About the Authors

This blog is written by people who know Scotland’s outdoors best. Bikers, surfers, mountaineers and many more. Here are some of the authors on the site.

Alf Alderson - multi-award-winning freelance journalist and author of Surf UK - the definitive guide to surfing in Britain. www.alfalderson.co.uk

Stevie Christie – Keen walker, climber, mountain biker and sea-kayaker who is currently trying to convert from snowboard to skis to get into ski-mountaineering and director of Wilderness Scotland. www.wildernessscotland.com

Mike Dunthorne - runs a wee nature-based activity business up by Inverness. Surrounded by lochs, rivers and the sea he’s a bit of a water baby and counts open boating and gorge swimming as personal favourite pastimes. www.boots-n-paddles.co.uk

Murray Hay
Born in Kenya from Scottish parents, ‘full time’ job is commercial photography but the last ten years has seen me fly over 3,000 hours, paragliding all over Scotland! www.ParaglidingScotland.co.uk

David Hepworth – Teaches kite buggying, landboarding and kite surfing at Western Isles Kite School on the west coast of Lewis. David is an IKO/BKSA instructor. www.wikc.co.uk

Zabdi Keen - Paragliding instructor and tandem pilot and run a paragliding school on the Isle of Arran and in Nepal. New mother overcoming the challenges to continue being in the hills with my new baby. www.flyingfever.net

Bob MacFarlane - Downhill Track Manager at Nevis Range in Fort William. I get the great job of building and maintaining britain’s only world cup downhill track. So as well as riding my bike at high speeds down the side of mountains I also take groups out on bike rides, teach skiing and have been spotted on a snow board. www.nevisrange.co.uk

William MacLean - Windsurfer/Kitesurfer running Wild Diamond Watersports in Tiree. www.tireewatersports.co.uk

Lucinda Manouch - Photo Journalist also working for Plas Y Brenin National Mountain Centre on a global search for family friendly paddling adventures. www.manouchphotography.co.uk

Lesley McKenna - Professional snowboarder, film maker and ambassador for Visitscotland. All sorts of outdoor sports from skiing to mountain biking and now mixes her time on the Snowboard World Cup Tour with time in Scotland doing these sports. www.chunkyknit.com


Tim Pickering - Lives in the Outer Hebrides and runs businesses offering a variety of outdoor things, sea kayaking, sailing, climbing, surf kayaking, powerboating. Everyone should visit the Outer Hebrides as it is the ‘real’ outdoor capital of Scotland.

Richard Rowe - is editor of Scotland Outdoors, a new magazine for outdoor adventurers of all ages. He enjoys wildlife, mountain biking, hill walking and generally being outside as much as possible.

Pauline Sanderson - Marketing Manager at Glenmore Lodge and therefore incredibly lucky to have access to all the toys she loves to play with in her spare time like kayaks, open boats, climbing gear and of course the mountain bike training trail is on site for those long lunch breaks. www.glenmorelodge.org.uk

 
Gillian Thompson - Adventure sports enthusiast for Scotland.  Loves hill walking and has caught the surfing bug. www.visitscotland.com/adventure

Helen Thompson - Professional Kitesurfer, ranked 1 in Scotland and 2 in the UK. Sponsored by North Kiteboarding and Xcel Wetsuits and passionate about spending time in the Hebrides.

Ben Thorburn - Freeskiing and telemarking are my main sports but in the off season it’s all about the mountain bike…that and a bit of hill walking and running. www.freeskiing.co.uk