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Jonathan Fish, competing at the first ever Coe Cup freeride event at Glencoe in 2012. This year’s contest will be the third and final stop of the 2026 Scottish Freedom Series - results so far here: www.britishfreeride.org/competitions

#skiing #snowboarding #glencoe #scotland #freeride

Scottish Ski & Board 2025/26 e-mag How do you capture the magic of skiing in Scotland? That’s been our mission for over a decade, writes Roger Cox

Looking like a great weekend for snowsports at Cairngorm, Glencoe, Glenshee and The Lecht. Planning a trip? Here's our guide to Scotland's ski resorts:

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#skiing #snowboarding #scotland #cairngorm #glenshee #glencoe #thelecht

Day of Access project aims to make Scotland's right to roam truly universal The right to roam has opened up our wild spaces but there are still groups who need assistance to benefit from it, writes Roger Cox

Day of Access project aims to make Scotland’s right to roam truly universal

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#scotland #wildland #access #righttoroam #wilderness

POV: bushwhacking

#snowboarding #sweden #trees #snow #gopro #aboriculture

Turning Tides | Db x Looking Sideways Fund YouTube video by Db

Sewage pollution in SE Scotland brilliantly exposed by Antoine Couturier & team

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@sascampaigns.bsky.social #surfing #scotland #sewage #pollution

Why battling the mid-life 'joy drain' might be easier than you think When men reach middle age they risk ‘losing their capacity for joy’, but could the solution be as simple as making fun a priority?

Why battling the mid-life 'joy drain' might be easier than you think (with thanks to @tupped.bsky.social)

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#snowboarding #surfing #midlifecrisis

Swedish pub decor hits different

#pubs #sweden #interiordesign #plasticwildlife #noveltylightfittings

Thurso East makes @sascampaigns.bsky.social list of top ten most polluted surf spots in the UK in 2025

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#surfing #scotland #pollution #sewage #thurso #scottishwater

Edinburgh snowboarder with MND ‘over the moon’ to compete in the Winter Paralympics A Scottish snowboarder hopes to become a "beacon of hope" after being announced as the first snowsports athlete with MND to compete in the Winter Paralympics.

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Scottish snowboarder shows triumph of human spirit over 'the most evil disease you can imagine' Davy Zyw is a beacon of hope for people with motor neurone disease and humanity as a whole

Scottish snowboarder shows triumph of human spirit over 'the most evil disease you can imagine'

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#scotland #snowboarding #winterolympics

Edinburgh's Lost Shore resort to offer 'sci-fi' surf coaching

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#surfing #scotland #edinburgh #wavepools #lostshore

“It felt natural, as if by clasping a stone he was anchored to the planet, able to “hold infinity in the palm of your hand,” in the words of William Blake”

I have found a new hero, stone skipper Kurt Steiner. 88 skips. 88 skips! www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Kf...

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Cost of troubled Cairngorm railway may outweigh its benefits, MSPs warn A new report by Holyrood’s public audit committee raises questions about the funicular’s future

Stable door, horse, etc

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#skiing #scotland #cairngorm

On Sweden’s Snälltåget sleeper trains, just getting from the sleeping car to the dining car can sometimes be a bit of a slapstick adventure..

#sweden #trains #Snälltåget #snow #health&safety #unlikelyhazards

Thwappy Thursday from Thweden, home to some very beautiful frozen waves

#sweden #snowboarding #skiing #snow #snowsports #snowsurfing

Fort William Mountain Festival 2026: five must-see events Taking place from 12-15 February this year, the 2026 Fort William Mountain Festival offers everything from films and talks to guided walks and adventure-inspired workshops. If you’re lucky enough to b...

The 2026 Fort William Mountain Festival kicks off tomorrow - here are five must-see events:

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#kayaking #climbing #skiing #mountaineering #photography #books #fortwilliam #scotland #bolivia #usa #afghanistan

Again - I know - AI is probably going to end us all one day - while we wait for the apocalypse though.. ‘hey ChatGPT, take this pic of the amazing Jo Guest skiing Meall Corranaich and turn it into a vintage ski poster using a nice mid-century font…’

#skiing #scotland #vintageposters

Winter Olympics: Kirsty Muir lands double cork 1440 but left to face ‘tough’ fourth place Medal eludes Aberdonian after gut-wrenching final

So near but yet so far...

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Woop woop! Kirsty Muir into 2nd in slopestyle qualifying with a helluva run!

#winterolympics #skiing #slopestyle

Crap quality pic, I know, but imagine being this guy: late afternoon, light fading, everyone else has left the water and you have the whole place to yourself…

#scotland #surfing #winter

Love this image from the new edition of Ski Mountaineering in Scotland - Gavin Carruthers in the Pentlands by Doug Bryce. Review of the book here:

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#skiing #snowboarding #scotland

Scotland's freeride ski & board series revived by Glenshee GOAT - great to see the SFS back again after a nightmare year in 2025

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#skiing #snowboarding #scotland #glenshee #freeride

Great to see Kirsty Muir on the front of today's Scotsman, as she prepares to compete in Slopestyle and Big Air at the #WinterOlympics. Spoke to her last year about her long road back from injury - amazing comeback whether she bags a medal or not:

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Looks like #NevisRange should be open this weekend, for the first time in a while, along with Scotland's four other ski centres: #Cairngorm, #Glencoe, #Glenshee and #TheLecht. Planning a trip? Here's this year's @scotsman.com guide to #skiing in #Scotland:

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44 Scotland Street. The Prime of Bertie Pollock, Chapter 3: Addiction and the DSM-5 The office workers were in and out. Some took their coffee in takeaway cups, to be sipped as they continued to walk up the hill and onwards to the financial quarter off Lothian Road or to the West End...

"Aren’t there people who spend all their time hanging about on the beach, waiting for the perfect wave to appear?”

Unexpected reference to surfing addiction in today's instalment of 44 Scotland Street, the world's longest-running daily novel

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#surfing #booksky

Finally in frames & on the wall, my Christmas pres from the fam: two epic prints by the amazing Jonas Claesson

#surfing #surfart #camping #redpandaswhosurf

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Ha - cool - will have a word with them, let you know how it goes..!

I like this theory - will maybe mention it to my not-far-off-50-year-old shoulders, see if they respond!

Been a crazy few weeks - spots that rarely break at all seem to be firing all the time - am gonna have to work on my paddle-fitness..

Book reviews: Ski Mountaineering in Scotland | The Corbetts The updated edition of the much-loved Ski Mountaineering in Scotland takes the best of the original and adds to it, writes Roger Cox

Book reviews: Ski Mountaineering in Scotland | The Corbetts

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#skiing #snowboarding #mountaineering #hillwalking #scotland #backcountry #photography #corbetts