Too Chilly? Don’t Be Silly – Activities Thriving!

Aaron    Experience Guides     Bungee Jumping, extreme sports, skydiving, Snow Experiences

The weekend just gone was one of the coldest in a good long while, culminating in Saturday proving the most chilly November night for 25 years!

Surely no time to be out enjoying a high-octane activity you ask? Well, no – quite the contrary in fact!

The Extreme Element team aren’t deterred by a little bit of cold, oh no – not when it comes to what we consider to be the ultimate in adrenaline pumping experiences. This Saturday saw a few of us try our hand at Skydiving, arriving at the airfield at a frosty 8am for what was to be a truly unforgettable day.

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Top 10 Best Selling Christmas Gifts

Aaron    Experience Guides     Bungee, Bungee Jumping, experiences, extreme sports, Indoor Skydiving, quad biking, Tandem Skydive, ZapCats, zorbing sphereing

The Christmas Rush well under way and the majority of vouchers flying out of the office here are leaving with merry messages for the festive period…

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Pro Diaries: Tom Butler – Kitesurfing

Aaron    Pro Arena     cornwall, extreme sports, kitesurfing, land-boarding, wake boarding

An interview with up and coming Freestyle Kitesurfer Tom Butler, discussing his journey, the UK’s hot spots, the launch of Mutiny Kites and much more!

Hi Tom, Thanks for talking to us today. So, how long have you been Kitesurfing and how did you get into the sport?

Hi, no worries – it’s a pleasure!
I have been kite surfing for six years now. I first got into it through Powerkiting on land and it went on from there.

I was doing a bit of fishing one day in South Wales and saw some local guys ripping up and down the beach on these huge kites, jumping in the air and doing some crazy stuff and my dad knew straight away it was going to be an expensive new hobby! From there it went very quickly, I hooked up with a local shop when I was 13 and my dad would drive me 2 hours to the beach every weekend, and it went from a hobby to a lifestyle in no time.

What have you been up to this year? Have you been in many competitions?

After finishing my A levels before the summer I hooked up with my new sponsor; Mutiny Kites and saw potential for a gap year, learning about the industry outside of the competition scene. I have been mostly training in Egypt improving my riding and working with Mutiny recently. After 5 years on the British tour it’s now more exciting for me to see other sides of the industry. As a new company with well known guys from the industry, it has been a great few months learning about the design process of the kites, photo shoots, marketing the kites, testing and building my profile as a rider.

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