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Kel Verbiest

Managing editor of Mpora and a dedicated people watcher.

Recent Articles By Kel

Snowboarding

Lindsey Jacobellis: A new career?

Apologies to those of you that have already seen this but I’ve only just gotten my eyes on it and I have to write about...

Lindsey Jacobellis: A new career?
Outsiders

World's first ski BASE off the Matterhorn

BASE jumping is a pursuit for the crazy, the unhinged and the downright eclectic. However, as crazy as it is, I think there’s a part...

World's first ski BASE off the Matterhorn
Snowboarding

FIS given full control of Olympic snowboard qualification over TTR

After the debacle I spoke about yesterday with the UCI and their new title sponsor, Rocky Roads, the FIS have managed to make some headlines...

FIS given full control of Olympic snowboard qualification over TTR
Snowboarding

Pirate Movie Productions: The Bottom Line

Holy shit. There’s not a lot of videos that make me swear but the new teaser from Pirate Movie Productions literally makes me weep. They’re...

Pirate Movie Productions: The Bottom Line
Skateboarding

Howies auction for Skateistan

This is one of those times where you sit at a computer for a good while to write out a detailed article about something interesting,...

Howies auction for Skateistan
BMX

Simpel Summer Session 2011: Winner - Gary Young

Helsinki, Finland was the venue for Gary Young‘s gold medal winning run! With the Simpel Summer Session 2011 going down as one of the biggest...

Simpel Summer Session 2011: Winner - Gary Young
Skateboarding

Vans Downtown Showdown 2011

Saturday 20th August 2011 was the date that held the biggest skate event that the UK has ever seen and it landed in the capital....

Vans Downtown Showdown 2011
Snowboarding

Signal: Every Third Thursday - Paintballs and snowballs

Move over muddy stag weekend, enter snowboarding paintball fun. It might seem like a throwaway comment but Signal Snowboards have been hard at work. Before...

Signal: Every Third Thursday - Paintballs and snowballs
Skateboarding

Vuerich B: Recycled skateboarding sunglasses

What are the Belgians famous for? Chocolate? Some interesting culture? Skateboarding sunglasses? Hang on… what? Yep. That’s right. The guys from Vuerich B have decided to...

Vuerich B: Recycled skateboarding sunglasses
Snowboarding

Lobster snowboarding launches!

For those of you that are fans of the Scandi duo, the Helgasons have finally launched the website of their new brand, Lobster Snowboards. They’ve...

Lobster snowboarding launches!
Snowboarding

TTR Burton NZ Open 2011

Is the snowboarding season already happening?! It was just the other day that Jamie Anderson was picking up her crown. Ok, so I know that it...

TTR Burton NZ Open 2011
Skateboarding

Slo-mo Skate Slams

It’s no lie that I watch a ridiculous amount of videos each week but sometimes there’s a video that really makes everyone sit back and...

Slo-mo Skate Slams
Photography

Mpora's Lomography comp - new entries!

If you’ve been hidden under a rock or stuck up a mountain for the last few weeks then I’ll allow you to get away with...

Mpora's Lomography comp - new entries!
Skateboarding

RIP Jeret 'Speedy' Peterson

It’s been an interesting month so far in world news and the sad fact is that we have to report another death. The skiing world was...

RIP Jeret 'Speedy' Peterson
Snowboarding

Do snowboarders make more desirable men?

What sports create a more desirable man? It’s an age old debate (probably not that old) but I think we might have found out the...

Do snowboarders make more desirable men?
Surfing

ASP 2011 World Champ: Carissa Moore

Carissa Moore has been crowned the ASP World Champ for 2011 after Sally Fitzgibbons lost to Steph Gilmore at the Roxy Pro in Biarritz! Not...

ASP 2011 World Champ: Carissa Moore
Skateboarding

Mystic Skate Cup 2011

What a competition we had! This year’s Mystic Skate Cup was crazy and the highlights are something to be seen and remembered for a long...

Mystic Skate Cup 2011
Skateboarding

Plan B: Live Q&A with Torey Pudwill

Plan B are one of the big hitters in the skateboarding world and with Torey Pudwill on their roster you know that you’re gonna see...

Plan B: Live Q&A with Torey Pudwill
Skiing

2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea

The news about snow & ski slopestyle can move over to one side for the moment as we take a look at the draw for...

2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea
Skiing

Ski and snow slopestyle debuts at Sochi 2014!

This is something that has been up in the air for some time now. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) were meant to have come to...

Ski and snow slopestyle debuts at Sochi 2014!
Skateboarding

Skateistan & Fallen release shoe collaboration

Skateboarding is a universal sport. We sometimes forget how widely popular a sport can be and skateboarding is one of the few sports that spans...

Skateistan & Fallen release shoe collaboration
Skiing

Sylvain Saudan: Rock Skiing

There’s many people in the world that will base your skiing ability on what you’ve won, where you’ve placed in competitions and who you’re sponsored...

Sylvain Saudan: Rock Skiing
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