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E series in the Maldives

check out these shots of Linda Ohrsrom ripping on her LCB E series 6'3" round tail in the Maldives!

Part 3 The final chapter

Pete indy 180 on Burton X8


Van at the top


Burtons Ferg at the Analog bash in a fetching sumo suit


The van half way up

The Van powered its way through Germany and Austria and climbed high into the Alps, up the 122 hairpin bends to end up at our destination; Kaunertal 3200m ski resort for a well deserved pint.

We were up bright and early(ish) the next day to start our 2 days of testing the Winter 2008/9 snowboards. The conditions were ideal, a bit bullet proof first thing but the sun was out and so took no time to soften up.
From Burton we tested the Custom X, Custom, X8, Jussi, Dominant and Deuce boards along with the Mission, Cartel and the Triad Binding and from Forum we tested the Destroyer and the Youngblood boards. The Custom X, Custom, Jussi and X8 boards all have the ICS System and the Cartel and Triad bindings having the EST System which make those binding and stance adjustments super easy with infinite possibilities.

The choice boards were the Custom X which powered through the afternoon chop, super solid on landings and lively on paste , and the X8 which is an amazing freestyle beast, loads of pop and flex for jibbing about or blasting through the park.
Close second were the Custom which is a perfect all-rounder, on piste or park and the Dominant which was a super soft jib fest?


Tuesday night was the Analog and Gravis party and with a Japanese theme and free sake and tequila it was predictably messy.
Another day of testing on Wednesday then in the van fresh from the slopes, pointed her in the direction of Dunkerque and started the long drive back to London.

Road trip part 2

Mark on a monday car park skate mission riding : zoo york 7.75 deck, grind king trucks,hubba paul rodrigeuz 53mm wheels some were nr saarbrucken





So after a short ferry crossing we hit french soil, a couple of hours kip, a strong coffee and baguette and we were off. France, Belgium, Luxomburg then Germany. Time for a lunchtime pit stop and what better place than a smooth supermarket car park near Saabrucken (we were missing our weekly cannon street mission after all) a german beer and a hour session to stretch our legs then back in the bus for the final 6hr drive up in the austrian alps
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6 counties,1500 miles,4 days, snow,skate,sake and a whole lot of caffine! part 1

The trip- London to Fischen, Austria in the VW for 2 days testing next seasons snowboards.
After a busy Sunday in store we loaded the gear into the van and salt beef in our bellies and headed off for Dover - the first leg of our trip. Through out history LCB trips have always come with the odd hitch along the way, and this was to be no exception. Around 15 miles into our trip ( still inside the M25) the Van ran out of juice, and on an already tight schedule left me running up the hardsholder, and Pete explaining to a highly amused local plod why we were perched on the side of the road. Thankfully some kind fellow took pity on us and gave me a lift saving me a 15 mile jog.

We arrived in Dover missing our ferry by 10 minutes, leaving us a couple of hours to chill with a beer and a skate before jumping on the 2am ferry.