to mountain snowkiting. Due to the lack of use of the right muscles, the pain in the left feet gives the word “endurance” a complete new perspective.

The nerve wrecking feeling in the whiteout, by yourself for hours, when you realize that you are suddenly not alone – a rivalry team is coming on to your back as a pirate attacks you on the ocean. During these three days the race took place, we where fighting with the 6 teams in the lead. At the finish-line it was only five minutes between us and the team which reached second place; Team Windplanet Snowboard. TOKE was a beautiful journey into the white and blue horizon, with hummocks in all shapes and sizes. Like the north pole, but adapted for kiting.Merry wives

: : : I discovered this little gem over the weekend in Peter Ackroyd's "London: A Biography".

: : : Look up "fishwife" in the dictionary and it will tell you it's a monger of fish or a shrill, shrewish woman. But there is so much more.

: : : In London, fish mongers were also known as "The wives of Billingsgate". according to Ackroyd, it is thought that they were descendants of devotees of the God, Belin who was worshipped there at one time. "They dressed in strong 'stuff'gowns and quilted petticoats; their hair, caps and bonnets were flattened into one in distinguishable mass upon their heads." They were also called 'fish fags'. "They smoked small pipes of tobacco, took snuff, drank gin and were known for their