Days out have never been so exciting!In North Wales we are proud to have some stunning environments for all types of outdoor sports and adventures, but we are also lucky to have some fantastic businesses that allow people to have a taste of adventure even if they are beginners. We took a look on Tridpadvisor to see who they have ...

Minera, The Horseshoe Pass, Llangollen and World’s End are key areas I explored and played in growing up. The scenery is stunning and the number of adventures to be had endless whether it’s Mountain biking, cycling, trekking, bouldering or rock climbing. So it was great to see this bit of footage taken by the guys at Onion Ride Tv this ...

This weekend I headed to MTBMeetup 2016 at Coed Llandegla in North Wales. The idea of the event is to get mountain bikers from across the country together to ride some amazing trails and meet new friends. The first event took place in 2014 with 40 riders; last year 150 people attended and this year the trail centre estimates there ...

Here at www.extremenorthwales.com we’ve long been fans of the exceptional video and production skills of Chris Davies and his team at Eastwood Media. Those of you not familiar with Chris or Eastwood may still have seen his previous work such as his superb Mountain Bike Adventure films set in Wales and Malta. So when Chris got in touch telling us ...

Snowdonia North (continued) & Snowdonia central Managed to give last week’s hills a crack? Well you’ll be glad to know there are eight more monsters to get your teeth (or wheels!) into. Here we travel from the epic valley climbs of Nant Gwynant and Ogwen down to the hidden, forested beasts of Penmachno and Prenteg, amongst others. These are climbs ...

Forget searching for the flattest most comfortable route to do your chain gang, or intervals, or for a gentle jolly in the sun. These are the special, unique stretches of tarmac that will have your heart jumping out of your mouth and your eyes welling with tears. This week we’re beginning with Northern Snowdonia –  tick off and enjoy! Hendre ...

On Sunday 29th November, mountain bikers from around the UK headed to Coed Y Brenin for Round 4 of the Welsh Gravity Enduro. Rob Williams took first place in the Elite Men class. He finished second in each stage of the round, with a total time of 15:40.641. Rob beat Leon Rosser by 3.572s, with Joe Taylor a further 8.588s behind ...

Two weekends of epic riding on the bounce. How lucky am I? Having booked onto Revolution a month in advance, you can probably guess I was quite excited in the week upcoming to the 25th October. It was going to be a day of riding bikes with a group of awesome and super outgoing female shredders. Not only this, my ...

Round 6 – September 19/20th Antur Stiniog, Gwynedd in Wales. Round 6 of the British Downhill series comes to Antur Stiniog, Gwynedd on the 19th and 20th of September. The final stage of the 2015 Series will see competitors from all age ranges pushing themselves to the limit to grab not just the glory of the prize money on offer ...

RUARIDH CUNNINGHAM WINS RED BULL HARDLINE Red Bull Hardline with Jeep returned to the hills of Mid-Wales this weekend to take on Dan Atherton’s beast of a course that proved to be bigger and more technical than anything ever seen before in downhill mountain biking. Progression was once again the word on everyone’s lips as the riders spent the majority ...