@outdoorscots.bsky.social
Outdoors writer on The Scotsman newspaper, surf, snow etc, see https://www.scotsman.com/author/roger-cox-outdoors-columnist Book of surf scribblings available here: https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-view-from-the-shoulder/
Loving the feature on egg-shaped surfboards in the latest edition of The Surfer’s Journal (and can confirm that my 7’6” Donald Takayama egg is the funnest board I’ve ever ridden)
#surfing #surfboards #deaign #eggs #happinessiseggshaped
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
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:
www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/ou...
#skiing #snowboarding #scotland #cairngorm #glenshee #glencoe #thelecht
Day of Access project aims to make Scotland’s right to roam truly universal
www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/ou...
#scotland #wildland #access #righttoroam #wilderness
POV: bushwhacking
#snowboarding #sweden #trees #snow #gopro #aboriculture
Sewage pollution in SE Scotland brilliantly exposed by Antoine Couturier & team
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiWL...
@sascampaigns.bsky.social #surfing #scotland #sewage #pollution
Why battling the mid-life 'joy drain' might be easier than you think (with thanks to @tupped.bsky.social)
www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/ou...
#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
wavelengthmag.com/exclusive-to...
#surfing #scotland #pollution #sewage #thurso #scottishwater
Scottish snowboarder shows triumph of human spirit over 'the most evil disease you can imagine'
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
#scotland #snowboarding #winterolympics
Edinburgh's Lost Shore resort to offer 'sci-fi' surf coaching
www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/ou...
#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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Stable door, horse, etc
www.scotsman.com/politics/cos...
#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
The 2026 Fort William Mountain Festival kicks off tomorrow - here are five must-see events:
www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/ou...
#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
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:
www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/ou...
#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
www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/ou...
#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:
www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/ou...
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:
www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/ou...
"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
www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
#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
www.jonasclaesson.com
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..
