Based on the outskirts of Betws y Coed in North Wales, those fabulous guys at zip world have come up with another UK first, and yet another instant hit for the adventurous. Fforest Coaster opened to the public on Wednesday 10th May and we were lucky enough to have opening day tickets. The Fforest Coaster is the first Alpine coaster ...
Every once in a while a product will get announced that makes us stop, gather around a monitor and say “WOW! we need one of those!!” A week or two ago we stumbled across the MOAR ebike. A fantastic looking, practical, folding, electric fat bike. MOAR is designed to strike a perfect balance between every-day practicality, raw power, and pure ...
We quite often take a few body boards with us when we go on our kayak days for www.extremenorthwales.com It’s great fun catching the waves and feeling the power of the ocean take you at its will towards the shore, often accompanied by loud whooping noises from among us. Usually we invest in around 4 or 5 of the £30 ...
On delivery of our FatYak Adventure S Kaafu we were incredibly impressed with a number of things. The thought of design and quality of build (and accessories) had us looking at each other nodding in agreement and thinking “This is a decent piece of kit”, and we were only still in the car park unwrapping the thing! Sean, who is ...
With Wales’ diverse scenery it has long been a favourite with the bouldering community. A sport that has grown in popularity in recent years due to it’s ease of access. Bouldering is a form of rock climbing that is performed without the use of ropes or harnesses, usually on low level Boulders and rock faces. Although equipment is not necessarily ...
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 ...
The fat bike, what is it with them large oversized tyres? Fat bikes are basically an evolution of the mountain bike. The point of having such large tyres helps with traction when the trail become very muddy, when riding on sand and on snow. Riding a bike on the snow is how the fat bike originated in the wilderness of Alaska which ...
With the third year anniversary looming and the cold weather returning, we look back on a clip that shocked the nation. On February 24th 2013 Mark Roberts set out on a routine climb in Snowdonia, near Crib Goch with two friends. But a chunk of falling ice, soon changed the shape of their day when it knocked him into a ...
One of the little told stories of green laners is their community spirit, especially when it comes to the protection of our ancient network of unsurfaced roads.. There is a small and destructive minority of people that are able to disproportionately affect public opinion and it is a constant battle that is proving very difficult to overcome. North Wales remains ...
(above youtube video all taken on private land) North Wales – the very epitome of wild, adventurous terrain. Roads that lead off into harsh rugged landscapes, leaving the towns and cities behind, giving the impression that few have travelled there before. There are many ways of exploring this isolated landscape, but none quite so civilised as green laning. Green lanes ...