John Hibbard Tiree Wave Classic - photo by John Carter for GMFCo Mountain Bike World Cup Canyoning at Inchree - photo by www.verticaldescents.com Skiing at Glencoe Mountain Skydiving over St Andrews - photo by Graeme MacKay
Scotland boasts over 50 adventure sports activities available all year round. It's an award winning mountain bike destination as well as home to world class surfing and sub-arctic mountaineering. On this blog you'll find reports on some of the activities on offer.
Climbing

Mountain biking

Off-road driving

Paintball

Scrambling

Sphereing
Body boarding

Canyoning

Diving

Kitesurfing

Sea kayaking

Twilight Rafting
Ice climbing

Ski mountaineering

Skiing

Snowboarding

Telemark skiing

Winter mountaineering
Gliding

Hang-gliding

Helicopter flights

Hot-air ballooning

Paragliding

Power Kiting

Recent posts

Walking the Fife Coastal Path - Pittenweem to Shel
Posted 5 days ago in Land
I spent a delightful weekend walking a section of the Fife Coastal Path. The first day was Pittenweem to Shell Bay which shouldn't take that long to walk but took us ages as we stopped off along the way to take in the sights and flavours of this part. We were..

Scots on top at the Brits
Posted 87 days ago in Snow
I have just been at the British Snowboard and Free Ski Champs in Laax in Switzerland. The week was a busy one, with two different events held on each day, one ski and one snowboard. The week was also a very successful one for the Scottish entrants in the contest and..

Swimming Scottish White Water
Posted 92 days ago in Water
Just as I set up for the drop (a water fall just over 2m high) lining up, getting focused and the 'cameraman' at the bottom shouts 'hang on we're not ready ...' I missed the eddy and suddenly I am heading backwards, over the drop. A couple of paddle strokes..

Diving in Scotland - West v East - Part II
Posted 97 days ago in Water
Off to the east coast - St Abbs to be precise - for a spot of shore diving. It's quite a different environment and saw us divers swimming through and emerging from kelp. The first lot of images was taking by professional photographer Gary Doak and you can see more of..

Diving in Scotland - West v East - Part I
Posted 97 days ago in Water
Is diving better on the east or the west coast? Good question, and there is no easy answer I'm afraid, so have a look at this post and the following one to decide for yourself. March brought some amazing visibility and ideal conditions for underwater photography. These pictures were taken on..