I loves me some gear

One of the best parts of my job is reviewing gear – whether it’s brand-new, vintage, retro or just plain awesome – I loves to test me some gear.

Below are a few of my picks over the past couple of months (as published in bmi Voyager magazine and Wideworld magazine)

Shiny and New (Courtesy of: bmi Voyager Oct 2010)

Retro Gear Must Haves (Courtesy of: bmi Voyager Nov 2010)

2010 Pick of Winter Adventure Gear (Courtesy of Wideworldmag.com)

For a closer look, click on the links to view the PDFs: October Gear, November Gear and Winter Gear

Moth Sailing in the UK

Twice a week, every week, when I was younger my parents would take my brother and me to the the Royal Brunei Yacht Club… Partly due to the sailing lessons/regattas and partly to allow for the social aspects of growing up in an expat community.

In my experience, when you are young, you do not appreciate how lucky you are to have the possibility to learn and do such wonderfully exciting and challenging activities. Having spent a few years sailing week-in-and-week-out (where I grew to be a tad handy), I can freely admit that there were times when I couldn’t wait to get back on shore for a game of British bulldog or go rollerblading – I just never got the sailing bug the way some others did.

I like to believe that should I have continued developing my sea legs until I was older,  Hydrofoiling is exactly the direction I would have gone. Put simply, this is totally awesome.

Here is my piece on a relatively new form of sailing: Hydrofoil sailing

Hydrofoil moth sailing (bmi Voyager Nov 2010). Image of courtesy: Adam May