Who’s that figurine you notice every time at our Facebookpage or Instagram photo’s? Well, it’s our Chuck, better known as Chuckbuddies. Chuckbuddies are just awesome! You can fully customize these guys. And they’re at their best in a snow- or skatepark. They’re able to perform...

The Red Bull Crashed Ice world championship visited Valkenburg for the first time in 2011. We were there and enjoyed a day full of spectacle. The area at the back of the Holland Casino was transformed to an Ice Cross Downhill course which attracted 35.000 people. For 2012 Red Bull promised to...

Nowadays “Globalization” might appear as an old-fashioned word. But back in the days it was meant to be the solution for upcoming problems. “Globalization” meant future and unlimited oportunities. Accompanied by the digitization of media, the conventional publishing houses had to face...

A few days ago we received an email from Stefan Aufschnaiter who invented together with Sigurd Meiche a sport called Ice Cross Downhill, now better known as Red Bull Crashed Ice. Here’s a little story about this event. The combination of speedskating, boardercross and downhill skiing...

In winter Winterberg is famous for the short weekend breaks to catch some snow. In summertime the area is working hard to make it a nice stay for bikers. Between the hundreds of kilometers x-country trails the bikepark seems to be a more and more populair spot each year. All trails can be...

About Blue Tomato – the international online core shop for snow, freeski, surf, skate and lifestyle It all started in 1988 when the former European Snowboard Champion Gerfried Schuller founded a snowboard school and laid the cornerstone for the shop with the blue tomato. Nowadays, the...

  During our roadtrip through Australia I found this book. While we had enough lugage to take home this book wouldn’t make the difference in weight. And I got something nice to read in our campervan. We’ve visited a lot of bike area’s throughout Europe, and ti’s...

Imagine: you’re in an awesome mountain bike area and you want to ride thé best trails. What do you do? You buy a map or download some trails on your GPS and off you go. The trails are just sick, they fit your level, got great scenery and perfect downhill runs. A perfect day! Well, not...