giro Album and Bar

Rapha Giro Album and Bar

16th May 2010

Rapha release The Giro - music inspired by the Giro d'Italia. http://www.rapha.cc/the-giro--music-inspired-by-the-giro-ditalia Inspired by the history, passion and glory of the Giro d’Italia, this soundtrack travels through an eclectic mix...

Round up of the Giro in the Netherlands

Round up of the Giro in the Netherlands

11th May 2010

So six weeks or so before the Tour de France comes to Holland, the Giro d'Italia has had three days of racing that have shown the strengths and weaknesses of holding a bike race in the Netherlands. Holland has a reputation as a country dedicated to...

 
Crashes a plenty - stage two of the Giro

Crashes a plenty - stage two of the Giro

10th May 2010

There were lots of crashes in yesterdays Giro d'Italia. It seems that the traffic islands throughout the route were the main cause of the crashes. Wiggin's tweeted this morning "Team Sky all pretty bumped and bruised this morning but it hasn't...

Wiggins in the Pink

Wiggins in the Pink

10th May 2010

Bradley Wiggins took his first ever leader's jersey in a Grand Tour by winning the opening time trial in the Giro d'Italia. Wiggins won on a technical, tramline-dotted streets of Amsterdam. This was the perfect start for Team Sky in their...

What the pros can do on normal pistes

What the pros can do on normal pistes

30th April 2010

Bad weather hits the pros too.. but this is a great insight to just how good the pros are 'cos when they end up hacing to sticking to the trees and shreding around the marked pistes, like the rest of us.. and only armed with nothing more than a...

 
Head Team trip to Japan

Head Team trip to Japan

16th March 2010

Video clip of the Head International Team Trip to Japan, featuring riding from Christophe Schmidt, Shayne Pospisil, Fredrik Evensen, Ai Kunioka, Masaomi Harada and Itaru Fujinuma.

Jenny Jones claims her third straight snowboard gold

Jenny Jones claims her third straight snowboard gold

16th March 2010

Jenny Jones claims her third straight snowboard slope style victory at the inaugural European Winter X Games in Tignes, France. Jenny's run consisted of a frontside 360 to backside 360, a frontside 540, switch frontside 540, and a clean frontside...

Top seven European snowsure resorts for Easter

Top seven European snowsure resorts for Easter

15th March 2010

Tignes, France It may not be the prettiest of ski resorts (Sorry guys it's not), but Tignes has a real soft spot in our hearts mainly 'cos it so high - slopes between 1,550m-3,450m, which makes it one of the most snow-sure resorts in the Alps. You...