With North Wales being so diverse, it’s great to just browse through recent postings on social media sites taking a look at what different people are up to in the North Wales area. Every now and then a user will catch the eye and make for an interesting article on www.extremenorthwales.co.uk and that’s precisely how we stumbled across James Crook. ...

Back in early 2014 Chris Mayers and I (Kevin Merrey) started hatching ideas and plans for mini adventures that we could realistically achieve considering we both have young families and busy lives.  Neither of us are unaccustomed to adventure and outdoor pursuits.  Chris has been to Everest Base Camp and climbed Kilimanjaro,  as well as completing the 3 Peaks Challenge ...

OpenCrag is a group of committed photographers who post photos and videos about their passion across a number of social media platforms. Their regular posts have caught our eye and so of course when we noticed  their exploits in North Wales recently, we just had to get in touch with  them. Andy Myers got back to us for the following ...

It’s an unlikely setting for a surfing spectacular. Sitting Approximately 7 miles in from the coastline, nestled amongst the grey slate hills and mountains of Snowdonia, Surf Snowdonia is about to welcome the most creative surfers from all over the world to it’s Red Bull Unleashed event. Red Bull have spotted what we all knew quite some time ago, that ...

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 ...

  Despite riding Sunday only at Welsh Champs this weekend, my competitive side still wanted to be able to provide the podium finish. Like at any other race really. Turning up Sunday morning and able to race thanks to Pete Wogan booking me on the previous day, I got up the hill as soon as possible to try and get ...

Everyone should have the chance to experience parks, woodlands, mountains and the coast through a range of activities. Outdoor recreation makes a valuable contribution to Wales and creates a number of health, environment, social and economic benefits. To this end, the Welsh Government is inviting your views on access to the outdoors and looking at improving opportunities to access for ...