It's new - it's big (swollen, I think, is the technical term), and it's taking Tarifa by storm. But enough about Simon Hobbs' dancing - lets hear about the next wave of technical sport...

If you want to improve your free climbing technique this special feature column by guest contributor Simon Hobbs is a must. WARNING: this article contains explicit photographs of very scared people, some of which children might find amusing.

There's something horribly unnatural about skiing in Europe in August, but against all expectations there was some pretty good snow to be had...

In March this year the snow in Switzerland gave out - Tricia and I sorted the problem out by hitting Whistler-Blackcombe to sample the white powder, and also try a bit of skiing. Get the low-down on our crap tour company, Ski Equipe.

August 96 saw me travelling half way across the world to visit this idyllic island in the Pacific, renowned world-wide as a gourmet's paradise, providing you're a hammerhead shark, and your idea of a gourmet feast is a moist diver wrapped in a delicate neoprene pastry...